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The Best…album covers of all time
- Posted at 2:47pm
- 03 December 2008
- by JaneAnderson-RT
- 12 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.
Comments
- Posted on 16 May 2009
- at 8:31pm
- by karnak
There are no R&B albums at all. What about Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain" or one of Pedro Bell's Funkadelic covers?
- Posted on 07 March 2009
- at 12:46am
- by Jess
Tha name: The Best album covers of all time, doesn't sound right as you seem to miss a whole decade between 2000 and now.
- 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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