Album covers done by musicians for their own albums

Baroness is a metal band. All of their artwork is done by singer/guitarist John Baizley.

 

Artwork for "Respect The Van" by The Brothers Comatose was done by the banjo player/vocalist Alex Morrison.

 

Peter Himmelman does most of his covers.

 

First and foremost Joni

Ron Wood is quite the portrait artist

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Here's an unusual version of a well-known album cover:

cover by Bob Dylan

 

Cover by Nicky Hopkins

 

Guitarist Ross Hannaford did this.

 

Serge Gainsbourg wrote the songs and drew the cover.

 

cover by Dave Hynes (who played drums on the album)

and although he's better known as an artist, he's also a musician and naturally did the cover for his own album below

cover by Gary Panter

 

Painting by Ian Anderson


Censored in North America

Plus CD single:

 

Dan Fogelberg Home Free (already mentioned) and Captured Angel. Imho, he was much better at making music.

 

Honorable mention: Cover by Joni Mitchell.

 

Yes, photography IS an artform, but as you suspected, this is not what I had in mind for this thread. Cover photos by recording artists for their own albums could be an excellent idea for another thread.

 

I'm pretty sure Martin Mull did the artwork for this. He's an accomplished artist and this lines up with what I recall to be his style and technique at the time.

 

The Beach Boys - Mount Vernon And Fairway (A Fairy Tale)



Cover drawn by Brian Wilson!

 

...and he looks just like Harrison Ford on that cover.

 

The original UK cover for The Move's Message From The Country was drawn by Roy Wood (based on a concept by Jeff Lynne), who also later drew the sleeve for his solo album, Boulders.

 

A posthumous contribution by John.

 

(As well as "Pat And Mike" included on the inner sleeve to Goodbye Cruel World.)

 

Not an album cover, but Billy Gibbons drew the label:

 

Michael Stipe provided the artwork for REM ' S albums.

 

Someone mentioned Baroness / JDB .... He is an excellent artist in nouveau style. Some of his prints go for pretty good money.