For record collectors, album art is often as valuable as the vinyl record it holds. Rare albums can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars and album art is often a consideration. For example, the Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” cover is a popular collectors item because of its widely acclaimed album cover.
Below is a list of other popular album art. In some cases the album cover has become more famous and memorable than the songs contained within. In other cases, some of the greatest songs of all time have been accompanied by acclaimed and original artwork.
10. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
The idea for the cover came to Cobain when he was watching a documentary about water births.
9. Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978)
Designed by Peter Corriston the cover features female celebrities in garish drag. Many lawsuits were threatened and the cover was changed. For this reason, are a three versions of the cover.
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
7. The Doors - Strange Days (1967)
An appropriately strange cover for The Doors most psychedelic album.
6. Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
5. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
The pants have a working zipper.
4. Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
The first album ever to debut at number one on the charts.
3. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
2. Ramones (1976)
Ramones (self titled) was the Ramone's debut album and arguably the first punk album of all time.
1. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
The most iconic photograph in music history.
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