Favorite Album Covers
by babyBlueSedan

Ranked loosely by quality of album cover (at least for the first 10 or so, after that I was too lazy to rank them). I like these either because I find them really visually appealing or because they fit the music well.

I'll never dislike an album purely for it's cover, but I do tend to prioritize listening to new albums that have cool covers.
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I like this because for an album that contains songs about depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts, the depiction of fear on the cover is so trivial. It also feels very suburban and familiar. [First added to this chart: 09/12/2015]
Year of Release:
2006
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3,963
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Perfectly fits the music here. Taken from a magazine cover about LSD use. [First added to this chart: 09/21/2015]
Year of Release:
1999
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10,936
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Year of Release:
2002
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1,288
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Kind of a silly one but I like homages, and it turns the downward glance from contemplative thought to menace. [First added to this chart: 09/12/2015]
Year of Release:
2003
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Rank Score:
316
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Small town in late summer in a nutshell. [First added to this chart: 09/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1999
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3,493
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Buy album United States
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Fun fact: Will Oldham took this picture. [First added to this chart: 09/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1991
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12,183
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Jeff Mangum was apparently a sucker for old "penny arcade" drawings like this and so am I. [First added to this chart: 09/12/2015]
Year of Release:
1998
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32,874
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2956 votes)  87 (2,956 votes)
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It's amazing how incredibly beautiful this is considering the placements of the elephant's legs don't make any sense

Also I looked at this cover a million times before realizing an elephant would never be in a pine forest
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Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
7,680
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[First added to this chart: 09/21/2015]
Year of Release:
1984
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7,491
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If you're going to make your album cover a photograph, and a pretty famous photograph at that, you'd better make sure it really fits your album. [First added to this chart: 01/24/2016]
Year of Release:
2005
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2,463
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Total albums: 70. Page 1 of 7
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Favorite Album Covers composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 3 4%
1970s 5 7%
1980s 6 9%
1990s 21 30%
2000s 24 34%
2010s 11 16%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 50 71%
United Kingdom 9 13%
Canada 3 4%
Mixed Nationality 3 4%
Japan 1 1%
Sweden 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
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From 01/28/2019 15:47 | #230897
This is a great chart, and i love all of the album covers on here.
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From 10/22/2018 23:17 | #223077
i've twice tried to make a chart like this and failed. i'm feeling motivated to give it another shot all of a sudden. a lot of good selections here too. don't be surprised if mine has a handful of crossover selections.
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Best Albums of 2004
1. Funeral by Arcade Fire
2. Madvillainy by Madvillain
3. American Idiot by Green Day
4. The College Dropout by Kanye West
5. Hot Fuss by The Killers
6. Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
7. Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
8. Antics by Interpol
9. Mm..Food by MF DOOM
10. The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
11. Hopes And Fears by Keane
12. Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
13. Brian Wilson Presents Smile by Brian Wilson
14. Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens
15. A Ghost Is Born by Wilco
16. Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
17. Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance
18. Our Endless Numbered Days by Iron & Wine
19. The Libertines by The Libertines
20. Leviathan by Mastodon
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