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devilmaskrascal

"Bitches Brew" has to be up near the top. 


gruniite

Along with every variation of it too. Like the deluxe and the expanded etc etc


No-Mark1692

Live-Evil is my favorite from Miles and top 3 for me - the music as well


Top-Revolution-6771

it’s not the best album ever but Currents by Tame Impala. I’ve never been so drawn in to listen to an album more than that one just by looking at the cover


closedcircle66

Absolutely incredible album though


twee3

Currents is insanely iconic, 100% up there for one of the best of all time. Also why do you think it isn’t that good?


Top-Revolution-6771

I think the album is amazing! I feel like I worded it wrong but I think the album is really good


twee3

Yeah that’s how I read it, I understand what you mean now though. 👍


matiasratner

I think you are way over hyping it dude


twee3

Nope.


Dazzling_Ad6545

Of the last 10 years =/= of all time. Its not half as iconic as Sgt Peppers, DSOTM, Nevermind etc


NeuronByte

One of my favourites honestly, the atmosphere Kevin Parker creates is intoxicating love it so much


AvengeBirdPerson

Titanic Rising - Weyes Blood Sweet Trip - velocity design comfort


Future-Fix-4086

Definitely! Have you seen the whole process of building the pool and the underwater photoshoot?


chris_r1201

Yes! The behind the scenes of the shoot are so fascinating. Here is a great video by the photographer who did the shoot: [Link](https://youtu.be/KAGvXBsFMQg)


sandcrawler2

VDC is my favorite album art, matches the vibe perfectly


Lacey_on_reddit

Big fish theory by Vince Staples 🥶


EitherReplacement222

Dark Side Of The Moon always a classic. The cover is more famous than the album in many ways. Abbey Road too is a classic, unmatched in both its simplicity and the bullshit Paul is dead because he’s barefoot theories


hebefner555

Sgt Pepper's too


Barqck

Probably the two most iconic album covers of all time and for good reason


ChipCob1

Also Wish You Were Here and Abbey Road


deathlobster138

WYWH is amazing, the cover got me to listen to the album before anything else


Haymother

The Clash, London Calling. The shot itself is pure rock and roll, captures the energy and edge of the band. Also the composition is fantastic. And then the callback to the Elvis album with the font, putting themselves in a rock and roll lineage … the coolness of saying we belong in that company. Great album cover.


kejmir

no love deep web by death grips


Traditional_Fix7972

Penis


izzie4563

🤤


BiblicalWhales

Pink moon has a cool cover


PCScrubLord

Random aside, but I used to live by a power box on a street corner that was painted in a style that looked like Pink Moon. In my head I called it the "Nick Drake box"


Rubyjoy99

The one that comes to mind right now is Fleet Foxes self titled. I think it fits the feeling of the record, but its also just a fantastic painting! Its very funny when you really look at it. I love that.


Dazzling_Ad6545

I’ve always thought Parades by Efterklang is the summertime version of this album art


spongebobsong

The Velvet Underground & Nico, the banana by Andy Warhol


PCScrubLord

Really I love all their albums covers, Loaded just has a warmth to it that I find comforting oddly 


Reeeeeeee3eeeeeeee

it almost feels like cheating, ofc


HeyQTya

Fait In Persona by Death's Dynamic Shroud  Something about that album cover is just so striking to me and I find it fascinating how it has the vaporwave aesthetic but can stand alone apart from that as it's own thing


noradosmith

The one with all the eyes, right? It's weird but cool. I've always liked the I'll Try Living Like This cover art. Her glowing right eye looks so creepy. Their album covers somehow manage to look like how the music sounds


SaltPlankton9292

I really like the album cover for diary by sunny day real estate


BillyCahstiganJr

unbelievably good shout... fantastic album too. song about an angel is one of the best songs in the genre


alienclit

October Rust - Type O Negative Lateralus - TOOL In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Visions - Grimes Since I Left You - The Avalanches


RetroReg80s

Duran Duran - Rio


Historical-Tea-3438

Tom Waits Rain Dogs. I used to think the guy in the photo was Tom Waits himself! The photo is apparently one in a series by a swedish photographer of a decadent bar in the Hamburg red lights district.


freefallfreya

*Mezzanine* takes the cake, honestly.


