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The Best…album covers of all time

Nirvavna - Nevermind album cover
  • Posted at 2:47pm
  • 03 December 2008
  • by JaneAnderson-RT
  • 10 comments

To tie in with BBC Radio 2's programme The Album as Art (Tuesday 16 December, 10:30pm) - part of a season celebrating the album - we've put together a photo gallery of some of the most iconic album covers of all time.

The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973)
The Clash - London Calling (1979)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
Joy Division - Closer (1980)
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1978)
Mekons - So Good It Hurts (1988)
New Order - Power Corruption & Lies (1983)
Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956)
Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the B******s (1977)
The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (1968)
Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
U2 - Boy (1980)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)

Is your favourite here? What do you think is the greatest album cover of all time? Post a comment and let us know.

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Jane Anderson is Radio Times's radio editor.

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  • Posted on 21 December 2008
  • at 12:09am
  • by Deepster

Dangerour by Michael Jackson

  • Posted on 19 December 2008
  • at 9:23pm
  • by Liz

You can't leave out Quicksilver Messenger Service's Happy Trails and the Ozark Mountain Daredevils' Car over the Lake Album covers

  • Posted on 18 December 2008
  • at 12:50am
  • by Mark

Abstract Revolutoin by Redzone.

  • Posted on 16 December 2008
  • at 7:44pm
  • by Angela

One of the best album covers has to be Funhouse by the Stooges!

  • Posted on 15 December 2008
  • at 7:38pm
  • by Brass

No Led Zeppelin

Must be a mistake Led Zeppelin 1 to 4 Houses of the Holy great album covers must be included in the list.

  • Posted on 15 December 2008
  • at 2:44pm
  • by Anne Dee

Hey, no sign of any Supertramp...?

How about the iconic Crime of the Century or even Breakfast in America, not to mention Crisis? What Crisis?

  • Posted on 13 December 2008
  • at 5:53pm
  • by Richard Mitchell

How come there is no album covers displaying the work of Roger Dean surley they are worth a mention?

  • Posted on 13 December 2008
  • at 1:06pm
  • by EvenstarCrystal

Really must be Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures'- genre-making but unique!

  • Posted on 08 December 2008
  • at 8:53pm
  • by William

Why is The Dark Side of the Moon not included in the list?

  • Posted on 08 December 2008
  • at 3:59pm
  • by David

Another terrific album cover is by the recently departed rock & roll founding father Bo Diddley and his iconic 1960 "black cowboy" cover for the album "Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger".

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