Top 30 Greatest Album Covers of all time

[rappingfoinspiration]

Illmatic by Nas has one of the most meaningful album covers ever

[alkimst13]

Seems as though Sgt. Peppers tops most album cover "best of" lists, tho Dark Side is probably the most recognized, by all ages IMO. I was driving with my son and he put in Dark Side and my granddaughter said from the back seat (she's 12) "i love this CD". No wonder it was on the charts 15 years.

[bettyfelon1]

Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, John Coltrane-Blue Train, Green Day-American Idiot, Elton John-Captain Fantastic...album cover art ruled in the sixties and seventies, not as much anymore...Nirvana's Bleach is cool, too...I guess we all have our favorites

[3Dtacos]

@bettyfelon1 Painkiller-Judas priest. Love it. The album art and the songs.

[waluigithecool2]

Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

[gomezgarcia6]

For me the cover of Rage Against the Machine (album) is top 10 of history

[Messagedepaix]

Where the hell are Muse covers ?

[ScalpelsGlazeUntamed]

Do you by any chance like alot of 60's music? ...

[gogolplex74]

this list needs The Bends and Unknown Pleasures

[EvilAnticsLive]

@gogolplex74 I'd go for Unknown Pleasures. But I doubt the guy even know who Joy Division is.

[NewWorldRob]

prism at the end, and 'the titties' one are both awesome but the rest were utter shit imo.

[ClearMindedOne]

Despite what one might think of the group, one of the most distinctive album covers was Kiss' Destroyer. Also missing from this list was the great artwork from the Cars' Candy-O album painted by the infamous artist Alberto Vargas. It was an iconic image that left an indelible imprint on a generation.

[Skullstalker13]

where the fuck are Cannibal Corpse's albums ?

[fifimsp]

My favorite album cover of all time is the one with Bruce Springsteen's butt on it. Actually gave me something I cared about looking at.

[snowillard]

Good covers but uh ...

[LarsKSBT]

What about Green day - dookie??

[levonhelmet]

you left out the best one ever...the original yesterday and today album cover by the beatles known now as the butcher cover...pulled from the shelves 24 hours after it was released...go look it up and see....the beatles at what they did best...doing everything first!

[randomstofil]

This list is bullshit without Powerslave

[TheMrfirthguymusic]

i would put the white album at number 1

[dmcsc5]

floyd fan are ya?

[JackHammer961]

@dmcsc5 I dont reckon thats the reason that there are so many pink floyd albums on here. They were incredibly artistic and inventive when it came to that picking album covers

[xDeadMisfitsx]

Meh...I'd put Sticky Fingers #1 and have Who's Next on there. Good list tho it is your opinion afterall :D

[ThisIsStupidist]

i love pink floyds covers. take a look at megadeth's youthanasia, i like that one too.

[barneythedamdinosaur]

The Resistance had a pretty tight ass cover

[cryingskies77]

all heil the mighty Pink Floyd. Roger Waters = Jesus Christ (in the flesh)

[pyromaniarules]

wheres whos next? the wall? any iron maiden covers like number of the beast peace of mind seventh son of a seventh son brave new world a matter of life and death? or megadeths peace sells but whos buying rust in peace? hm the pink floyd live albums a delicate sound of thunder or pulse? appetite for destruction? i mean theres so many better album covers that you didnt put on there. i mean there wasnt a single metal cover on there when metal albums generally have some of the best covers.

[kharlos84]

Thanks for posting

[breakfastMcgull]

1:31 have that LP

[MoviesFromG]

wow lots of tits on here 0.0

[neboloustearsproject]

WHERE IS FRANK ZAPPA?

[Crazygirl12151215]

Nice job with number 1 sgt pepper owns:)

[doglover52]

@Crazygirl12151215 yes it does :)

[dukethejuke]

And to everybody else, this is this guys opinion, He made this, put effort into it, Thanks I enjoyed it, except I muted D M 

[dukethejuke]

Dave Matthews? f that anti american ahole. I will tell you of 2 great covers . Weasels ripped my flesh and we are only in it for the money, both by The Mothers of Invention.