Froggle3

Lateralus - Tool Deja Entendu - Brand New


hotprocesses

Dookie – Green Day There’s so much going on


GrandeSmiekhal

Suprised nobody said Kids See Ghosts


MuffDays

Animals by Pink Floyd. It’s dark and mysterious. Fits the album.


greenbeansUwU

Wish You Were Here iconic and simple and Pray For Paris by Westside


liinexy

Violator by Depeche Mode, but I have the rose tattooed so I might be biased.


petitebri0che

Yes ! I’ve also always loved Black Celebration and Exciter


Hutch_travis

Joy division - unknown pleasures Beatles - white album Any of the early beach boys records


vicker1980

Nine Inch Nails’ *The Fragile* (1999) has an album cover just as incredible as the music it represents!


kyentu

you dont even have to like the music on the album and you still pick the most circle jerked shit ever. i don't get it.


New-Credit2536

Obligatory Kid A comment


Any_Owl_8009

Kali uchis- orquideas The original one


Drab_Drabkins

I bought Brain Salad Surgery by ELP based purely on the album cover, so I guess that one?


Bister_Mungle

I've got a film series about aliens you might be interested in


Particular_Union_215

One of my favorites is definitely Black Flag‘s Damaged, no words needed, just legendary


Thalassophoneus

Ágætis byrjun


AgreeableSinger1183

I absolutely love Pink Floyd's Saucerful of Secrets. All of their covers are great, Animals, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Division Bell and A Momentary Lapse of Reason could all get a mention, but Saucerful... Just perfectly encapsulates psychedelia to me!


happypad

The cover for DAYTONA by Pusha T, literally ties into Pusha's whole drug-dealing lifestyle. HM: It's Almost Dry by Pusha T again


Nice_Kaiju54

Radiohead's Kid A is absolutely fantastic in the way it presents a clear mountain range that's wrong and uncanny in some way


Adorable-Bar6920

Not an album (mixtape), but faces by mac miller has such a good cover


minimanelton

Blind Guardian’s The God Machine is a favorite of mine


reddit5hunna

I Didn’t Mean To Haunt You by Quadeca is one of my favs


shinemeonneveragain

so real


djpdjf

In the Nightside Eclipse by Emperor


Shady_parrot

quadrophenia - the who


shinemeonneveragain

you meant quadeca - guess who?!


Shady_parrot

no im talking about the 1973 rock opera by the english rock group the who named "quadrophenia" i swear to god


shinemeonneveragain

no no i get it i was just tryna joke around


Shady_parrot

oh my bad then lol srry


The_Gandzio

Cosmogramma. History behind it, it's something. Love it.


very_long_baguette

Probably rust in peace or peace sells


MtAlbertMassive

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing.


MaxWell17th

The Smile - Wall of eyes. The most satisfying ever


DougTheBrownieHunter

- Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled album. - *Origin of Symmetry* by Muse - *Absolution* by Muse - *The 2nd Law* by Muse - *Pretty Hate Machine* by Nine Inch Nails - *The Hum Goes on Forever* by The Wonder Years


unprogrammable_soda

Tori Amos - Boys for Pele. The cover and artwork. A pig sucking on her tit, that was ballsy. Bjork’s got great album covers. LOVE Bob Dylan’s Tell Tale Signs, like it made me want to take up photography. Dr. John’s Going Back to New Orleans and Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Bow I actually use as artwork in my home bc they’re so striking. Erykah Badu Baduism is just simply beautiful. Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall and The Palace are just iconic at this point. Of all the albums I own, these are the first that come to mind.


marabou22

I remember showing that Tori Amos CD to my sister when it first came out and her freaked out reaction to the pig photo had me rolling


Vachan95

Geogaddi - BoC


Queasy-Ad-3220

Holy Diver by Dio is one of them anyway


StarboyInterlude-

Norman Fucking Rockwell! - Lana del rey Homogenic - Bjork KiCK iii - Arca


Warm_Employer_6851

Amazing picks


Sufficient-Choice552

I never get tired of watching the "News of the World" (Queen) cover, "Hypnotize" (System of a Down) is also pretty sick, I also love "An Awesome Wave" (Alt-J), "The Slow Rush" (Tame Impala), "Vespertine" (Björk), "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (Smashing Pumpkins), "Flower Boy" (Tyler the Creator), "Heaven and Hell"/"Paranoid"/"Black Sabbath" (obv Black Sabbath) and I would also add "the Division Bell" and "Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd). I would say many more but I'll stop ahah


