The retrospectives continue as the decade draws to a close, this time the 25 best album covers of the last ten years.

Aside from the music, half the fun in buying a record album in the past was scoring some – at times – great artwork, sleeve notes, posters, and whatever else bands might have included with a copy of an album. Plans are now afoot to reintroduce such goodies albeit in electronic format in the hope [...]

Check out John Martz’s collection of sketched album cover art.

Classic album artwork re-imaged as Pelican book covers.

Could this be a case of “show me an album without a controversial cover and I’ll show you an album that won’t sell”?
It’s amazing how times change. What would be considered absolutely unacceptable 40 years ago is the norm now. Sometimes I wonder what people will find completely acceptable 40 years from now. Yikes! In [...]

If the result is this, to say the least, motley collection of not so great album covers…
While I was researching photos of Black Sabbath, google spat out dozens of images showing some not-completely-thought-through album covers. I had seen most of them before, but not all at the same time. Another 15 minute long research and [...]

Hip Hop album covers remastered with LEGO. What next? Logos with LEGO?
After 50 years as an industry leader, LEGO has become a staple in any kids toy box. In more recent times the mini-figs and legendary building blocks have been used to recreate famous landmarks, classic photographs and now: 20 Classic Hip Hop Album Covers [...]

Cover Stories, Old and New
It’s not only the quality of music that can decline the longer a recording artist’s career spans, but also the artwork on their album covers.
Early career album covers of Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, U2, and Madonna, are compared with their latest releases, and yes, there’s a definite pattern visible.
Another [...]

Extending album art
Clever album cover graphics showing what’s happening outside the border of the cover image.
This puts the cover of Oasis’ What’s The Story Morning Glory into an all too obvious context. Bigger than Abbey Road hey?

Vintage classical album cover graphics
A very cool, and colourful, collection of vintage, old skool, album cover art.