The Most Iconic Album Covers of All-Time
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The greatest crossover of all time
Led Zeppelin 1's image of the Hindenburg crashing is legendary. Really set the tone for their discography
That's exactly what I was thinking, every cover they had for their albums set the tone of the songs on their albums, minus Precense tho
i get that's not what you meant, but it sounds like your implying that their discography was a wreck, which is pretty funny to me, since it's really not, and that's what you wanted to say
Zeppelin 4 was Also epic cover
They are a shit group though
@@ianblack7006 L
I’m pretty sure Abbey Road is the Beatles most iconic album cover, and one of the most imitated photos in music history.
Agreed. Probably harder to analyze than Sgt Pepper though.
Could easily do a while video on just the Beatles' covers.
History*
I feel like Weezers blue album inspired the creation of abbey roads cover. 4 dudes lined up in a row.
That or dark side of the moon are the most iconic album covers for sure
@@ihate_5x108 I agree!
The Madvillainy cover, iconic
The villain
I just got that album on Vinyl and I’m so happy
I mean for the year 2004 where lots of hip hop albums were flashy and flexing with women and money the grimey shot of mf dooms face was pretty cool and new so i'm glad i'm not the only one who thinks that album cover is iconic.
Madvillain,low end theory,enter the 36 chambers,i think these are the most recognisable hip hoo albums
Ur basic
"It's pretty much American Idiot for boomers." This is completely correct and I still hate it
Why?
I love it tho lmfao
Him saying “I only said that to make someone mad” had me dead!
He's not wrong the American Dream for some is bullshit
Every other artist: *_A R T_*
Tyler the Creator: *-B U B B L E F O N T-*
I choked when I read this.
and yet it works so damn well
i feel like it still fits tho
It’s called Cooper
rute_awakening it’s called Cooper Black
The pet sounds cover is adorable. They're feeding goats and that's just wholesome.
It could be adorable and artistically well done.
It clearly is not artistically well done
it’s only iconic because it is coupled with one of the best sounding albums of all time. Like, imagine if Sgt. Peppers just featured a picture of them like in Beatles For Sale.
Says the lover of goats
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I agree with u
also the green is great
The color scheme is hideous
Playboi cartis die lit album cover is the elvis presley album cover of the 2010s
Honestly shocked Die Lit wasn't mentioned cause that album cover is fucking amazing
LETS ARGUE
I literally downloaded some of his songs just for the album cover, it's just that good
definitely going to be an iconic album cover
Alexander Andersson I take rodeo
Yo wheres In the Court of the Crimson King? That one of the most iconic album covers of all time
That’s what I was thinking
King Crimson has some the best album covers of all time. They're either minimalist abstract pitcures that pop and stand out, or awesome realist paintings with an incredible amount of meaning that represent the lyrics, all while looking exactly like the sound of the music more than anyone else.
@@user-wx2ek3uv1i for real though. Every single album cover by them looks exactly like the music. Not a day goes by where I don't think about the cover art for itcotck, itwop, larks' tongues, red, the 80's trilogy, or the power to believe. Their album art is masterful.
@@wispycirrus9907 I love em man but those acronyms are ridiculous
King crimson aren’t nearly as mainstream though so they aren’t considered “iconic”
“I could sit and find meaning in this image of a banana, but I’ll let it S L I D E for now”
sp00kman I am laughed
Michael Jackson’s thriller is pretty iconic. I’d say the BAD album is too
undoubtedly. They were both the most published music images of that time and recognizable to pretty much everyone. I just think he generally prefers Prince over Michael, because how're you gonna mention one without the other here? lol
Definitely
abolutely
Dangerous too
The cover for Blood on the Dance Floor is incredible
I feel like currents and ok computer definitely deserve a mention
jerry boop boop boop boop
*paranoid android noises*
Kid A and Lonerism, too.
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea too...
When Radiohead and Tame Impala are my two favorite bands 👁 👄 👁
@@Karmy. ah yes, the anne frank fan-fic album
tame impala’s covers are so gorgeous/amazing and perfectly represent the album titles
Gorillaz' ones really fit the albums as well
Currents album remind me of Physics books😂😂
@@trendylyrics8040 Are we talking HC Verma here, homie ?
It feels like you're only going backwards saying that.
currents and innerspeaker are AMAZING but the others are eh
All of MJs album covers from Off the wall until blood on the dance floor are godlike, you cant go wrong with the king of pop
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I think Invincible is pretty special too (and also Michael and XScape)
@@schnittlauchakaharryschott9971 all his albums are special:)
@@abbyvii Absolutely
THANK YOU (:
I think Weezer’s Blue Album really fits this criteria. Those four boys on a solid color background is one of the most iconic album covers of all time. Wow!