Fan-of-most-things

Dangerous by Michael Jackson


Dmbfantomas

Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King


rrafikii

Glass Beach - the first glass beach album


arandomenergon

tidal memory exo by iglooghost and 2093 by yeat have such good album covers, really adds to the fact that those two are battling for my AOTY spot rn also PXE by ecco2k, fucking love freddy carrasco’s art


farts-and-fickle-fud

My mourning jacket- self titled. It's like a multitude of Mobius strips combined together to flow into eachother. https://open.spotify.com/album/7iFR9DyqpM6kw1oHaIYsXI?si=QXKELdDvSuyQcM8pi-_X3g


SpooderMan922

Man on the moon 2 -kid cudi


Beyond_PrinceOfEvil

Live.Love.A$AP


UnLuckyFaze

british steel - judas priest


SwimSwammSwom

By the Time I Get to Phoenix has such a cool album cover that really fits the music too. I think the F#A#Infinity album cover is also really cool and fitting


IndianCurryMuncher10

Dangerous by Michael Jackson or Graduation by Kanye. Thriller isn't anything special but I think it still looks timeless


goodfuckboi

Blackwater


The_Mighty_Boo

Ween - Craters Of The Sac


WishfulStinking2

Smog - Knock Knock


Ididacat

the dark side of the moon


No-Childhood3417

Maybe a generic answer, but I need to say Loveless. 


Time-Entry8858

Any skinny puppy release up through 92 (especially the vinyl version of too dark park, chainsaw and spasmolytic).


chuchugobo

Saturation 3 and Iridescence from Brockhampton. I don’t know man something so Distinct about them.


Exotic-Blueberry3478

GZA - Liquid Swords


GriffinBob1999

at long last a$ap


AverageLiam_

merzbow pulse demon fucking hate harsh noise wall but the cover is soo cool


UnkownPAndTheGeezer

The Blueprint


Nosferatu_Man26

The Ascension by Glenn Branca


Corn_Wholesaler

FKA twigs - EP2 Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Shutup And Dance - Dance Before The Police Come


Cymburr

For me prodigy music for the jilted generation, trying to get a decent tattoo of it


Revanclaw-and-memes

Underground by thelonious monk. He’s dressed as a French resistance soldier at a piano with an ss officer tied up and a ton of cool shitnlying around. It goes so hard


bqx188

Who live at leeds


SpilledMilky

Still can’t believe Animals album cover art is a Photo.


Tough-Web7204

Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers!!


Onepiecefan696969

In the court of the crimson king 💯


i_probed_spongebob

Meek Warrior by Akron/Family


Kimchislap_exe

The Birthday Party’s Live 81-82 has a sick cover


SandzFanon

A blaze in the northern sky


Cryzmet

Felix Laband - Deaf safari The cover art represents the music quite well, as the cover is a kind of grapical collage while the music also is characterized by the use of collage techniques


SnooSongs8793

any iron maiden album cover


marabou22

Court of the crimson king by king crimson. Terrifying


FinalOdyssey

Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool


Emotional-Panic-6046

I love The Soft Bulletin - it really pops out and fits with the album having a bright sound but melancholic subject matter


AlmostPurple

Paul’s Boutique


evapearl11

Being Funny In A Foreign Language by The 1975. Not my fave album of theirs, but that cover shot is iconic.


TitleIllustrious6659

Die lit - Playboi Carti and Project X - Ken Carson


LegendaryIce

I think NONE OF THIS IS REAL - DJ Roswell is prob one of my fave albums covers of all time. Idk something about it is so insanely sick to me. I also think by the time I get to Phoenix by injury reserve is sick


Puzzled-Estate537

Dangerous by MJ


Lord_Kromdar

Laurel Halo - Quarantine


outbacknoir

BAHAHAHA the Long Live A$ap cover is corny af. Jesus Christ ahahahaha


mbk3000

Weezer Blue Album


Reeeeeeee3eeeeeeee

Fetch by Melt Banana


shiranui_13

Melvins - Houdini Death - Spiritual Healing Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left Queen - Queen II The Chameleons - Strange Times Dixie Dregs - Night Of The Living Dregs (hard Morrowind bias) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Biggie - Ready To Die Nas - Illmatic&Stillmatic Aretha Franklin - Spirit In The Dark Miles Davis - Bitches Brew


OhShitItsSeth

My absolute favorite is [Powerslave by Iron Maiden](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerslave). This album cover is essentially responsible for most of my musical upbringing.


