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
Wankin Family T.O. We Did It For the Kids
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Adiadyll Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Moses I Need You End of the Line
British Modbeats Somebody Help Me Mod Is
Diane Dufresne Attention la terre À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Robert Charlebois C’est pour ça ST
Diane Dufresne La fin de la monde est pour aujourd'hui À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Wankin Family Anarchy in Whycocomagh We Did It For the Kids
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Wankin Family Local Youths (Gassenhauer) We Did It For the Kids
Diane Dufresne Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Main Man 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
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
Diane Dufresne La joute des etoiles À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Compilation Black Eyes Major - Blue Blood, Black Eyes Homegrown Album Eighty
Erica Pomerance To Leonard From the Hospital You Used To Think
Islanders Two All Around The Circle Personally Yours
Compilation The Mongrels - Heartaches Winnipeg Vol 1
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - My Hands Are Cold ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation The Fifth - Tobacco Road Winnipeg Vol 1
Islanders Two Help Me Personally Yours
Canada Pops Until It's Time For You To Go Did You Know?
Compilation Sharon Anderson - Really Got a Hold On Me Homegrown Album Eighty
Heads in the Sky Golden Horning ST
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
Trevor Dandy Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
Les Dales Hawerchuk Crocodile ST
Ivan Daines A Rodeo Is a Rodeo Ivan
L'infonie Desafinado Vol 3
Glenn Dixon No Cause for Alarm Cardboard Heroes
Moses Comin' On Strong End of the Line
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Fernando (Abba) Peter & Mary And Friends
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
L'infonie Toutes les Affaires s'en vont sur toutes les cotes en meme temps, tout l'temps Vol 3
British Modbeats Land of 1000 Dances Mod Is
Compilation Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up The Circuit
Les Dales Hawerchuk En déshabillé ST
Evaporators Nardwuar Vs. Alice Cooper United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Rapid Tears - Heart of Predestination The Circuit
Moses Watcha Gonna do Now? End of the Line
L'infonie She's Leaving Home Vol 3
Diane Dufresne Le signal final À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Erica Pomerance We Came Via You Used To Think
Bunchofuckingoofs Hogs of War Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Compilation Christopher Lewis - Sea Horse Dance Homegrown Album Eighty
Compilation Instructions - D-6 The Circuit
Jean Fortier Léon Non Plus ST
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
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Bobépine Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Evaporators Busy Body (Robert Johnson) United Empire Loyalists
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Ou sommes nous? Vini Vidi Vici
Bunchofuckingoofs Once Upon an Empire Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Moses Wastin' My Time End of the Line
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Walk Out of My Mind (Lane, Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
L'infonie finale Vol 3
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Frailach (Jewish) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) (She's) My Lady ST
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Club Stuff Vini Vidi Vici
Tudjaat Qiugaviit ST
Ivan Daines Travelling Down Life's Old Highway Ivan
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Melchior Alias Une facon de parler ST
Robert Charlebois Autre chanson pour la même mouffe ST
Glenn Dixon Windy Donkey Cardboard Heroes
Compilation Casualty - Casualty Homegrown Album Eighty
Canada Pops The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Did You Know?
Joey Gregorash Sugar Ride North Country Funk
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
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
Compilation Gettysbyrg Address - Baby True Winnipeg Vol 1
Houston Pretty Millie ST
Bunchofuckingoofs Profit Margin Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
The Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Canada Pops Beer Barrel Polka Did You Know?
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
Houston Elizabeth ST
Lewis Baloue Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Erica Pomerance You Used to Think You Used To Think
Bunchofuckingoofs Left Nut - Side Pocket Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Wild Mountain in the Thyme (Scottish traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of Sea Weed ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
British Modbeats The Price of Love Mod Is
Moses 53 Chevy (Heebner's Blues) End of the Line
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
Houston Mucho Gusto ST
The Mutual Understanding San Jose In Wonderland
Joey Gregorash Night Ride to Memphis North Country Funk
The Mutual Understanding Little Girl Blue In Wonderland
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Look Where Somebody Slept ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
L'infonie Agnus Dei Vol 3
Islanders Two Daniel Personally Yours
Joey Gregorash Make a Better Place North Country Funk
Melchior Alias Non, rien de mieux ST
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Joey Gregorash Dollar Bill North Country Funk
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Show Me Some Slack ST

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

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

Révolution Française - Québecois LABEL 02

Révolution Française - Québecois LABEL 01

Révolution Française - Québecois BACK

Le N'hockey

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