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
Melchior Alias Camping ST
Daines, Ivan Calgary Stampede Ivan
Wankin Family Imaginary Lines We Did It For the Kids
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Salive salée ST
Wankin Family Suck Your Life Away We Did It For the Kids
Evaporators Woah! United Empire Loyalists
Charlebois, Robert 50,000,000 d'hommes ST
British Modbeats The Price of Love Mod Is
Compilation The Fifth - You Don't Seem to Care Winnipeg Vol 1
L'infonie Ode L' affaire - Ouverture Vol 3
Bunchofuckingoofs In Dog We Trust Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Équinoxes Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Houston Pretty Millie ST
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Bunchofuckingoofs Once Upon an Empire Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Canada Pops These Eyes Did You Know?
British Modbeats More Love Mod Is
Islanders Two Summer Wages Personally Yours
Pomerance, Erica Koanisphere You Used To Think
Melchior Alias Chu mnu en metro automatique ST
Wankin Family No Way to Live We Did It For the Kids
Tudjaat Traditional Throat Song Medley ST
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song for a Baby ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Charlebois, Robert La bossa nova des esquimaux ST
Baloue, Lewis Like To See You Again L'amour
Houston Some Day Do ST
Canada Pops Until It's Time For You To Go Did You Know?
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
Evaporators Maneaters United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Blakewood Castle - Lynnie Lynnie Winnipeg Vol 1
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
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
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Frailach (Jewish) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Moses Nobody End of the Line
Compilation The Triad - The Only Way to Fly Winnipeg Vol 1
Baloue, Lewis Love Showered Me L'amour
Pagliaro, Michel Sure Maybe Pagliaro
Dufresne, Diane Le tour du bloc À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Compilation Alasi Alasuak & Nellie Nungak - Story of a Goose ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Ou sommes nous? Vini Vidi Vici
Daines, Ivan Mr. Radio Man Ivan
L'infonie Toutes les Affaires s'en vont sur toutes les cotes en meme temps, tout l'temps Vol 3
L'infonie Solo Vol 3
Moses Promenade End of the Line
Daines, Ivan A Rodeo Is a Rodeo Ivan
Dufresne, Diane Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Dufresne, Diane On n'a pas l'temps À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian
Pagliaro, Michel It Ain't the Way Pagliaro
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
La Révolution Française Bingo Québecois
Dixon, Glenn Windy Donkey Cardboard Heroes
Wankin Family We Do it for the Kids We Did It For the Kids
Islanders Two Somethings Wrong With Me Personally Yours
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Moses 53 Chevy (Heebner's Blues) End of the Line
Dandy, Trevor Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Melchior Alias Itineraire 9 ST
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
Mutual Understanding Pretty People In Wonderland
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
Daines, Ivan Peace River Ivan
Fortier, Jean La Chanson Pour Whizzim ST
Moses Saturday Night Girl End of the Line
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Vlajincia Dance (Serbian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Pomerance, Erica The Slippery Morning You Used To Think
Iron Gypsy Streetwize ST
Compilation Gettysbyrg Address - Baby True Winnipeg Vol 1
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Bobépine Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Pagliaro, Michel Theme From Ravenwood Burne Pagliaro
Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
British Modbeats Somebody Help Me Mod Is
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Pleasure Garden Vini Vidi Vici
Islanders Two Daniel Personally Yours
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Adiadyll Le Vieux Show Son Sale
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
British Modbeats Don't Answer Me Mod Is
Evaporators Les yeux fermes United Empire Loyalists
Evaporators Baby You Got Me United Empire Loyalists
Dandy, Trevor Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
Dales Hawerchuk, Les J'monte au lac ST
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song About a Thumb ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Compilation The Fifth - Tobacco Road Winnipeg Vol 1
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Fernando (Abba) Peter & Mary And Friends
Aut'chose 24 heures par jour Le Couchemar américain
La Révolution Française C-Cool Québecois
Bunchofuckingoofs Hogs of War Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Pagliaro, Michel Magic Moments Pagliaro
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Moses Comin' On Strong End of the Line
Charlebois, Robert Complainte de presqu’Amérique ST
Gregorash, Joey Dollar Bill North Country Funk
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le reel du pendu Le Vieux Show Son Sale

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