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
Evaporators It's My Pride (Randy Bachman) United Empire Loyalists
L'infonie finale Vol 3
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Mary Sivuarapik - Sound of a Cooking Seal Flipper ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Jean Fortier La Chanson Pour Whizzim ST
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
Islanders Two Black Velvet Band Personally Yours
La Révolution Française L'amour Québecois
Joey Gregorash Down by the River North Country Funk
The Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Two Irish Reels (Anglo-Saxon) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Compilation Gettysbyrg Address - Baby True Winnipeg Vol 1
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Shake the Dust (Alan MacRae, Canint - Natson) Peter & Mary And Friends
Bunchofuckingoofs Coke - The Real Thing for Real Assholes Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Melchior Alias L’espace d’un ete ST
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Walk Out of My Mind (Lane, Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Trevor Dandy Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Melchior Alias Une facon de parler ST
Glenn Dixon A Song for Canada Cardboard Heroes
Compilation Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up The Circuit
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Rat qui roule… Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Robert Charlebois 50,000,000 d'hommes ST
Jean Fortier Prends Ton Temps ST
Compilation Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl The Circuit
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Melchior Alias Totor Melchior ST
Canada Pops Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft Did You Know?
Islanders Two In The Ghetto Personally Yours
Moses Nobody End of the Line
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Kujawiak (Polish Highland Dance) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Trevor Dandy Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
The Mutual Understanding When The World Was Young In Wonderland
Heads in the Sky Heads in the Sky ST
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 Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Tudjaat Medley: You Are My Sunshine - The Land I Came From ST
Moses Feel Like a Fool End of the Line
Diane Dufresne Valse triste À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Iron Gypsy Hell 'n' Back ST
Jean Fortier Philistins ST
Compilation Rapid Tears - Discontent Intentions The Circuit
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
Evaporators Busy Body (Robert Johnson) United Empire Loyalists
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) My Elusive Dreams (Putman & Cherrill Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Canada Pops Acquarius Did You Know?
Compilation The Fifth - Tobacco Road Winnipeg Vol 1
Les Dales Hawerchuk Crocodile ST
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Holding Out ST
Diane Dufresne Le signal final À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Ivan Daines Calgary Stampede Ivan
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Le rock 'n' roll du grand flanc mou Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Second Lady ST
Wankin Family We Do it for the Kids We Did It For the Kids
Compilation Canyon - Night Wind Opus Homegrown Album Eighty
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - She Thinks She is the Only Daughter ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
British Modbeats More Love Mod Is
Compilation Alasi Alasuak, Nellie Nungak, Mary Sivuarapik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song About the World ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
La Révolution Française Et la terre tournera Québecois
Islanders Two Somethings Wrong With Me Personally Yours
Wankin Family I Left My Heart in Iran (Forgotten Rebels) We Did It For the Kids
British North American Act Just How You Feel In the Beginning
Heads in the Sky Atlantis Lies ST
Ivan Daines A Rodeo Is a Rodeo Ivan
Compilation Treatment - By the Light The Circuit
Compilation Dave Wright - You Were Gone Homegrown Album Eighty
Les Dales Hawerchuk Abuse de moé ST
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Sakura (Japanese) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Joey Gregorash Don't Let Your Pride Get You Girl North Country Funk
Houston All My Life ST
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
The Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
British Modbeats Somebody Help Me Mod Is
Robert Charlebois Protest Song ST
Evaporators Pillars in the Room United Empire Loyalists
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
La Révolution Française Pierre-Paul Ladouceur Québecois
Diane Dufresne On tourne en rond À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
Lewis Baloue Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Canada Pops Beer Barrel Polka Did You Know?
Compilation Rob Heath - Rider Homegrown Album Eighty
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Bunchofuckingoofs Profit Margin Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Lewis Baloue Like To See You Again L'amour
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Stella Daily Breakfeast Blues Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Canada Pops Until It's Time For You To Go Did You Know?
Robert Charlebois C’est pour ça ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Back in Bermuda (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Compilation The Fifth - You Don't Seem to Care Winnipeg Vol 1
Houston Sally Bumper ST
Evaporators Yo No Soy Rebelde United Empire Loyalists
Trevor Dandy Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Sing With Soul ST
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
L'infonie L'affaire Vol 3

ST

20 Feet

20 Feet - ST LABEL 02

20 Feet - ST LABEL 01

20 Feet - ST BACK

Motherlove

À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque

Dufresne, Diane - À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben Opéra cirque LABEL 02

Dufresne, Diane - À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben Opéra cirque LABEL 01

Diane Dufresne - A Part De D'Ça J'Me Sens Ben INSERT SIDE 04

Diane Dufresne - A Part De D'Ça J'Me Sens Ben INSERT SIDE 02

Diane Dufresne - A Part De D'Ça J'Me Sens Ben INSERT SIDE 03

Diane Dufresne - A Part De D'Ça J'Me Sens Ben INSERT SIDE 01

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

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