While you’re reading, listen to our Greatest Album Covers playlist here. Our list of the 25 most iconic album covers of all time may not be exhaustive, but it certainly reveals why album covers deserve to be held in as high a regard as more traditional modes of artwork. While art might be a matter of taste, lasting legacy is something that’s more easily measured.
The best album covers see these graphic designs bypass linear thinking and emerge with an image that is a bona fide work of art in its own right. Andy Warhol, meanwhile, dreamed up The Rolling Stones’ iconic blue jeans crotch and zipper on Sticky Fingers. Peter Saville made Factory Records a sensation with the radio waves of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures (and many more). The firm Hipgnosis defined the 70s with their many optical illusions. Other iconic album covers are envisioned by creative masterminds. Sometimes album covers are helped on their way to iconic status because of the musicians they feature: photogenic stars, such as Elvis Presley, David Bowie, or Prince, whose godlike images are burned into our retinas. Sometimes they do all three: what is The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club album cover, if not the ultimate manifestation of 60s psychedelia for the “peace and love” crowd? Contains re-sung elements from " Fuck tha Police" & "Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.Truly iconic album covers don’t just define an album, they define an era, a generation, and, in some cases, an entire musical genre."In the Late Night Hour" (featuring Pusha T, No Malice, Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams ).Contains samples from "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton & "Weak At the Knees" by Steve Arrington.Monk, "Psychedelic Shack" by The Temptations, "Hector" by The Village Callers, "Big Beat" by Billy Squier, "So What Cha Sayin" by EPMD & "The Haunted House" by Disney Express, "It's A Man's Man's Man's World", "Cold Sweat", "The Payback", "Funky President" and " Funky Drummer" all by James Brown, "I Know You Got Soul" and "Hot Pants" by Bobby Byrd, "Sing A Simple Song" by Sly & The Family Stone, " Ashley's Roachclip" by Soul Searchers, "Bon Bon Vie" by T.S. Contains samples from "Buzz Saw" by The Turtles, "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp, "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)" by Parliament, " The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground, "If it Don't Turn You on (You Outta Leave it Alone)" by B.T.Contains samples from "Reach Out" by Average White Band, "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention- B3M)" and "Theme From the Black Hole" by Parliament, "Love Amnesia" by Parlet & "After the Dance" by Marvin Gaye.Contains sample from " Atomic Dog" by George Clinton & "So Ruff, So Tuff" by Roger Troutman.Contains sample from "More Bounce To the Ounce" by Zapp.
Contains interpolation from "One Nation Under A Groove" by Funkadelic & a sample from "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)" by Parliament." Bop Gun (One Nation)" (featuring George Clinton).Contains samples from "Footsteps In the Dark" by The Isley Brothers, "Come On Sexy Mama" by The Moments, "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention- B3M)" by Parliament & "Let's Do It Again" by Staple Singers.Contains samples from "The Show Is Over" by Evelyn Champagne King, "Hung Up On My Baby" by Isaac Hayes, " Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson & "Summer Madness" by Kool & The Gang.Contains sample from " Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa." You Can Do It" (featuring Mack 10 & Ms.Contains sample from "Tell Me" by Groove Theory.Contains sample from "Cop Him" by Betty Davis.Released as a single, which peaked at #67 on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart.Contains a sample from " More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp.Contains samples from " The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & " Ready to Die" by The Notorious B.I.G.The album debuted on #54 on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 68,000 copies.
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