Here’s The I-95 FINAL FIVE Classic Rock Album Covers – VOTE For Your Favorite [POLL]
All this past week, I-95 listeners have voted for their favorite classic rock album covers, and now we're down to the FINALS! Which one of these album covers is the most loved by our listeners?
Each day this past week, we featured a group of five album covers, and each day only one made it's way into the FINALS! Each one of these albums is a definitive part of rock and roll history, and chances are they're all a part of your collection!
Take a moment this weekend to VOTE FOR ONLY ONE! We'll let you know Monday, what classic rock album cover comes out on top!
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
BeatlesMonday's Winner: The monumental album by the Beatles pretty much started the "Summer Of Love" when it was released on June 1st, 1969. The album cover featured many well known celebrities at the time, especially in Britain.
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Molly Hatchet
Molly HatchetTuesday's Winner: The Southern rock band's self-titled debut album released in 1977 featured a new twist on the Allman Brothers song "Dreams I'll Never See," and cover art by Frank Frazetta.
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Toys In The Attic
AerosmithWednesday's Winner: Toys In The Attic was the third album released by the "Bad Boys of Boston," Aerosmith. It came out in 1975 and featured toys/animals in the attic on the cover. Steven Tyler once said that the original idea for the cover was to have a teddy bear sitting in the attic with it's wrist cut and stuffing spread all over the floor. Apparently they thought better.
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Some Girls
Rolling StonesThursday's Winner: The Stones released Some Girls in 1978, and it contained the hit song Miss You, the band's contribution to the disco era. The album cover was designed by Peter Corriston who would go on to also design the next three covers for the Stones. The original cover showed the likeness of various celebrities like Judy Garland, Farah Fawcett and Marilyn Monroe. The Stones were sued by these celebrities and eventually had to re-issue the album cover.
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Back In Black
AC/DCFriday's Winner: The band's seventh album featured an all black cover that was a "sign of mourning" for original singer Bon Scott, who died in 1980 just as they were getting ready to record their biggest selling album. The Australian band recorded in the album in the Bahamas with new singer Brian Johnson. A simple album cover that got the point across.