[10ACandSTEVIE]

your metal racist...where the hell is iron maiden???

[ErwinERommel]

How does Iron Maiden NOT make this list?!

[ridewave444]

Way too limited to the same musicians and groups. Too limited to the musicians YOU like.

[newfuckingwave]

love the crimson king jacket

[Skydog75]

The Electric Lady Land you showed was the British release. The US version was funkier. Goats Head Soup, Thick as a Brick, Passion Play. BTW, the original Doors LA Woman, the cover was clear celophane like and the insert was yellow with their PIC's.

[beardedspock]

where's Fragile? Relayer? Tales From Topographic Oceans? c'mon!

[MikeGuitarPlayer07]

I agree with mgroschadl12

[someguy8390]

aoxomoxoa by the grateful dead

[1896danr]

my favorite of all time is Rush Fly by Night

[mrc560]

You should have included these in my opinion:

Revolver- The Beatles

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not- Arctic Monkeys

Bleach- Nirvana

Popcorn 69- Juicebox

[gogolplex74]

The black keys - brothers

[mgroschadl12]

Pink Floyd wall or led zep 4 should be #1

[thebeatlemania182]

@mgroschadl12 no the beatles should still be it!

[KurtCobainMusic]

I was about to say you better have Nevermind on there. I mean who would ever throw a child naked in a pool and put it on a album cover. Brillant

[MisterKumquat42]

no. 1 should be in the court of the crimson king...

[doglover52]

@MisterKumquat42 NO THE BEATLES WILL ALWAYS BE #1

[LinkToon000]

Megadeth and Early Metallica had some good album cover

[TheFinlandnator]

Have seen better, but you really can't argue about the matters of taste.

[mentalfeed70]

god this guy likes some vulgar covers huh?

[pimpampum14]

what about "The Wall" by Pink Floyd?

[stkyriakoulisdr]

just a correction: led zeppelin 's fourth album even though it is referred as Led Zeppelin IV, in fact came out unnamed.

[Videostar1another1fa]

Seriously,no.13 and no.6 were so obscene that I expected virgin killer to be no.1!You obviously missed Opeth-Orchid,Iron Mainde-Seventh Son of a Seventh Son/Number of the Beast/Powerslave,S.O.D.-Bigger than the Devil(in a funny,Number of the Beast parody way) and many mor metal covers,this list had too much Pink Floyd in it!

[MisterModder123]

@Videostar1another1fa There's no such thing as too much Pink Floyd.

[totalJforJose]

Riding with the king by B. B. King & Eric Clapton, not known at all, but definitely great.

[rayoat]

Hmm, Dark side of the moon not number 1? Sooooo, wrong. Iron maiden would have at least had 1 cover in there when led led had 2 and their crap covers!

[Coshmyster]

no bjork?

[lsufa]

No London Calling or Elvis Presley's debut album? 

[IEAIAIOzz]

Youv obviouslt never heard of iron maiden or megadeth

[Beholderification]

Dislike because of no In the nightside eclipse and Storm of the lights bane. Seriously? How could you forget these?

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

What about 'Satan is Real' by the Louvin Brothers? (look it up, it's amazing)

[gwking81]

NUMBAH 6

[gwking81]

13!!!!

[darkalleyheroes]

Heheheh what about the White Album?

[FloydTheBarbara]

pink floyd has the best covers

[kiddkidd1234]

Okayyy dark side should have been number 1 i mean its a given, come on now ppl that dont listen to music knows that cover cause it eveywhere

[GenBirdman1980]

Where's the album covers for Iron Maiden?! The Number of the Beast is one of their best album cover!

[maximino27]

Nice list, but I would have included Kraftwerk's Computer World, Green day's Dookie, Prince's Purple Rain & Sign 'o' the Times, N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton, Red Hot Chili Pepper's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Roger Water's Pro's & Cons of Hitchhiking, Yaz's Upstairs at Eric's, Sublime's Self titled album, And of course The Beatles Revolver

[parkourfreak27]

where's sum 41 does this look infected?

