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.

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bpnichol - Motherlove Jacket back

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bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 1

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bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

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Black Knight - Master of Disaster

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Black Knight - Master of Disaster

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Black Knight - Master of Disaster

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Black Knight - Master of Disaster

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Diane Dufresne - À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben BACK

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Les Dales Hawerchuk - ST

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Les Dales Hawerchuk - ST CD

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Les Dales Hawerchuk - ST foldout

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Les Dales Hawerchuk - ST inner

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Evaporators Baby Send For Me United Empire Loyalists
Dandy, Trevor When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Fortier, Jean La Vie En Noir ST
Fortier, Jean Philistins ST
Compilation Gettysbyrg Address - Baby True Winnipeg Vol 1
Islanders Two In The Ghetto Personally Yours
Islanders Two Black Velvet Band Personally Yours
Pagliaro, Michel Magic Moments Pagliaro
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Jukas Jarvi (Finnish) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
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
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le reel du pendu Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Baloue, Lewis Things Just Happen That Way L'amour
Dufresne, Diane Valse triste À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Moses Comin' On Strong End of the Line
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Charlow's Boogie Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Daines, Ivan Ivan Ivan
Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song for a Little Baby ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Look Where Somebody Slept ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Dixon, Glenn No Cause for Alarm Cardboard Heroes
La Révolution Française Bingo Québecois
Baloue, Lewis Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Moses Promenade End of the Line
Iron Gypsy For the Crown ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Star académie ST
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Houston Elizabeth ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Turn On the Sun (Murray - Callender; Intune) Peter & Mary And Friends
British Modbeats More Love Mod Is
Pagliaro, Michel Sure Maybe Pagliaro
Pomerance, Erica You Used to Think You Used To Think
La Révolution Française Isabelle Québecois
Baloue, Lewis Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
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
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Mary Sivuarapik - Throat Singing Contest ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Melchior Alias Une facon de parler ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Abuse de moé ST
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Pleasure Garden Vini Vidi Vici
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Mutual Understanding Little Girl Blue In Wonderland
Dufresne, Diane Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Charlebois, Robert Marie Noël ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les La nouvelle ST
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
British Modbeats Ain't Nobody Home But Me Mod Is
Dufresne, Diane La joute des etoiles À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Aut'chose Belle grande blanche Le Couchemar américain
Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Wankin Family Anarchy in Whycocomagh We Did It For the Kids
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
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
British Modbeats Watcha Gonna Do About It Mod Is
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Back in Bermuda (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Dixon, Glenn Windy Donkey Cardboard Heroes
Gregorash, Joey Bye Bye Baby North Country Funk
Pagliaro, Michel Ballad of Bessie Rosanne Pagliaro
Pomerance, Erica Burn Baby Burn You Used To Think
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Lit vert Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Iron Gypsy Hell 'n' Back 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
L'infonie Toutes les Affaires s'en vont sur toutes les cotes en meme temps, tout l'temps Vol 3
Houston Some Day Do ST
Canada Pops Up Where We Belong Did You Know?
Moses Feel Like a Fool End of the Line
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Salive salée ST
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
Aut'chose En arrière du micro Le Couchemar américain
Wankin Family T.O. We Did It For the Kids
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Club Stuff Vini Vidi Vici
Iron Gypsy Oh I Need Your Lovin' ST
Wankin Family We Do it for the Kids We Did It For the Kids
Gregorash, Joey Dollar Bill North Country Funk
Evaporators Dan Quayle vs. Nardwuar United Empire Loyalists
Heads in the Sky Atomic Energy Sweet: a: Heavy Water; b: Meltdown; c: Requiem ST
Tudjaat Medley: You Are My Sunshine - The Land I Came From ST
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
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 Sugar Ride North Country Funk
Baloue, Lewis Love Showered Me L'amour
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Listen to the Rain (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Evaporators Maneaters United Empire Loyalists
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le rock 'n' roll du grand flanc mou Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Compilation The Fifth - Tobacco Road Winnipeg Vol 1
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
British North American Act Corduroy Coat In the Beginning
Melchior Alias Non, rien de mieux ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) My Elusive Dreams (Putman & Cherrill Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - The Family Breakdown Winnipeg Vol 1
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Hopak (Ukrainian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn

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