I can't believe when talking about Album Art no-one had Mentioned the Mighty Pettibon.....
I loved these record covers so much when I was first getting into music, the same goes for the Songs About Fucking Cover.
There has been very little album artwork that hasn't been posted that really excites me of late.(I love all the Torche & Baroness stuff, although I'm slightly bored of that now, there's been a lot of it about....)
If someone can show me a really awesome album cover, I'd buy the album without listening to it first, record shopping should always be an adventure, that's what I do in the Mediafire threads/music blogs I read.
I do the same with gig flyers, I will go to a show with a good flyer even if I haven't heard the bands (Although last night I saw 3
amazing bands & the gig had
THE worst flyer I've ever seen, ever.)