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
Les Dales Hawerchuk Abuse de moé ST
British North American Act Corduroy Coat In the Beginning
The Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
Diane Dufresne Le dernier show À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
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
Moses Wastin' My Time End of the Line
Houston All My Life ST
Joey Gregorash Make a Better Place North Country Funk
Les Dales Hawerchuk Corps mort ST
Evaporators Maneaters United Empire Loyalists
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Moses Ballerina Dance End of the Line
Ivan Daines Rodeo Capital of Canada Ivan
Melchior Alias L’aquarium ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Back in Bermuda (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song for a Little Baby ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Bunchofuckingoofs Later Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Bunchofuckingoofs Destroy All Automobiles Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Les Dales Hawerchuk J'monte au lac ST
La Révolution Française Shoo doo be doo Québecois
Canada Pops One Fine Morning Did You Know?
Lewis Baloue Love Showered Me L'amour
Robert Charlebois Les années folles ST
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Trevor Dandy Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Compilation Glamatron - Klüb The Circuit
Melchior Alias Chu mnu en metro automatique ST
Jean Fortier Prends Ton Temps ST
Evaporators United Empire Loyalists United Empire Loyalists
Diane Dufresne Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Ivan Daines A Rodeo Is a Rodeo Ivan
Moses Nobody End of the Line
Diane Dufresne A part de d'ca À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Wankin Family No Way to Live We Did It For the Kids
British North American Act Just How You Feel In the Beginning
La Révolution Française Isabelle Québecois
Diane Dufresne Comme des chiens À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Frailach (Jewish) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
L'infonie Viens danser le "O.k. La!" Vol 3
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Islanders Two In The Ghetto Personally Yours
Compilation Rob Rohac - Valintine Blues Homegrown Album Eighty
Joey Gregorash Sugar Ride North Country Funk
Evaporators Les yeux fermes United Empire Loyalists
Lewis Baloue Romance For Two L'amour
Canada Pops Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft Did You Know?
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
Heads in the Sky Survive ST
Compilation Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl The Circuit
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Compilation Chopping Block - Goin' Back Home Winnipeg Vol 1
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
Bunchofuckingoofs Molded Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Ivan Daines Peace River Ivan
Heads in the Sky Atomic Energy Sweet: a: Heavy Water; b: Meltdown; c: Requiem ST
Compilation Rapid Tears - Heart of Predestination The Circuit
British Modbeats Try to Understand Mod Is
Bunchofuckingoofs Da BFG Cee Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Heads in the Sky On My Way to Freedom 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 Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny AA HHH Vini Vidi Vici
Evaporators Baby You Got Me United Empire Loyalists
Bunchofuckingoofs Profit Margin Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Tudjaat Uhmma (Up Up) - Dance Mix ST
La Révolution Française Pierre-Paul Ladouceur Québecois
Tudjaat Qiugaviit ST
The Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Evaporators Pregnant United Empire Loyalists
Jean Fortier Léon Non Plus ST
Heads in the Sky Heads in the Sky ST
Wankin Family T.O. We Did It For the Kids
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
20 Feet Institutions ST
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Le tango des concaves Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song About a Thumb ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
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
Tudjaat Medley: You Are My Sunshine - The Land I Came From ST
La Révolution Française La Famille Québecois
Diane Dufresne On tourne en rond À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Aut'chose Le p'tit gros Le Couchemar américain
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Introduction - Nellie Nungak & Alaci Tulaugak - Little Dog ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Bunchofuckingoofs Once Upon an Empire Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Wankin Family Fuck the Commonwealth We Did It For the Kids
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Les Dales Hawerchuk Crocodile ST
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Les Dales Hawerchuk La nouvelle ST
Plume Latraverse (Michel Proulx) Le reel du pendu Le Vieux Show Son Sale
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Compilation Tacoy Ride - Out of the Blue Homegrown Album Eighty
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Fuoco Del Sud (Italian) 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
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Club Stuff Vini Vidi Vici
Evaporators Baby Send For Me United Empire Loyalists
Evaporators Oh Baby United Empire Loyalists

ST

20 Feet

20 Feet - ST LABEL 02

20 Feet - ST LABEL 01

20 Feet - ST BACK

Motherlove

À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque

Dufresne, Diane - À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben Opéra cirque LABEL 02

Dufresne, Diane - À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben Opéra cirque LABEL 01

Diane Dufresne - A Part De D'Ça J'Me Sens Ben INSERT SIDE 04

Diane Dufresne - A Part De D'Ça J'Me Sens Ben INSERT SIDE 02

Diane Dufresne - A Part De D'Ça J'Me Sens Ben INSERT SIDE 03

Diane Dufresne - A Part De D'Ça J'Me Sens Ben INSERT SIDE 01

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

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