Wow! 😁
They really do make me think, what were those homies dissing his girl for?
blue and pinkerton have the best weezer album covers imo, they just resonate with the tracks so much.
it really captures that crunchy, raw, fun feeling of the album
@@notpea almost every weezer album cover is great though, all the coloured albums minus red are such raw images and stuff like pacific daydream, even if its a mid album, has a pretty good album cover, and as ok humans biggest fan the album cover for it is so good, even if hurley and raditude have awful album covers weezer makes up for it with near nonstop beautiful pieces of art to represent their songs
Dude forgot “Demon Days” from Gorillaz.
after abbey roads the most iconic four band members cover imo
That’s what I was about to say!
@@Paulito-ym4qc Hot Space by Queen?
@@WingsOfElysium it's definetley up there, but it's not as well known. like with demon days or abbey road people will draw fanart of characters in those motives withouth even knowing they're from those albums. don't get me wrong, i love queen, but the impact of that cover is by no means as grand as gorillaz/beatles. (coverwise)
DUDE YEAHHH
Demon Days, Wolf, Abbey Road, communist daughter, Random Access Memories, The Money Store, MBTF, Man on the moon, No Love Deep Web, Rolling Stone, Odd future tape v1 and 2, Cherry bomb, Plastic beach, The Magic Whip, Blur, To Pimp a Butterfly, Blonde, Death of a Bachelor, Pretty Odd, The Black Parade, American Idiot, Nevermind, Bizarre Ride II, Tribe Called Quest, Gorillaz, Discovery, Flowerboy, Graduation, College Dropout, DAMN., Yeezus, list can go on
Reading "The Black Parade" in this list gave me the same feeling as when I suddenly hear a single g-note
Madvilliany cover is dope tho
bro why you gotta sleep on Late Registration
Not even two minutes in and we get Pet Sounds cover slander I expected better here 😔
it's ok, but not worthy for such a great album
The igor cover art is simplistic but yet so memorable and it suits the vibe of the album. Barely brought up in conversations about the album, yes I find it one of the (if not the) most iconic thing about the album.
yea IGOR sounds exactly like how it looks
Mandalorian crusader every track on Igor is pink now.
right like it just...sOUNDS pink
I’d like to argue Flower Boy is a more iconic album cover from Tyler
It's amazing but Flower Boy set the bar way too high
HOLY F I HAD NEVER NOTICED THAT LONDON CALLING WAS A PARODY OF "ELVIS PRESLEY" !
My life is a lie.
Joseph Ancion it makes London Calling even better imo
I didn’t know either.
I am currently enjoying my three moments of superiority knowing that before you
Hang on, I'm 10 minutes in an Alfo video about albums and there's nothing about MBDTF. What's just happened?!?
KaNyE fElL oFf
That's what happened
Bro Kid's See Ghosts, Yeezus, The Life of Pablo, MBDTF and Graduation are all iconic covers.
@@ognjengaric2687 well last year he dropped 2 aotys in kids see ghosts and daytona (exec. Producer) and a potential aoty in ye. This year he made the highest selling gospel rap album of all time off of 2 week sales. He was the highest earning celeb of 2019, and he went from $53 mil in debt in 2017 to $600 mil in 2020. Pretty sure hes doing fine mate.
@@hyunseoklee4027 He's also a billionaire now
@@napster3075 100%
The cover for king crimson's debut album is one of my favourites. It captures the tone of the album and the band perfectly.
Honestly my favorite album of all time is the court of the crimson king along with the cover. Just beutiful.
The Stone Roses self-titled album is pretty iconic I feel.
I love that album so much probably the best introduction on any album let alone a debut
1000%
@Harvey Smith nab 2 3 good songs rest are mid af
Gosh, why don't we have more animated album covers considering most of us stream these days?
Nothing is real bandana - freddie gibbs & madlib
Smino - Noir
some pretty cool ones
Lil uzi very kinda did that with ea
It’s not practical
Because its really distracting while listening to music.
@@WhaleManMan nah
Because The Internet cover was iconic the second it dropped, color palette is gasss
Blake Ultra factual
How though
Blake Ultra pity the album is shit
And Donald is baked af
sammo it’s a strong album. Probably the best to come out of gambino
I’d add the London Calling album cover, specifically in how it calls back to the Elvis Presley debut cover and flips it on its head with punk energy.
The Magdalene cover makes me extremely uncomfortable
@Bella for me it's because of the uncanny valley effect
@@DMVGREY what does that have to do this?