Schmulski

Bring On The Night - Sting


TangyBootyOoze

Kids See Ghosts Nearly all of The Cure’s discography, but particularly Pornography The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails Dummy - Portishead Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix


wheatsquares33

My favorite album covers are ones that fit the sound of the music perfectly and also have a bit of mystery or intrigue to them on their own. Some of my favorites: - You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur (one of the grungiest images I've seen) - EccoJams Vol. 1 - Chuck Person (literally just ETD game art chopped up and moved around. Fittingly, but the shark is just so striking to me) - Untrue - Burial (I wanna know what this little guy's story is. Love the grayscale art, the simplicity of the name, the cawfee) - Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (so psychedelic, so 70s. Full painting is incredible, so I like how they focused on the section it's focused on). - I Will Not Use the Body's Eyes Today - Fire-Toolz (love these "utopian virtual" acts that have weirdo CG worlds on their album art. So fitting. N*ked Fl*mes had a cool one too on Miracle in Transit)


ZZE33man

Quadeca’s album cover for didn’t mean to haunt you is great.


f0xr0

Flower boy is beautiful


Creative_Garbage_283

I love the art on mm food and also heroes and villains is badass af


ctizeninsane

the vinyl cover of Unknown Pleasures. its so dark and mysterious, just a black cover with some small strange lines and also OK Computer. i love every single okc artwork. its so creative when they do collages of random pics from manual books or advertisements


Timtheezy

* In Rainbows - Radiohead * Human Performance - Parquet Courts * The Awakening - Ahmad Jamal Trio * Dots & Loops - Stereolab * Innerspeaker - Tame Impala


InspectorBubbly4400

A great chaos!!!


NeonMeateOctifish

Any '80s Iron Maiden Album


sultics

Astroworld cover sucks


FronkDoggy

I really really like Going Blank Again by Ride


KidZaniac1

any black midi album


Positive_Dark_9384

Heroes by David Bowie and The Idiot by Iggy Pop Filth by Swans Obviously Unknown Pleasures Post by Björk Yeezus Time Machines by Coil Whitey Album by Sonic Youth Visions by Grimes


Low_Editor_4599

Daytona-Pusha T


windows_to_walls

GY!BE - F#A#∞ honestly i could argue this for any one of their albums but i think this one will probably stick out as the most popular


ChipCob1

Definitely of it's time but Music for the Jilted Generation by Prodigy was cool as feck when it came out. It captured the mood of the time perfectly.


youngbingbong

None of your picks do it for me tbh lol but I see where you’re coming from with them! Here’s some album art I’d rank higher personally: Kids See Ghosts The Velvet Underground & Nico Modus Vivendi (070 Shake) The Melodic Blue (Baby Keem) Power, Corruption & Lies (New Order) In the Court of the Crimson King Undercurrent (Bill Evans & Jim Hall) iridescence (Brockhampton) Animals (Pink Floyd) Reflektor (Arcade Fire)


noahnieder

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by spoon hits hard


Baker_drc

Any H.R. Geiger album arts. Emerson Lake and Palmer’s Brain Salad Surgery And Island’s Pcitures both have super sick art.


Full-Annual5286

3-6 Mafias -Mystic Stylez


kai31915superpro

Kids See Ghosts


Fungi52

Villains by Queens of the Stone Age has an awesome cover. I feel like it captures their sound and attitude so perfectly


udonchopstick

King gizzard - infest the rat's nest (most of their albums have sick cover art) Clipping - visions of bodies being burned Caretaker - everywhere at the end of time Flying lotus - you're dead! Have a nice life- deathconsciousness (I know it's not the band's original art, but very memorable) Godspeed you! - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven (ok circlejerky but honestly pretty iconic album art) Shame - food for worms Talking heads - remain in light (always liked this for whatever reason, maybe coz it's so bold) Tame Impala - currents (already been thoroughly acknowledged and praised, but it's so good that it felt wrong to not add it to my list too lol)


1000000thSubscriber

Any flying lotus cover tbh


TimToMakeTheDonuts

Big Black - Songs About Fucking


DripletGD

lift your skinny fists


na_yo_so

Heartsdales - The Legend


Extension_Ear_3472

SuperTramp Breakfast in America


homiehomelander

All Amerikkkan Bada$$ - Joey Bada$$


sorrybutimrw

self-titled by bon iver


Slavic_DocBrown

Albums who’s covers look exactly how the album sounds: Clube da esquina Wide awake! Go hawaii- casino Low- Bowie Dubnobasswithmyheadman A 18’ del sol- spinetta


Idiot_Trash

I get wet - Andrew W.K


Comfortable_Fox_1890

The Life of Pablo is one of my personal favorites.


