Greatest Canadian Album Covers

Greatest Canadian Album Covers

This room celebrates the bold, bizarre, beautiful, and iconic artwork that has graced the front of Canada’s finest records. Greatest Canadian Album Covers is a visual tribute to the designers, illustrators, photographers, and artists who helped define eras and genres with a single image. From psychedelic masterpieces to DIY punk collages, sleek modernism to outsider oddities—these covers are more than packaging; they’re part of the story. Flip through the sleeves of Canadian music history, one unforgettable image at a time.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ivan Daines Peace River Ivan
Les Dales Hawerchuk Star académie ST
Ivan Daines Calgary Stampede Ivan
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
British Modbeats Don't Answer Me Mod Is
Robert Charlebois 50,000,000 d'hommes ST
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Le rock 'n' roll du grand flanc mou Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Wankin Family Fuck the Commonwealth We Did It For the Kids
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Charlow's Boogie Le Vieux Show Son Sale
British Modbeats Try to Understand Mod Is
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Trevor Dandy Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Diane Dufresne On tourne en rond À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Moses Ballerina Dance End of the Line
Les Dales Hawerchuk Ya! ST
Heads in the Sky Atlantis Lies ST
Compilation Nellie Nungak & Mary Sivuarapik - Sound of a River ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Olafu Og Alfamoer (Icelandic) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Canada Pops Acquarius Did You Know?
British Modbeats Ain't Nobody Home But Me Mod Is
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Le reel du pendu Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Canada Pops Sometimes When We Touch Did You Know?
La Révolution Française Pierre-Paul Ladouceur Québecois
L'infonie Ode L' affaire - Ouverture Vol 3
Joey Gregorash Bye Bye Baby North Country Funk
Evaporators Maneaters United Empire Loyalists
Tudjaat Medley: You Are My Sunshine - The Land I Came From ST
Compilation Glamatron - Pop Tarts The Circuit
Erica Pomerance Koanisphere You Used To Think
Joey Gregorash Jodie North Country Funk
Diane Dufresne A part de d'ca À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Ivan Daines A Rodeo Is a Rodeo Ivan
British North American Act Corduroy Coat In the Beginning
Bunchofuckingoofs Once Upon an Empire Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
L'infonie Desafinado Vol 3
Compilation Rapid Tears - Discontent Intentions The Circuit
Canada Pops Up Where We Belong Did You Know?
Michel Pagliaro Rainshowers Pagliaro
Joey Gregorash Don't Let Your Pride Get You Girl North Country Funk
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Heads in the Sky Heads in Rio ST
Ivan Daines A Cowboy's Way Of Life Ivan
Glenn Dixon No Cause for Alarm Cardboard Heroes
Jean Fortier Léon Non Plus ST
Bunchofuckingoofs Later Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Les Dales Hawerchuk Salive salée ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) My Elusive Dreams (Putman & Cherrill Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song for a Little Baby ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Lewis Baloue Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
Compilation Nellie Nungak & Mary Sivuarapik - People From Different Places Singing ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Tudjaat Traditional Throat Song Medley ST
Compilation Gary Bowman - Some Kind of a Fool Homegrown Album Eighty
Compilation Alasi Alasuak & Nellie Nungak - Sound of a Goose ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Iron Gypsy Streetwize ST
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Frailach (Jewish) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Evaporators Welcome to My Castle United Empire Loyalists
Erica Pomerance Julius You Used To Think
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
L'infonie finale Vol 3
Diane Dufresne Rock pour un gars d'bicyc À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Club Stuff Vini Vidi Vici
Moses I Need You End of the Line
Compilation Treatment - For You The Circuit
Evaporators United Empire Loyalists United Empire Loyalists
Bunchofuckingoofs Thanx But No Thanx Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Moses Watcha Gonna do Now? End of the Line
Canada Pops The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Did You Know?
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Look Where Somebody Slept ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Heads in the Sky Golden Horning ST
The Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Houston Some Day Do ST
L'infonie Toutes les Affaires s'en vont sur toutes les cotes en meme temps, tout l'temps Vol 3
Evaporators Baby Send For Me United Empire Loyalists
L'infonie L'affaire Vol 3
British North American Act Just How You Feel In the Beginning
Houston Fly ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Walk Out of My Mind (Lane, Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
Evaporators Dan Quayle vs. Nardwuar United Empire Loyalists
Houston Fast Thinkin' Sam ST
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Compilation Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl The Circuit
Compilation Nellie Nungak & Mary Sivuarapik - Planing the Runners of a Kamutik ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Canada Pops One Fine Morning Did You Know?
Evaporators Brainwashed (David Clayton-Thomas) United Empire Loyalists
Lewis Baloue Things Just Happen That Way L'amour
Bunchofuckingoofs Da BFG Cee Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song of a Three Stringed Fiddle ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Kubilas (Lithuanian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Bunchofuckingoofs Molded Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Evaporators Woah! United Empire Loyalists
Lewis Baloue My Whole Life L'amour
Bunchofuckingoofs Businesscum Carnival of Chaos + Carnage

Homegrown Album Eighty

VA HOMEGROWN EIGHTY BACK LABELS

VA HOMEGROWN EIGHTY BACK

Compilation

ST

Jean Fortier

Jean Fortier - ST LABEL 02

Jean Fortier - ST LABEL 01

Jean Fortier - ST BACK

The Circuit

VA The Circuit LABEL 02

VA The Circuit LABEL 01

VA The Circuit - INSERT SINGLE-SIDED

VA The Circuit - BACK

Robert Charlebois-ST HELMET HEAD LABEL 02

Robert Charlebois-ST HELMET HEAD LABEL 01

Robert Charlebois-ST HELMET HEAD BACK

Mutual Understanding

In Wonderland

Carnival of Chaos + Carnage

CrazySteveGoof1988

Bunchofuckingoofs

CD-Bunchoffuckinggoofs - Carnival of Chaos CD

CD-Bunchoffuckinggoofs - Carnival of Chaos INSIDE FOLDOUT

CD-Bunchoffuckinggoofs - Carnival of Chaos BACK

CD-Bunchoffuckinggoofs - Carnival of Chaos INLAY

Pagliaro

Pagliaro, Michel

Révolution Française - Québecois LABEL 02

Révolution Française - Québecois LABEL 01

Comments

Anonymous

A few other incredible covers: Harmonium (Les cinq saisons), Spirit of Christmas (Lies to Live By) and Jarvis Street Revue (Mr. Oilman). Not only do these covers stand alone as incredible artwork, they also capture perfectly the spirit of the music they represent - vk