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
Charlebois, Robert La bossa nova des esquimaux ST
Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Wankin Family Nobody Can Stop Us We Did It For the Kids
Pomerance, Erica Julius You Used To Think
Pomerance, Erica To Leonard From the Hospital You Used To Think
British North American Act Just How You Feel In the Beginning
Dales Hawerchuk, Les En déshabillé ST
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
Moses 53 Chevy (Heebner's Blues) End of the Line
Pomerance, Erica The Slippery Morning You Used To Think
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Islanders Two Highway Driving Personally Yours
Iron Gypsy For the Crown ST
Daines, Ivan Peace River Ivan
British Modbeats Sorrow Mod Is
Dales Hawerchuk, Les J'monte au lac ST
Mutual Understanding Little Girl Blue In Wonderland
Dufresne, Diane Le signal final À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
L'infonie She's Leaving Home Vol 3
Pagliaro, Michel Theme From Ravenwood Burne Pagliaro
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
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
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Dale Hawerchuk ST
Mutual Understanding When The World Was Young In Wonderland
Evaporators Vampire Blues United Empire Loyalists
Dandy, Trevor Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Bobépine Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Fernando (Abba) Peter & Mary And Friends
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Hopak (Ukrainian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Pomerance, Erica We Came Via You Used To Think
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Canada Pops These Eyes Did You Know?
Dandy, Trevor Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Houston All My Life ST
British Modbeats L.S.D. Mod Is
Wankin Family We Are The Wankin Family We Did It For the Kids
Melchior Alias Itineraire 9 ST
Islanders Two Help Me Personally Yours
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Wild Mountain in the Thyme (Scottish traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Pomerance, Erica Burn Baby Burn You Used To Think
Gregorash, Joey Don't Let Your Pride Get You Girl North Country Funk
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Dandy, Trevor It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Daines, Ivan Rodeo Capital of Canada Ivan
Evaporators Les yeux fermes United Empire Loyalists
L'infonie Solo Vol 3
Pagliaro, Michel Rainshowers Pagliaro
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Gregorash, Joey Sugar Ride North Country Funk
Moses Wastin' My Time End of the Line
Melchior Alias Triste Narcisse ST
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Dixon, Glenn No Cause for Alarm Cardboard Heroes
Baloue, Lewis My Whole Life L'amour
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Look Where Somebody Slept ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Melchior Alias Camping ST
Canada Pops Walk Hand In Hand Did You Know?
Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Le lâchage de job Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Wankin Family No Justice We Did It For the Kids
Dufresne, Diane Carrousel À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Fortier, Jean La Paix Soit Avec Nous ST
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
Dufresne, Diane Comme des chiens À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Charlebois, Robert Protest Song ST
Evaporators Baby Send For Me United Empire Loyalists
L'infonie Toutes les Affaires s'en vont sur toutes les cotes en meme temps, tout l'temps Vol 3
Houston Pretty Millie ST
Moses Ballerina Dance 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
Compilation Nellie Nungak & Mary Sivuarapik - Planing the Runners of a Kamutik ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Houston Sally Bumper ST
Compilation Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane Unselfconsciously Canadian
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
Mutual Understanding San Jose In Wonderland
Compilation The Triad - The Only Way to Fly Winnipeg Vol 1
Canada Pops Acquarius Did You Know?
Dufresne, Diane A part de d'ca À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
British Modbeats Watcha Gonna Do About It Mod Is
Pagliaro, Michel Lovin' You Ain't Easy Pagliaro
Mutual Understanding Rain Rain Go Away In Wonderland
Daines, Ivan Calgary Stampede Ivan
Charlebois, Robert Marie Noël ST
Fortier, Jean Philistins ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Canada Pops Up Where We Belong Did You Know?
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Club Stuff Vini Vidi Vici
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Are You Shivering? ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Rat qui roule… Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny AA HHH Vini Vidi Vici
Fortier, Jean Prends Ton Temps ST
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian

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