Gaga's best album cover?

[palma 8,718]

Objectively I think TFM Blonde cover. But BTW special edition encapsulates her best as an artist. BTW Collection is my personal all time fave cover.

[Zombiecat 17,711]

Chromatica = TFM > BTW > the rest

[Lemon Blood 491]

I picked MAYHEM because it’s my favourite at the moment, but my top 3 are Chromatica, Born This Way (yes the standard edition cover) and MAYHEM  

[Ultimecia 6,262]

Chromatica is at the top. It is intricate, intentional and loaded with symbolism, while perfectly capturing the sound of the album.

MAYHEM is the exact opposite of that, it is by far the worst.

[Kayi 2,987]

2 hours ago, OMonster said:

The Fame Monster

I like it, I can figure her as a fancy funky monster with these shapes. But I can also figure her as a vampire and hidding her teeths ("Show me your teeths"). Very gothic, it fits to the whole aesthetic and themes of The Fame Monster.

2 hours ago, OMonster said:

Mayhem

Very subtle ref to the concept of a broken mirror/glass reflecting her conflictual interiority. You see two Gaga there. There is a knife it's a ref to Don't Call Tonight when she says "we twist the knife so many times to say goodbye". The knife is adding violent tensions between them : one could use it to kill the other.

2 hours ago, OMonster said:

ARTPOP

This one is more colorful and very pop-art. You see Gaga a pop icon looking like a classical statue. She seems to give birth to the blue shining ball that was crafted by Koons. And behind her there are two masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance representing Greek myths. Renaissance is basically an era of return to the classics of Antiquity era. It's about an infinite cycle. The font and the image assembly is modern.

2 hours ago, OMonster said:

Born This Way

She represents a transhumanistic hybrid between a woman and a vehicle. It's a rebellion against the idea that we should accept what nature gives us and weaken us. It's about empowering to embrace our true individual nature. "Born this way" is some sort an ironic and true title. She vehicles the philanthropic ideas of her album. 

 

The other are good and fit to their themes, but less striking.

[Controversiaga 12,877]

33 minutes ago, Gorehound said:

It screams goth metal I LOVE it. Very inspired by the likes of Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper and Nine Inch Nails etc. I think it's a much bolder and edgier choice for an album cover than the one we got, and suits the album better to. 

Also, it's no more gross and off putting than the greasy alien horns and slime from BTW.

Yes the slime in btw era was not my cup of tea really tooooo

[dynamite 65,373]

Chromatica followed (or preceded by) Btw face closeup 

Tbf the motorbike has grown on me too so that 

Edited 8 hours ago by dynamite

[PornoDanceFight 1,369]

Born This Way (standard; the motorcycle is so iconic and very Diamond Dogs)

The Fame Monster (Deluxe Edition (blonde))

Mayhem (standard) = Mayhem (CSTH vinyl cover)

The Holy Trinity 

[gagzus 19,017]

BTW’s being a reference to 1980s metal albums will forever be her best album cover.

That whole album shoot is goated and still hasn’t been topped

Edited 8 hours ago by gagzus

[RochesterJoannster 3,877]

Joanne is absolutely beautiful! I can see why others wouldn’t pick it as their favorite though.

ARTPOP is my other favorite with it’s ADHD 

Mayhem’s was a disappointment to me. Such perfection deserved perfection, although far be it for me to critique her vision. It’s the only one that doesn’t “match” the album to me.

Edited 8 hours ago by RochesterJoannster

[MAC 1,944]

I love the standard BTW cover

[DESTROY UR DISEASE 16,364]

Chromatica might not be her strongest body of work but she absolutely KILLED IT with that cover art

right behind it I think I'd put ARTPOP

[LadyEnigma 1,394]

ARTPOP!

[bxr 1,275]

7 hours ago, Gorehound said:

I love this alternative cover so much. I wish it was the standard. So metal 

Low-key uncanny callback

Spoiler

 

[elegidadedios 3,914]

8 hours ago, NUTELLA said:

There's a special place in hell for people who hate the standard MAYHEM cover, just FYI

It's her best cover hands down. The timeless feeling of it all takes the winning place for me