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
Aut'chose Le p'tit gros Le Couchemar américain
Canada Pops Walk Hand In Hand Did You Know?
Evaporators Les yeux fermes United Empire Loyalists
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le reel du pendu Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Fortier, Jean La Reine Araignée ST
Daines, Ivan Peace River Ivan
British Modbeats Land of 1000 Dances Mod Is
Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Iron Gypsy Streetwize ST
Wankin Family Nobody Can Stop Us We Did It For the Kids
Houston Hairy One ST
Dufresne, Diane Le dernier show À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Canada Pops Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft Did You Know?
Wankin Family Suck Your Life Away We Did It For the Kids
Gregorash, Joey Bye Bye Baby North Country Funk
L'infonie Ode L' affaire - Ouverture Vol 3
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
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
Dales Hawerchuk, Les La nouvelle 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
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
Gregorash, Joey Dollar Bill North Country Funk
Charlebois, Robert Autre chanson pour la même mouffe ST
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Rat qui roule… Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Canada Pops Both Sides Now Did You Know?
Pomerance, Erica The Slippery Morning You Used To Think
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Wild Mountain in the Thyme (Scottish traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Gregorash, Joey Down by the River North Country Funk
Dandy, Trevor Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
L'infonie Toutes les Affaires s'en vont sur toutes les cotes en meme temps, tout l'temps Vol 3
Dufresne, Diane Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Melchior Alias Non, rien de mieux ST
Dandy, Trevor When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Islanders Two All Around The Circle Personally Yours
Dufresne, Diane La marche nuptiale des condamnes a mort À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Gregorash, Joey Make a Better Place North Country Funk
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Charlow's Boogie Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Gregorash, Joey Sugar Ride North Country Funk
British Modbeats Love's Just a Broken Heart Mod Is
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
Dufresne, Diane Le tour du bloc À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
British Modbeats Somebody Help Me Mod Is
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
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Melchior Alias Chu mnu en metro automatique ST
Pomerance, Erica Julius You Used To Think
Islanders Two Highway Driving Personally Yours
Compilation Blakewood Castle - Lynnie Lynnie Winnipeg Vol 1
Evaporators Baby You Got Me United Empire Loyalists
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le lâchage de job Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Gregorash, Joey The Key North Country Funk
Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
Dixon, Glenn A Song for Canada Cardboard Heroes
Daines, Ivan Proud As Any Man Can Be Ivan
Baloue, Lewis Romance For Two L'amour
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Pomerance, Erica To Leonard From the Hospital You Used To Think
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Turn On the Sun (Murray - Callender; Intune) Peter & Mary And Friends
Wankin Family Imaginary Lines We Did It For the Kids
Compilation Alasi Alasuak, Nellie Nungak, Mary Sivuarapik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of a Name (For a Boy) ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land 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
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song Game of a Blindfolded Person ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Iron Gypsy Hell 'n' Back ST
Dufresne, Diane Comme des chiens À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Stella Daily Breakfeast Blues Le Vieux Show Son Sale
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Hopak (Ukrainian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
L'infonie L'affaire Vol 3
Tudjaat Uhmma (Up Up) - Dance Mix ST
Gregorash, Joey Jodie North Country Funk
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
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Heads in the Sky Golden Horning ST
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian
Wankin Family We Are The Wankin Family We Did It For the Kids
Moses Between the Places End of the Line
Wankin Family No Way to Live We Did It For the Kids
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
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Corps mort ST
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
Dufresne, Diane Rock pour un gars d'bicyc À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Houston Sally Bumper ST
British Modbeats Ain't Nobody Home But Me Mod Is
Daines, Ivan Take Me Back Ivan
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Pagliaro, Michel Sure Maybe Pagliaro
Charlebois, Robert Les années folles ST
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song for a Little Baby ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Sound of Panting Dogs 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 Heads in Rio ST
Daines, Ivan Travelling Down Life's Old Highway Ivan

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