[fifiesponja07]

No revolver? =/

But awesome for #1! :D

[allen77allen]

Don't forget Revolver. ;)

[amayagab]

I also like Maggot Brain - Funkadelic, Technical Ecstacy - Black Sabbath, Killers - Alice Cooper, London Calling - The Clash, Powerslave - Iron Maiden, Destroyer - KISS and Ozzmosis - Ozzy Osbourne.

[YaiBugy]

lol, pink floyd owns

[crashbreakerr]

WHERE IS LONDON CALLING???

[ImVhOzzi]

Iron Maiden have some of the best album covers IMO

[k1dpoison]

im surprised this isnt removed from number 6

[SuperJhardy]

Yaa Number 6. (.)(.)

[iago68]

@SuperJhardy more like ( o )( o ) !!!

[Mudstep5956]

pink floyd is the best.



[TAT2DJAX]

Left out Boston debut, Styx Grand Illusion, Kizz Destroyer, Rush Hemespheres, Yes Fragile, Van Halen 1984, Bowie Diamond Dogs

[Adys301]

pink floyd rules :D but that song is horrible !!!

[Adys301]

pink floyd rules :D there is a lot of santana, Led Z., and hendrix

[AverageBudgetFilms]

Storm Thorgeson (Pink Floyd cover artist) makes awsome covers

[aakkoin]

larks tongues in aspic!

[yourmoralsuperior]

no neon park (little feat) covers? no zappa? bridge of sighs? no be bop deluxe? keeping it to one per band might have been a good idea. some of your selections though are just terrible: sex pistols, wheels of fire, supertramp, kansas (might as well have just included a bunch of journey covers), axis:bold as love, beggars banquet, division bell , disraeli gears and who sell out should all not be there. you bypassed dozens of albums of superior art work, originality, controversy, impact and look.

[cshargeit]

pepper has never been topped... it is the oldest of all these covers.

[gunn2040]

too much pink floyd and axis bold as love should be number one, or electric ladyland

[SammyBannink1music]

whats with this song???

[1996holyshit]

Tough covers, especially Pink Floyd. Supertramp's "Crisis? What Crisis?" is awesome! )

[MrBlink41SUM]

Great list! I think Welcome To Sky Valley by Kyuss has a great cover-one of my favs. Insane album.

[ProgueNation]

The ones missing here to me are the Roger Dean covers of Yes, Asia, and AndersonBrufordWakemanHowe.

[Cayke1]

this represents your taste in music rather than the 'best' covers - a bit like kids who do a 'top 30 drummers of all-time' and only have metal drummers and think music only began in 1985.

[yourmoralsuperior]

@Cayke1 bingo!

[cpj93070]

where the fuck is "london calling" even Q magazine voted the greatest rock and roll photo.

[yourmoralsuperior]

@cpj93070 another that should be in the top 30, 15, eh 5

[SeattleLA]

Great video. Cheap Thrills by Big Brother, is legendary . R. Crumb received only $600 for designing it. Disraeli Gears is a great choice. Sure wish that Electric Ladyland either had the milder version or deleted, as it was a breech of decency to see the controversial cover. I was greatly surprised to see it here.

[krollaostmedburger]

10 is fucking cool

[MARDIUNO]

THEYRE OK , U MISSED LIKE 1000 MORE , LOL

[web45]

Seems as if you've forgotten the age of great LP art from the 50's and 60's???

[westside159]

Nirvana - Nevermind = good album cover

[esohos]

Good work! Can't resist sharing with other album cover nuts, that we have a third of them produced as beautiful fine art prints by the original cover artists at Hypergallery. Have a little look at our website if you want to see what I mean.

Love how much debate this list has generated.

