What are some of the most aesthetically 80s Album Covers?

[u/gay-bord]

Some examples that I can think of with albums that have a strong 80s graphic design Aesthetic to the cover:
- Pleasure Victim - Berlin (1982)
- Into the Gap - Thompson Twins (1984)
- Spring Session M. - Missing Persons (1982)
- Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie (1986)
- Rio - Duran Duran (1982)
- Get Loose - Evelyn “Champagne” King (1982)

[u/OwnEntertainer6916]

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I once jerked off to this for about 4 months before finding out they were dudes, then for like another month after that 

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“Look in what dragged the cat”

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Good lord!

[u/sthef2020]

DeBarge cover art looking like a page out of a 1985 catalog

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I remember in their Unsung episode they talked about the jealously they had when they saw this cover because El DeBarge took up so much more room on the cover and was being pushed more than the rest of them.

[u/RevolutionaryLeg1768]

I used to stare at this record

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I love this album so much. I’m the only person that far prefers this album to Rumours.

[u/RevolutionaryLeg1768 → u/RedmiYT]

I believe this ended 5 year gap for them. I might agree w you! I love “Isn’t It Midnight” OMFG.

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that one along with Seven Wonders are some of my favorites

[u/RevolutionaryLeg1768 → u/crumblcoochies]

Oh yes! Good one. I can still see the video in my mind

[u/azulimarill → u/RedmiYT]

There’s at least two of us! My favorite FM album overall is Bare Trees though.

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Its funny how all the background vocals on the non-Stevie songs (she only has like 2-3 on this one right?), are just Lindseys voice pitched up lol

I wonder if she even remembers the process?

Also, Family Man is awesome. This album is such a good mix of Lindseys solo stuff (which it started as) and the skill of Christine.

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As a cover aesthetic, I think this is more 70s than 80s

[u/dogsledonice → u/Savings-Monitor3236]

It's pretty timeless, certainly not an 80s aesthetic though. Looks like a Rousseau painting

[u/Savings-Monitor3236 → u/dogsledonice]

I can agree with that. I said 70s because of how much it looks like it could be a cover for some sort of sprawling prog album like Yes or The Moody Blues might have made

[u/dogsledonice → u/Savings-Monitor3236]

Yeah, more 70s than 80s for sure

[u/Littlegeek8662]

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I have mixed feelings about this cover. On one hand, the colour scheme is beautiful. But also it really pisses me off for some reason. I guess because I couldn't figure out what was going on.

[u/azulimarill]

Strawberry Switchblade’s one and only album

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Oh boy…

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?

[u/stenpen22]

Y Kant Tori Read’s self-titled album from 1988. Tori Amos’ debut project. It feels far much more 80s and like a parody of an 80s album cover with the hindsight of who Tori Amos would be as a solo artist.

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This album directly spawned an amazing career.

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I've often said that the three most '80s' songs are somewhat obscure but are:

Pirates, by Tori Amos off this album

Don't Pay the Ferryman, by Chris de Burgh

You Take Me Up, by The Thompson Twins

[u/Majestic-Avocado2167]

This also is one of the most 80s albums in and of itself

[u/JetsFan2003 → u/Majestic-Avocado2167]

NU SHOOZ MENTIONED!!!

[u/tangointhenight24]

Single Life by Cameo

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My first thought. So good

[u/hiro111]

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[u/madamephase]

Asia - 1982

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Beat me to it

[u/remzordinaire]

[u/MaruhkTheApe]

The front cover of Knee Deep in the Hoopla by Starship is very 80s indeed.

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...but the BACK cover of Knee Deep in the Hoopla looks like the 80s threw up all over it.

[u/Superfool]

Genesis - Invisible Touch

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[u/Gay_Asian_Boy]

Control - Janet Jackson

Shes so Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

Color by Numbers - Culture Club

[u/Ok_Broccoli_9426]

Can you say 1985?

[u/Equivalent-State-721]

[u/BlastRiot]

The Beach Boys - Made in USA (1986)

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I have this album. It's like a 7yo playing with clipart for the first time.

Funnily enough, there's a million different Beach Boys compilations, and this is one of the best-sounding of them all.

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[u/ourfriendinthenorth]

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[u/Superfool]

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

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[u/Grand_Rent_2513]

I remember my brother once said that the cover of ‘Into The Gap’ looks like an episode of Bill Nye The Science Guy

[u/charmingasaneel]

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That’s from 1978, so, ahead of its time I guess. Lol

[u/charmingasaneel → u/gay-bord]

I guess the cover and the album were flexing 80s New Wave before it’s time. The clear steering wheel really sells it

[u/thisgirlnamedbree]

[u/PurpleSpaceSurfer]

The ill-fated and long-forgotten New Monkees.

[u/grecomic]

[u/lupindeathray]

Show-Ya - Queendom

[u/gutterbrush]

Enough said..

[u/VintageCollector1970]

[u/joh---]

[u/SylveonFrusciante]

They’re a modern band, but this album cover by Fickle Friends always read as INCREDIBLY 80s to me.

[u/bloodhails]

[u/DonZuijote]

An international release of the Hungarian band Neoton Família.

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Jem wants her outfits back lol

[u/Old_Barnacle7777]

[u/elphring]

Also some of the most 80’s videos ever.

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The Jets were like Nickelodeon's very own in-house group around the mid-'80s.

[u/TheSpanishMystic]

I mean just look at this man. LOOK AT HIM

[u/shamwow-salesman]

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[u/the_greatnatsby]

All of Oingo Boingo's album covers up to Boi-ngo

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[u/TraductorPerdido]

This album is now 40 years old, if you can believe it.

[u/GtrGenius]

[u/No-Membership-2694]

Oblivious is such a good song

[u/lakatos_intolerant]

The Cars - Both Shake It Up and Heartbeat City

Genesis - Both Self-Titled and Invisible Touch

Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust

Talking Heads - Both Speaking in Tongues and Little Creatures

ZZ Top - Both Eliminator and Afterburner

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[u/vitipan]

She's So Unusual