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
Glenn Dixon Bathtub Bravery Cardboard Heroes
Compilation Rob Heath - Rider Homegrown Album Eighty
Aut'chose 24 heures par jour Le Couchemar américain
Melchior Alias Camping ST
Les Dales Hawerchuk Mais où est donc Carnior ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Wild Mountain in the Thyme (Scottish traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Compilation Christopher Lewis - Sea Horse Dance Homegrown Album Eighty
Moses Sit Down End of the Line
Les Dales Hawerchuk Dale Hawerchuk ST
La Révolution Française Shoo doo be doo Québecois
Canada Pops Both Sides Now Did You Know?
Jean Fortier Léon Non Plus ST
Compilation Blakewood Castle - Lynnie Lynnie Winnipeg Vol 1
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
Tudjaat Qiugaviit ST
Compilation Sharon Anderson - Really Got a Hold On Me Homegrown Album Eighty
Jean Fortier La Reine Araignée ST
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
British Modbeats Don't Answer Me Mod Is
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Pleasure Garden Vini Vidi Vici
Evaporators Woah! United Empire Loyalists
La Révolution Française Pierre-Paul Ladouceur Québecois
Erica Pomerance We Came Via You Used To Think
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Kubilas (Lithuanian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Islanders Two Somethings Wrong With Me Personally Yours
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Turn On the Sun (Murray - Callender; Intune) Peter & Mary And Friends
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
Erica Pomerance Anything Goes You Used To Think
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Bunchofuckingoofs Destroy All Automobiles Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
British Modbeats Land of 1000 Dances Mod Is
La Révolution Française La Famille Québecois
Bunchofuckingoofs Aidsaphobia Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Evaporators Oh Baby United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
Robert Charlebois Complainte de presqu’Amérique ST
Joey Gregorash Make a Better Place North Country Funk
Erica Pomerance Burn Baby Burn You Used To Think
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian
The Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
Canada Pops Walk Hand In Hand Did You Know?
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
Evaporators Pregnant United Empire Loyalists
Evaporators Baby Send For Me United Empire Loyalists
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
Compilation Gettysbyrg Address - Baby True Winnipeg Vol 1
Compilation Treatment - For You The Circuit
Robert Charlebois Protest Song ST
Evaporators Baby You Got Me United Empire Loyalists
Ivan Daines Rodeo Capital of Canada Ivan
The Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
Lewis Baloue I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
Canada Pops Acquarius Did You Know?
Houston All My Life 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
The Mutual Understanding When The World Was Young In Wonderland
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Moses I Need You End of the Line
Compilation Nellie Nungak & Mary Sivuarapik - Mother Singing a Baby to Sleep On Her Back ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Evaporators Maneaters United Empire Loyalists
Wankin Family Fuck the Commonwealth We Did It For the Kids
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Main Man ST
Diane Dufresne Valse triste À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Iron Gypsy Hell 'n' Back ST
British North American Act Corduroy Coat In the Beginning
Trevor Dandy Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Ivan Daines Mom And Dad I Love You Ivan
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Erica Pomerance Koanisphere You Used To Think
Lewis Baloue Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Heads in the Sky On My Way to Freedom ST
Islanders Two Black Velvet Band Personally Yours
Wankin Family No Way to Live We Did It For the Kids
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Show Me Some Slack ST
British Modbeats The Price of Love Mod Is
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Wankin Family I Left My Heart in Iran (Forgotten Rebels) We Did It For the Kids
Wankin Family Anarchy in Whycocomagh We Did It For the Kids
Joey Gregorash Night Ride to Memphis North Country Funk
Evaporators Pillars in the Room United Empire Loyalists
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of) Funny Games ST
Evaporators Dan Quayle vs. Nardwuar United Empire Loyalists
Jean Fortier La Chanson Pour Whizzim ST
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Bunchofuckingoofs Conflict Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Bunchofuckingoofs Alcoholiday Turned Alcoholocaust Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Aut'chose Les pays d'en haut Le Couchemar américain
Compilation Dave Wright - You Were Gone Homegrown Album Eighty
Jean Fortier La Vie En Noir ST
L'infonie J'ai perdu 15 cents dans le nez froid d'un ange bronze Vol 3
Compilation Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight The Circuit
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
Compilation Treatment - By the Light The Circuit
Evaporators Your Instrument Does Not Affect Me United Empire Loyalists
Diane Dufresne Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Islanders Two Knocking On Heaven's Door Personally Yours

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