[lemmonorange68]

I think that album covers like "Never Mind The Bollocks" wouldn't be considered great if the album itself wasn't so great. So many covers just become classic because of the album itself. Personally I love Revolver and the first Led Zeppelin album because both the album covers are brilliant and so is the music behind it!

[PicKPiT]

Oh come on what about Queen II cover that's immortal??

[ToyKotoMadman]

Top 15 album covers that should be here: 1. Beatles - Revolver 2. Queen - News Of The World 3. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 4. Queen - Queen II 5. Queen - The Miracle 6. Roger Taylor - Fun In Space 7. Queen - Innuendo 8. Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour 9. Gun N Roses - Appetite For Destruction 10. Queen - A Night At The Opera 11. Bowie - Heroes 12. Metallica - Master Of Puppets 13. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. 14. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? 15. James Brown - Live At The Apollo '62

[ZEBRA2828]

at one time i owned probably 95 % of the albums on your list. like my baseball cards they disappeared over time. crap

[Darkserpentes]

Any early Genesis? Ride the lightning? Master of Puppets? Justice for all? Anything from Black Sabbath?

[italiandude719]

i like the sgt pepper album, but definitely not #1

appetite for destruction should have been #1

[nema1218]

While my list would include many others,I really respect and like this list.Ones I would have included:

News Of The World-Queen

Innuendo-Queen

Rio-Duran Duran

Ghost in the Machine-The Police

Foxtrot-Genesis

Selling England by the Pound-Genesis

A Day at the Races-Queen

These are some that come to mind,but Pink Floyd really had great album covers,there is no denying it!

[mulchee1991]

"Queen II" should be on here, but other than that, great picks!

[sillydillydokieo]

diamond head - am i evil?

[zkete]

I like number 6 ;)

[NickyChanSaying]

good song

[Maquix0]

Yaay NEVERMIND! I was only waiting for it (Y)

[RogerRabbit94]

la woman,doors? or evil empire, ratm? or mothers milk, rhcp? i could go on

[comedyliker12]

Odelay is fucking funny mate

[TheAnimelover39]

revolver?

[cnbank]

Jimi Hendrix actually hated that "Electric Ladyland" cover.

[GreatQueenFan]

Oh come on, where are those extreme Iron Maiden's covers?? We love Eddie... They did a great 'cover job'! 'News of the world' by Queen also was a nice album cover...

[nema1218]

@GreatQueenFan

I totally agree with the Queen,that giant robot holding those people in his hands,while looking up is very beautiful.Queen had good album covers,Innuendo,A Night at the Opera,A Day at the Races,Queen II.

[schoolrumble12]

my fav album cover is

Black star - Black star

[313angels313]

weres nirvanas nevermind?

[faisjdas]

To much Pink Floyd?

Not enough I say!

[ItsMattyWattam]

Abbey Road????????????????????

[gbsk12]

This is a pretty good list. It is much better than Rolling Stone's list. Why do most lists rank Sex Pistols? It is very bold but really not that interesting. One of the best not on the list is Supertramp, Breakfast in America. Eat a Peach by Allman Bros. is another. Nice job especially with the Beatles as 1.

[SgtPeppers196714]

do i even need to say what i think number one should be?

PS: if u r retarded then just look at my name.

Nice list and great number one

[Phalanx18]

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

[BNLH24]

@Phalanx18 4sure my favorite of all time

[MrJasama]

...I miss Revolver and The white album

[Tiffmidon]

0:29 is not that special. I think you forgot one really amazing one, Dangerous - Michael Jackson. That album cover is the most amazing I've ever seen, I mean every time you look at it you notice something new. I think that one you should have added because it's much better than many of the ones you posted in this video.

[gablen23]

nice selection

[MrZoozimp]

Great... I would add in only by the night by kings of leon and put abby road first but lots of great album covers there

[General1lol]

Where's London Calling by the Clash? If not where's Elvis Presley debut album? They both show whats great in Rock 'n' Roll and how crazy it gets.

[Aneurysmer51]

Nevermind definately should be in the top 3, but where's Closer by Joy Division? Great album artwork there!

