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
Melchior Alias Triste Narcisse ST
Jean Fortier La Paix Soit Avec Nous ST
British Modbeats L.S.D. Mod Is
Wankin Family Anarchy in Whycocomagh We Did It For the Kids
British Modbeats More Love Mod Is
Wankin Family T.O. We Did It For the Kids
Glenn Dixon Windy Donkey Cardboard Heroes
Robert Charlebois 50,000,000 d'hommes ST
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Vini Vidi Vici Vini Vidi Vici
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
Aut'chose En arrière du micro Le Couchemar américain
Trevor Dandy Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Les Dales Hawerchuk Corps mort ST
Wankin Family Suck Your Life Away We Did It For the Kids
Jean Fortier Philistins ST
Diane Dufresne Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Canada Pops Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft Did You Know?
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
Islanders Two Black Velvet Band Personally Yours
Ivan Daines Travelling Down Life's Old Highway Ivan
Aut'chose Le p'tit gros Le Couchemar américain
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
La Révolution Française Pierre-Paul Ladouceur Québecois
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) My Elusive Dreams (Putman & Cherrill Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Ivan Daines Put Some Life In Your Life Ivan
Bunchofuckingoofs Da BFG Cee Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Ivan Daines Calgary Stampede Ivan
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song for a Baby ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation The Triad - The Only Way to Fly Winnipeg Vol 1
Aut'chose Belle grande blanche Le Couchemar américain
Houston Hairy One ST
Diane Dufresne Valse triste À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
The Mutual Understanding When The World Was Young In Wonderland
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian
Moses I'm Onto You End of the Line
Les Dales Hawerchuk Crocodile ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
The Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
Erica Pomerance The French Revolution You Used To Think
Moses I Need You End of the Line
L'infonie Solo Vol 3
Diane Dufresne J'me sens ben À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Trevor Dandy Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Jean Fortier On Vend Du Vent ST
Michel Pagliaro Some Sing, Some Dance Pagliaro
Houston Sally Bumper ST
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
Wankin Family Local Youths (Gassenhauer) We Did It For the Kids
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Fuoco Del Sud (Italian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Evaporators It's My Pride (Randy Bachman) United Empire Loyalists
Heads in the Sky Heads in the Sky ST
Les Dales Hawerchuk Mais où est donc Carnior ST
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
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
Heads in the Sky Golden Horning ST
Evaporators Vampire Blues United Empire Loyalists
British Modbeats Somebody Help Me Mod Is
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
British Modbeats Ain't Nobody Home But Me Mod Is
Aut'chose Hollywood en plywood Le Couchemar américain
Islanders Two Highway Driving Personally Yours
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Joey Gregorash Freedom Means Love North Country Funk
La Révolution Française Bingo Québecois
L'infonie She's Leaving Home Vol 3
Houston Fast Thinkin' Sam ST
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Reiterwinkler Plattier (German) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Evaporators Your Instrument Does Not Affect Me United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of Sea Shore ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Michel Pagliaro Sugar Lips Pagliaro
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Contest Between Men - A Second Challenge, Song of Wind ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Aut'chose Les pays d'en haut Le Couchemar américain
Les Dales Hawerchuk Me case es su casa ST
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Wankin Family Nobody Can Stop Us We Did It For the Kids
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Charlow's Boogie Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Lord of the Dance (traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Diane Dufresne On n'a pas l'temps À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Bunchofuckingoofs In Dog We Trust Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
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
Compilation Chopping Block - Goin' Back Home Winnipeg Vol 1
Iron Gypsy Streetwize ST
Compilation Gettysbyrg Address - Baby True Winnipeg Vol 1
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Evaporators Welcome to My Castle United Empire Loyalists
Islanders Two Knocking On Heaven's Door Personally Yours
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny New York Grief Vini Vidi Vici
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Canada Pops One Fine Morning Did You Know?
Houston Some Day Do ST
Tudjaat Hear Me ST
Moses Ballerina Dance End of the Line
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Melchior Alias Camping ST

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

Révolution Française - Québecois BACK

Le N'hockey

ST

Dandy, Trevor

Don't Cry Little Tree

Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

ST Face B

ST Face A

ST Back cover

Dufresne, Diane

Aut'chose

La Révolution Française

Promotion

Michel Pagliaro

Pagliaro Gatefold (2)

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