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
Baloue, Lewis Romance For Two L'amour
Heads in the Sky On My Way to Freedom ST
Moses Nobody End of the Line
Houston Elizabeth ST
British Modbeats Ain't Nobody Home But Me Mod Is
Fortier, Jean Prends Ton Temps ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) My Elusive Dreams (Putman & Cherrill Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Canada Pops Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft Did You Know?
Moses Ballerina Dance End of the Line
Compilation The Fifth - Tobacco Road Winnipeg Vol 1
Houston Pretty Millie ST
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
Evaporators Your Instrument Does Not Affect Me United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Contest Between Men - A Second Challenge, Song of Wind ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Baloue, Lewis Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Gregorash, Joey Dollar Bill North Country Funk
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Ya! ST
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
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
Islanders Two Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Personally Yours
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) You Needed Me (Goodrum, Chappell, Ironside) Peter & Mary And Friends
Baloue, Lewis Love Showered Me L'amour
Compilation Alaci Tulaugak & Nellie Nungak - Sound of Wind ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Islanders Two In The Ghetto Personally Yours
Islanders Two Highway Driving Personally Yours
Charlebois, Robert Autre chanson pour la même mouffe ST
Canada Pops Beer Barrel Polka Did You Know?
Moses I'm Onto You End of the Line
Compilation The Fifth - You Don't Seem to Care Winnipeg Vol 1
Evaporators Welcome to My Castle United Empire Loyalists
Dandy, Trevor It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Pagliaro, Michel Northern Star Pagliaro
Dufresne, Diane A part de d'ca À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
Evaporators Baby Send For Me United Empire Loyalists
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Jukas Jarvi (Finnish) 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
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Frailach (Jewish) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
La Révolution Française C-Cool Québecois
Houston Mucho Gusto ST
Daines, Ivan Take Me Back Ivan
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Bunchofuckingoofs Alcoholiday Turned Alcoholocaust Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Pagliaro, Michel Theme From Ravenwood Burne Pagliaro
Islanders Two Black Velvet Band Personally Yours
Pagliaro, Michel Good and Bad Folks Pagliaro
Aut'chose Beau bummage Le Couchemar américain
Islanders Two Help Me Personally Yours
Mutual Understanding Rain Rain Go Away In Wonderland
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
L'infonie J'ai perdu 15 cents dans le nez froid d'un ange bronze Vol 3
Moses Watcha Gonna do Now? End of the Line
Gregorash, Joey The Key North Country Funk
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Wild Mountain in the Thyme (Scottish traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Dale Hawerchuk ST
La Révolution Française Bingo Québecois
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Dufresne, Diane On n'a pas l'temps À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Canada Pops These Eyes Did You Know?
Baloue, Lewis Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Evaporators Baby You Got Me United Empire Loyalists
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Back in Bermuda (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Baloue, Lewis Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Bunchofuckingoofs Molded Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
L'infonie finale Vol 3
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
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song for a Baby ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Houston Fast Thinkin' Sam ST
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Salive salée ST
Heads in the Sky Atlantis Lies ST
Compilation The Triad - The Only Way to Fly Winnipeg Vol 1
Wankin Family No Justice We Did It For the Kids
L'infonie Viens danser le "O.k. La!" Vol 3
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Daines, Ivan A Rodeo Is a Rodeo Ivan
Bunchofuckingoofs In Dog We Trust Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Dales Hawerchuk, Les La nouvelle ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Mary Sivuarapik - Throat Singing Contest ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
British Modbeats Sorrow Mod Is
Pagliaro, Michel Sure Maybe Pagliaro
L'infonie She's Leaving Home Vol 3
Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Rat qui roule… Le Vieux Show Son Sale
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Hopak (Ukrainian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Canada Pops Acquarius Did You Know?
Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Dales Hawerchuk, Les En déshabillé ST
Compilation Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We Unselfconsciously Canadian
Bunchofuckingoofs Businesscum Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Bunchofuckingoofs Aidsaphobia Carnival of Chaos + Carnage

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