[MrIwannabetheguy]

The True Art drains its inspiration by itself.

[Richtig1085]

Whats so good about the sex pistols cover?

[JohnLennon4King]

If your going for controversy, then John Lennon's "Two Virgins" would be quite high up. And The Beatles "Revolver" and "White Album" should be here as well for artwork and originality respectivly

[lemmonorange68]

@JohnLennon4King don't forget the beatles yesterday and today for controversy!! :)

[lucasppramone]

nevermind must be number one, but sgt peppers is great too. i think you miss "Born in the U.S.A." from bruce springteen and "Ramones" from the ramones.

[Jakobgustafsson]

Nr 28? i dont think it should be here

[MrAngelvillanueva]

what about yes?Relayer,Tales from topographic oceans?

[iknowadog]

wheres moving pictures

[comedyliker12]

I think nevermind is the best :D

[andreweparks]

i think just one major one you forgot. 40 oz to freedom- sublime. that was a great album cover

[alameano]

man how do u not have appitite for destruction

[bassenigma]

@alameano because it sucks

[TheMan750]

i count 5 mabey 6 pink floyd covers and how the hell jimi hendrix get #6 in stores (that's my favorite of course)

[Jonsk12394]

More diversity in the bands would be win maybe? its like 5-7 Pink floyd albums here

[iGermangg95]

because pink floyd has the best covers EVER

[Petanti]

good job man

[maggotovterror618]

two words:Behemoth-evangelion. not just because i love behemoth but that´s a fucking great cover i´ll have to say

[nachosk898]

yes the beatles rock!

[VitalSigns1]

? These are nothing. Death metal and power metal easily have the best album covers ever.

[taterfightingMMA]

LOL. that comment made my day. Death Metals got nothing on these

[VitalSigns1]

If you don't think so you're a fucking moron and an asshole. Just in terms of artwork, no one can deny that death metal and power metal take the most talent to draw such detailed pictures. I don't even like death metal, in fact I hate it, but I can't deny the awesomeness of the album covers. So you see I'm the open minded one here and you're just being a douche.

[taterfightingMMA]

lol chill the fuck out and give me some examples.

[VitalSigns1]

I mean for fuck sakes a fucking banana as an album cover and that's it? A picture of a fucking toilet? How the fuck are these album covers good at all? What the fucking hell??? I'll give you some fucking examples. Death metal and power metal. Not this plain simple crap!!!

[taterfightingMMA]

i like how u didn't give me any example and u didnt chill out either. its not the artwork itself, its the meaning and impact it had....dumbass

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

@taterfightingMMA true that my friend. this idiot doesnt have a clue about art, simplicity, less is more, or music.

[Underchiever007]

TaterfightingMMA has a valid point. Most of these covers have had a much greater cultural impact than any Death Metal covers I've ever seen. And it's not just detail that matters, it's design.

[YetiSomZ]

классно сделано, но, я считаю, что все обложки в одинаковой степени круты!

[Flerg3]

lose the awful music

[fedemaster12]

how about ¨have a nice day by bon jovi that is a great one

[cinerama62]

Take a look at these album covers: Frank Zappas, "Weasels Rip My Face" Herb Albert "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" Emerson Lake and Palmers, "Brain Salad Surgery." Beck,and the Sex Pistols covers are more "Original" than these covers???

[b42baritone]

I agree with Zappas "Weasels" also 200 Motels. Dont forget Savoy Brown "Looking In".

[niggawithfries]

completely bias. All you had were the Beatles, the Who, Rolling Stone, Hendrix, and Pink Floyd; when there are plenty of other spectacular album covers out there, which I'm pretty sure beat some of them that you shown (e.g. Joy Division's Unknown Pleasure).

[dingaling24]

how about "get rich or die tryin"? as much as i hate 50 cent, i must admit the cover to that album is pretty cool.

[ldrslucas]

number 6 should be number 1!

[rude4969]

how about the original cover for Virgin Killers by the Scorpions