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.

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

Les Dales Hawerchuk - ST foldout

Compilation - Winnipeg Vol 1

Melchior Alias - ST BACK

British Modbeats - Mod Is

Rob Jeffrey

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

In the Beginning

Skarecrow

Plume Latraverse - Le Vieux Show Son Sale BACK

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A Benefit Show by the Village STOP

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Pagliaro, Michel Good and Bad Folks Pagliaro
Wankin Family Nobody Can Stop Us We Did It For the Kids
Pagliaro, Michel Northern Star Pagliaro
Dixon, Glenn Windy Donkey Cardboard Heroes
Daines, Ivan Take Me Back Ivan
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Compilation Gettysbyrg Address - Baby True Winnipeg Vol 1
Gregorash, Joey Night Ride to Memphis North Country Funk
Dufresne, Diane On tourne en rond À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Bunchofuckingoofs Alcoholiday Turned Alcoholocaust Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Iron Gypsy Streetwize ST
Canada Pops One Fine Morning Did You Know?
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Wild Mountain in the Thyme (Scottish traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Bunchofuckingoofs Thanx But No Thanx Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Tudjaat Kajusita (My Ship Comes In) ST
Evaporators Busy Body (Robert Johnson) United Empire Loyalists
Evaporators I'm Going to France United Empire Loyalists
Moses Saturday Night Girl End of the Line
Canada Pops Beer Barrel Polka Did You Know?
Baloue, Lewis My Whole Life L'amour
L'infonie Agnus Dei Vol 3
British Modbeats Love's Just a Broken Heart Mod Is
Wankin Family We Are The Wankin Family We Did It For the Kids
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Sakura (Japanese) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Houston All My Life ST
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Canada Pops Both Sides Now Did You Know?
Melchior Alias Triste Narcisse ST
Canada Pops The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Did You Know?
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
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Crocodile ST
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Pleasure Garden Vini Vidi Vici
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Vlajincia Dance (Serbian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Houston Pretty Millie ST
Gregorash, Joey Sugar Ride North Country Funk
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Le king du triple swing ST
Wankin Family T.O. We Did It For the Kids
Islanders Two Help Me Personally Yours
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Ou sommes nous? Vini Vidi Vici
Gregorash, Joey Jodie North Country Funk
Pagliaro, Michel Sugar Lips Pagliaro
Pagliaro, Michel It Ain't the Way Pagliaro
Daines, Ivan A Rodeo Is a Rodeo Ivan
Wankin Family Anarchy in Whycocomagh We Did It For the Kids
Evaporators Oh Baby United Empire Loyalists
Bunchofuckingoofs Molded Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
Fortier, Jean Léon Non Plus ST
Canada Pops Walk Hand In Hand Did You Know?
Compilation Alasi Alasuak & Nellie Nungak - Story of a Goose ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Mutual Understanding When The World Was Young In Wonderland
Heads in the Sky On My Way to Freedom ST
Wankin Family No Way to Live We Did It For the Kids
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
Gregorash, Joey Don't Let Your Pride Get You Girl North Country Funk
Tudjaat Medley: You Are My Sunshine - The Land I Came From ST
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Skip to My Lou (American Traditional) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Équinoxes Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Melchior Alias L’aquarium ST
Pomerance, Erica Anything Goes You Used To Think
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Kubilas (Lithuanian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Iron Gypsy Hell 'n' Back ST
Pomerance, Erica The French Revolution You Used To Think
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
Bunchofuckingoofs Hogs of War Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Mais où est donc Carnior ST
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Daines, Ivan Travelling Down Life's Old Highway Ivan
Melchior Alias Non, rien de mieux ST
Baloue, Lewis Romance For Two L'amour
Dandy, Trevor Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Daines, Ivan Rodeo Capital of Canada Ivan
Dufresne, Diane A part de d'ca À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Melchior Alias Chu mnu en metro automatique ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Me case es su casa 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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Baloue, Lewis Summer's Moon L'amour
Charlebois, Robert Les années folles ST
Compilation Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We Unselfconsciously Canadian
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Daines, Ivan Peace River Ivan
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Adiadyll Le Vieux Show Son Sale
La Révolution Française L'amour Québecois
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
Islanders Two Knocking On Heaven's Door Personally Yours
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Compilation The Fifth - You Don't Seem to Care Winnipeg Vol 1
Canada Pops Sometimes When We Touch Did You Know?
Dandy, Trevor When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Compilation The Fifth - Tobacco Road Winnipeg Vol 1
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
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
British Modbeats More Love Mod Is
La Révolution Française Bingo Québecois
Dufresne, Diane Attention la terre À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque

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