Folk, Acoustic and Alternative album covers

Janis Joplin's album cover isn't very generic to her music but i really like the psychedellic writing. This is something I have considered for my album cover.
I also like that the picture is her looking like a queen, sitting on a throne with glamorous clothing and throws around her.
This album cover isn't like the normal folk album covers as they normally have some sort of reference to the music.




The eels have some of my favourite album covers. This one being one of them; there is something about kid art which i really like and it being on the front of an album cover gives it a peaceful kind of look.

I have thought about drawing something for my album cover too, maybe not kid art but something similar; i like the idea of abstract art sort of like picasso.

This is another one of the eels album covers, this one called 'beautiful freak'. I like the idea of the young girl with the psychedellic eyes. and that its in black and white - the only part that isn't in black and white are the words 'eels' which i find effective.

This album cover is very famous for this genre. It's known as 'the sublime sun' I really like this album cover and its most probably my favourite.

I think that this album cover only suits bands or artists that are alternative or ska. This sort of album cover does not suit the type of genre that my artist is, however I really like the idea and the image.

Neil Young's album cover is the kind of album cover I would use for my artist. As i said before I really like drawings for an album cover and this one is very affective, i like the bright colours and the abstract patterns at the bottom of the cover. The font is simple and bold which contradicts the rest of the image. In my opinon this is the most suitable for the genre of my artist.

Nick Drake 'Pink Moon' album cover is many different objects floating around, it takes a while to work out what the objects are and this is what I like about this cover. Its not very eye catching and it doesn't really mean anything but thats why its so affective. With Nick Drake being as modest as he was - this suits his type of music.