The Final Vinyl Home The Bands Album Covers Music Videos Vinyl Blog Music Links Site Map
The Bands Album Covers Music Videos Vinyl Blog Music Links Site Map
Album Art On The Final Vinyl

Pink Floyd Album Covers

Pink Floyd is known for their unique covers. From the simplicity of the cow on the Atom Heart Mother album to the psychedelic scene of A Saucer Full Of Secrets. Their covers are an intricate part of their music and they understood the importance of album art.

Pink Floyd
This picture includes Syd Barret just before he quit the band
Nick Mason - drums
Syd Barret - guitar & vocals
David Gilmore - guitar & vocals
Roger Waters - bass & vocals
Richard Wright - keyboards

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
1967
This is the only album they released with Syd Barrett as a full member.

A Saucerful Of Secrets

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
1968
Hipgnosis was actually founded in order to deliver this cover.

Ummagumma

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
1969
A double album, one is live and the other are solo compositions by each member.

Soundtrack From The Film "More"

Pink Floyd - Soundtrack From The Film More
1969
A duotone image in orange and blue from the movie "More".

Atom Heart Mother

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
1970
Pink Floyd's first No.1 album and they did it without including
their name or a title on the cover, just a cow, in a field.

Meddle

Pink Floyd - Meddle
1971
The album cover is a picture of an ear under rippled water.

Relics

Pink Floyd - Relics Original
1971
The drummer Nick Mason made the sketch for the original cover.

Relics - A Bizarre Collection Of Antiques & Curios

Pink Floyd - Relics reissue
1971
The reissue features a four eye mask with a human tongue.

Relics

Pink Floyd - Relics reissue on CD
1995
The CD reissue is a mock up of the original cover.

Obscured By Clouds

Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
1972
This is a photo of a man sitting in a tree,
distorted to the point where it becomes indistinguishable.

A Nice Pair

Pink Floyd - A Nice Pair
1973
A Nice Pair was a reissue of Pink Floyd's first two albums.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
1973
The design is surreal and conveys the psychedelic identity of the band.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1975
Inspired by the idea that people tend to conceal their true feelings, for fear of getting burned.

Animals

Pink Floyd - Animals
1977
The concept of the album was about the struggle for power.

The Wall

Pink Floyd - The Wall
1979
Pink Floyd's second most recognisable cover.

A Collection of Great Dance Songs

Pink Floyd - A Collection of Great Dance Songs
1981
Ballroom dancers tied with guy wires in an autumnal field.

The Final Cut

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
1983
This is an anti-war concept album and Rodger Waters created the cover.

The Works

Pink Floyd - The Works
1983
This compilation was released by Capitol records, which had been their American label.

A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
1987
The photographer used 700 beds to get this picture and it rained before the shot was taken.

Delicate Sound Of Thunder

Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound Of Thunder
1988
Sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson claims, "how can I sum up Floyd live - Mr Light meets Mr Sound".

The Division Bell

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
1994
These statues were built just to take this picture.

Pulse

Pink Floyd - Pulse
1995
There is more to this cover than meets the eye,there is an airplane,
pyramids, a bicycle and someone standing in the iris.

Is There Anybody Out There?

Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There?
2000
This is the Wall live and the artwork are the life-masks of Pink Floyd in front of a black wall.

Echoes

Pink Floyd - Echoes
2001
This cover features images from previous albums and
visual references to album titles, song titles and lyrics.

Oh By The Way

Pink Floyd - Oh By The Way
2007
This is a box set compiling all of Pink Floyd's original studio albums.

A Nice Pair of Alternate Covers

Some of the pictures are ideas for album covers while others are about a phrase or saying, such as a fork in the road and a fine kettle of fish. On some copies the woman's breasts are blacked out or were covered with a sticker. The first copies had a picture of a Mr. W. R. Phang's dental surgery but Dr. Phang objected and the picture was replaced with a picture of a gargling monk.

The Dr. Phang cover

The front cover of A Nice Pair

The gargling monk cover

The front cover of A Nice Pair with the gargling monk

The back cover that has the nude woman holding a bird.

The back cover of A Nice Pair with the nude

Below is the cover that has the woman covered with a sticker.

The back cover of A Nice Pair with the nude blocked with a sticker

The inside front cover has concert pictures, photo shoots
and a picture from Syd Barrett's album, "Madcap Laughs".

The inside front cover of A Nice Pair

Here is an alternate version of the inside front cover

An alternate version of the inside front cover of A Nice Pair

The inside back cover has some pictures with Syd Barrett

The inside back cover of A Nice Pair

Below is the second version of the inside back cover

Another version of the inside back cover of A Nice Pair

The Final Vinyl YouTube Channel The Final Vinyl Facebook page CD Universe - Buy Music CDs, TV on DVD, DVDs, Blu-ray, Video Games and more CD Universe - Buy Music CDs, TV on DVD, DVDs, Blu-ray, Video Games and more Vinyl and Videos on Tumblr Vinyl and Videos on Tumblr
PINK FLOYD ALBUMS