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
Joey Gregorash Make a Better Place North Country Funk
Compilation Rob Heath - Rider Homegrown Album Eighty
British Modbeats Love's Just a Broken Heart Mod Is
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
British North American Act Corduroy Coat In the Beginning
Diane Dufresne La marche nuptiale des condamnes a mort À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Bunchofuckingoofs Businesscum Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Compilation Instructions - Tell-A-Photo The Circuit
Ivan Daines A Rodeo Is a Rodeo Ivan
Heads in the Sky Heads in the Sky ST
Diane Dufresne Le dernier show À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Heads in the Sky Atlantis Lies ST
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
Robert Charlebois Les années folles ST
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 Alasi Alasuak - Song About a Thumb ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Glenn Dixon No Cause for Alarm Cardboard Heroes
British Modbeats Try to Understand Mod Is
La Révolution Française C-Cool Québecois
L'infonie L'affaire Vol 3
Erica Pomerance Burn Baby Burn You Used To Think
Bunchofuckingoofs In Dog We Trust Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Trevor Dandy Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Melchior Alias L’aquarium 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
Houston All My Life ST
Joey Gregorash Don't Let Your Pride Get You Girl North Country Funk
Iron Gypsy For the Crown ST
Michel Pagliaro Theme From Ravenwood Burne Pagliaro
L'infonie Desafinado Vol 3
Les Dales Hawerchuk Me case es su casa ST
Les Dales Hawerchuk J'monte au lac ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Evaporators Pregnant United Empire Loyalists
Canada Pops These Eyes Did You Know?
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Islanders Two Black Velvet Band Personally Yours
British Modbeats L.S.D. Mod Is
Michel Pagliaro It Ain't the Way Pagliaro
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Lit vert Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Diane Dufresne Le signal final À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Wankin Family Nobody Can Stop Us We Did It For the Kids
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
Compilation Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl The Circuit
Lewis Baloue I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Islanders Two Somethings Wrong With Me Personally Yours
Islanders Two Help Me Personally Yours
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
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Are You Shivering? ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
L'infonie Solo Vol 3
Melchior Alias Triste Narcisse ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Melchior Alias Chu mnu en metro automatique ST
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Le tango des concaves Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Moses Comin' On Strong End of the Line
Erica Pomerance To Leonard From the Hospital You Used To Think
Ivan Daines Mr. Radio Man Ivan
Canada Pops Until It's Time For You To Go Did You Know?
Diane Dufresne Attention la terre À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Aut'chose En arrière du micro Le Couchemar américain
Jean Fortier La Reine Araignée 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
La Révolution Française Americas Québecois
Compilation Good Fortune - Ring in His Nose Winnipeg Vol 1
Compilation Rapid Tears - Discontent Intentions The Circuit
Jean Fortier Au Grand Jour ST
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Evaporators United Empire Loyalists United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Black Eyes Major - Blue Blood, Black Eyes Homegrown Album Eighty
L'infonie She's Leaving Home Vol 3
Robert Charlebois C’est pour ça ST
Tudjaat Qiugaviit ST
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
Bunchofuckingoofs CMD Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Islanders Two Highway Driving Personally Yours
La Révolution Française Isabelle Québecois
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Les Dales Hawerchuk Crocodile ST
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Le reel du pendu Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Tudjaat Uhmma (Up Up) - Dance Mix ST
Michel Pagliaro Good and Bad Folks Pagliaro
Diane Dufresne La joute des etoiles À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Compilation Gettysbyrg Address - Baby True Winnipeg Vol 1
Michel Pagliaro Sugar Lips Pagliaro
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Melchior Alias Une facon de parler ST
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Rat qui roule… Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Compilation Rob Rohac - Valintine Blues Homegrown Album Eighty
Evaporators Dan Quayle vs. Nardwuar United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of Sea Shore ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Islanders Two Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Personally Yours
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Listen to the Rain (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Islanders Two Daniel Personally Yours
Islanders Two Summer Wages Personally Yours
Les Dales Hawerchuk Dale Hawerchuk 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

Pagliaro

Pagliaro, Michel

Révolution Française - Québecois LABEL 02

Révolution Française - Québecois LABEL 01

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