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
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Me case es su casa ST
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
Compilation Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane Unselfconsciously Canadian
British Modbeats Land of 1000 Dances Mod Is
Dufresne, Diane Le dernier show À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
L'infonie L'affaire Vol 3
British Modbeats Watcha Gonna Do About It Mod Is
Moses I'm Onto You End of the Line
Mutual Understanding Little Girl Blue In Wonderland
L'infonie J'ai perdu 15 cents dans le nez froid d'un ange bronze Vol 3
Houston Elizabeth ST
Fortier, Jean Prends Ton Temps ST
Gregorash, Joey Sugar Ride North Country Funk
Bunchofuckingoofs Thanx But No Thanx Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Kubilas (Lithuanian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Russian Medley (traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Gregorash, Joey Dollar Bill North Country Funk
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Melchior Alias Chu mnu en metro automatique ST
Bunchofuckingoofs Profit Margin Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Daines, Ivan Mom And Dad I Love You Ivan
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me 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
Fortier, Jean La Vie En Noir ST
Dandy, Trevor When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
L'infonie She's Leaving Home Vol 3
Daines, Ivan Proud As Any Man Can Be Ivan
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Vini Vidi Vici Vini Vidi Vici
Heads in the Sky Heads in the Sky ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Daines, Ivan Travelling Down Life's Old Highway Ivan
Pomerance, Erica Koanisphere You Used To Think
La Révolution Française Bingo Québecois
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Abuse de moé ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Compilation Good Fortune - Ring in His Nose Winnipeg Vol 1
Evaporators I'm Going to France United Empire Loyalists
Gregorash, Joey Down by the River North Country Funk
Wankin Family Imaginary Lines We Did It For the Kids
Fortier, Jean Philistins ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Ya! ST
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny New York Grief Vini Vidi Vici
Melchior Alias Camping ST
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Pomerance, Erica We Came Via You Used To Think
L'infonie Ode L' affaire - Ouverture Vol 3
Baloue, Lewis My Whole Life L'amour
Melchior Alias Non, rien de mieux ST
Daines, Ivan Rodeo Capital of Canada Ivan
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Wankin Family We Do it for the Kids We Did It For the Kids
La Révolution Française L'amour Québecois
Islanders Two Knocking On Heaven's Door Personally Yours
Aut'chose Belle grande blanche Le Couchemar américain
Charlebois, Robert Demain l'hiver ST
Melchior Alias L’aquarium ST
Wankin Family No Justice We Did It For the Kids
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) You Needed Me (Goodrum, Chappell, Ironside) Peter & Mary And Friends
Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Bunchofuckingoofs Once Upon an Empire Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Canada Pops Up Where We Belong Did You Know?
Dandy, Trevor Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Daines, Ivan Take Me Back Ivan
Moses Between the Places End of the Line
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
La Révolution Française C-Cool Québecois
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Lit vert Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Canada Pops One Fine Morning Did You Know?
Dufresne, Diane Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
British Modbeats L.S.D. Mod Is
Heads in the Sky Atlantis Lies ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Houston Sally Bumper ST
Islanders Two Somethings Wrong With Me Personally Yours
British Modbeats More Love Mod Is
Evaporators It's My Pride (Randy Bachman) United Empire Loyalists
Pomerance, Erica To Leonard From the Hospital You Used To Think
Pomerance, Erica The Slippery Morning You Used To Think
Evaporators Your Instrument Does Not Affect Me United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Alasi Alasuak, Nellie Nungak, Mary Sivuarapik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of a Little Girl ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le tango des concaves Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Listen to the Rain (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Rat qui roule… Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Fortier, Jean La Chanson Pour Whizzim ST
Pagliaro, Michel Rainshowers Pagliaro
Pomerance, Erica Burn Baby Burn You Used To Think
L'infonie Viens danser le "O.k. La!" 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
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
Pagliaro, Michel Lovin' You Ain't Easy Pagliaro
Canada Pops Both Sides Now Did You Know?
Dixon, Glenn Bathtub Bravery Cardboard Heroes
Wankin Family Fuck the Commonwealth We Did It For the Kids

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