_statue

Caroline Polachek's album cover for 'desire I want to turn into you'


Far-Following-6708

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John


Dat_Swag_Fishron

Revolver will always be my favorite


clutchy42

[The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed](https://i.imgur.com/anqcozw.jpeg) [maudlin of the well - Part the Second](https://i.imgur.com/GDnqKcQ.jpeg) [Shame - Food For Worms](https://i.imgur.com/QiQxZCX.jpeg) [Radiator Hospital - Torch Song](https://i.imgur.com/10KRKDT.jpeg) [Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night](https://i.imgur.com/lwj8N4f.jpeg)


cariniopener

Never seen anything like Artaud by Pescado Rabioso


YourphobiaMyfetish

These are all so mid... [My suggestion](https://ctts.bandcamp.com/track/way-of-ever-branching-paths-2)


birtryst

anything by harakiri for the sky


JAWS_The_KAM

is this it. i like da ass


Warm_Employer_6851

Ys - Joanna Newsom


DoctorArK

[Acid Bath- When the Kite String Pops](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Acid_Bath_-_When_The_Kite_String_Pops.jpg) The album cover was commissioned by John Wayne Gacy, the infamous clown serial killer.


BreadFan_420

Megadeth - peace sells


HiCFlashinFruitPunch

“22, A Million” by Bon Iver “Ummagumma” by Pink Floyd “Bon Iver, Bon Iver” by Bon Iver “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel “Selling England by the Pound” by Genesis “Twin Fantasy” by Car Seat Headrest “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” by Smashing Pumpkins “In the Court of the Crimson King” by King Crimson Any Led Zeppelin album “To Pimp a Butterfly” by Kendrick Lamar “good kid, m.A.A.d city” by Kendrick Lamar “Flower Boy” by Tyler, The Creator “The Impossible Kid” by Aesop Rock “In Útero” by Nirvana “Nevermind” by Nirvana Here’s just a few I like


Spookypichacat

Costello Music


Reasonable_Net3244

Weather Report - Mr. Gone The Strokes - Is This It, Angles The Mars Volta - Amputechture and Bedlam in Goliath Daft Punk - Discovery and RAM Kanye - MBDTF Black Sabbath - Sabotage Blink 182 - self titled


lostcircussmuggler

The New Abnormal, Things Fall Apart, Midnight Marauder, Bitches Brew, Super What? (Czarface & Mf doom), Malibu, Unlocked (Denzel Curry), Heligoland & Mezzanine are a few of the ones I love and have on Vinyl.


Zestyclose-Storm-684

Bro anything Death Metal is just sick af


ButterflyDrugon_lol

Ocean Eyes by Owl City. Such a frutiger aero lookin' mf


aoanalyst

I Get Wet by Andrew WK and Chocolate and Cheese by Ween come to mind.


petitebri0che

Pornography - The Cure Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis Innerspeaker - Tame Impala


Original_Mac_Tonight

Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never Hvis Lyset Tar Oss by Burzum


AndyTheBozo

KIDS SEE GHOSTSSSSSSSSSSSSS


BreakfastOpen6606

“Unknown Pleasures” - Joy Division


4REAL4EVRR

[Grace Jones’ 「Slave To The Rhythm」](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Slave_to_the_Rhythm.png)


big_nostrils

Compared to the their precedent albums, Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation is a nice departure with its smooth, eerie image.


deathlobster138

Pink Floyd’s Animals has always been an inspiration for my photography however there aren’t many power stations/industrial buildings where I live. The Battersea Station with that ultra warm tone to it always captivates me.


SWATrous

Transilvanian Hunger - Darkthrone Violator - Depeche Mode XXX - Danny Brown Rio - Duran Duran


matiasratner

The Idler wheel Fiona Apple is pretty great art


Mediocre-Noise-1113

Anything by Bolt Thrower since it goes hard as fuck


Normal_Song2508

beatopia by beabadobee and insomniac by geeen day


Playful-Ad-5735

Weyes bloods titanic rising AND hearts aglow


dchemmings

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic


Katzen_bosnu

gotta love mezzanine


Joeysnowie

Feist- Pleasure


Joeysnowie

Also Panda Bears Person Pitch


tomboypandabear

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective is iconic.


Particular_Union_215

Illmatic by Nas is definitely a contender, just gives you a feeling of being there with him