Album is so overhyped lmao
Zackary Smith had to google that...scary as fuck
Have a look at the mutant by arca cover
The reputation album cover is also one of my favs. There's a whole story behind it, every single detail is important.
the one with taylor staring at us like a goose
@@-Scrapper- not how i would describe it
@@mirrorball1752 Isn't it just her name spammed everywhere with different fonts idk
@@-Scrapper- yeah and Born in the USA is an ass in front of an american flag, but simplicity is not a negative aspect
It’s my favorite. The repeated TAYLOR SWIFT. As if it were newspaper headlines. Every rep song has some sort of commentary on how joe saw past everything happening to her. Kanye, rumors and just about all the negativity in her life. Her name in the headline font is not covering the whole album cover just half her face and the side and to me it means she’s passed all of it “ my reputation’s never been worse so you must like me for me”. And she’s literally Past it all LOVER is definitely her seeing the good in just accepting it and moving on because she’s in love and it’s been proven to her that joe doesn’t care about what they say of her and he LOVES her
Kid cudi's man on the moon is soooo good especially the expanded one
the kids see ghosts one
loveless' cover is both "original" and "thematic", its probably the best album cover of all time
qwertyfra1 it looks exactly how the music sounds.
I agree 100% it fits the album perfectly
What about news of the world by queen
Demon Days by Gorillaz has a pretty iconic album cover imo. I mean pretty much all of Gorillaz' album covers are awesome and I love them but I can't deny that Demon Days is way more widely known than for example Plastic Beach.
Kid A is my personal favourite
Fuck yeah dude it gives me shivers (in a weirdly nice way)
Same
Crap album cover like the album itself
Justin too bad everyone else likes it
Same here
I could honestly have watched an hour long video of this.
13:10
the figures who appear on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover redesign are as follows:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:
John = Kanye West
Ringo = Drake
Paul = Taylor Swift
George = Lil Nas X
From Left to Right:
1. The Beatles (Headless)
2. Barack Obama
3. Beyonce
4. Bojack Horseman
5. Elon Musk
6. Margaret Atwood
7. Ai Weiwei
8. Bell Hooks
9. M.I.A.
10. Millie Bobbie Brown
11. Bernie Sanders
12. Martha Nussbaum
13. Judith Butler
14. Rupaul
15. Lil Peep
16. Xxxtentacion
17. Kendrick Lamar
18. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
19. Donna Haraway
20. Miley Cyrus
21. Avicii
22. Bjork
23. No-Face (Spirited Away)
24. Billie Eilish
25. Greta Thunberg
26. Marina Abramovic
27. Yanis Varoufakis
28. Slavoj Zizek
29. Jamie Oliver
30. Kylie Jenner
the redesign was created by TrippieSteff
Terrible
Horrific. Should never even touch the album cover.
Too many women?
@@_spacecowboy_ No, just the execution of the redesign was awful.
Disrespectful even
Fiverr literally sponsored the same video from ARTV. They didn’t even change the 12 chosen albums wtf
hold up, what?
wha
Oh wow, you’re right... that’s crazy
(just so it's clear, I had no idea about this and idek who ARTV is)
Just a heads up even though someone has probably already mentioned it. Blondie's singer is Debbie Harry, not Harris. Great video though.
In the aeroplane over the sea
Yes
@@wasanderesalsihrseid lol
Que extreme bass
/mu/
Björn love the pfp
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Who hasn't seen it?
I know a lot of people who haven't but yeah. VERY iconic album cover.
The pet sounds cover is not that bad, my guy
Was thinking the same, it's a fitting image and the green and yellow contrast is easy on the eyes
It's less than aight
I wouldn't wear it on a t-shirt, that's for sure
Again, it’s only because Pet Sounds is one of the best albums of all time. They could’ve done so much better with that cover art.
it's ok, but not fitting
I refuse to accept the fact that a punk band hasn’t used the falling man from 9/11 as an album cover
I think Radiohead is taking notes
That to pimp a butterfly!!!
i loved the nirvana and purple rain design! but honestly all of them were so creative! I love the arts
Alfo: You have to come up with an image for your album, and it has to be super thoughtful
The Beatles, Weezer, and Metallica: No
Hey, pinkerton has a great ass album cover
And Jay-Z
Hey Metallica has some good ones
Slendeaway I'm talking about Black Album
@Izzy Don't forget Chinese Democracy. Great album, questionable cover.
Even when I had no concept of Neutral Milk Hotel, the In the Aeroplane Over the Sea album cover really stuck itself in my head
Muse - Absolution album cover physically gives me chills
Cool af
I think Iron Maiden's early 80's album covers should be mentioned since thousands of kids bought their music based on nothing but the art. Also if you've ever had a vinyl copy of Jethro Tulls' "Thick as a Brick" I'ts unforgettable.
The OOZ has gotta be one of my favorites.
another one of the most incredible album covers is King Crimson's debut album, "In the court of the crimson king". It definitely fits the music thematically, but it is incredibly abstract, especially for its time.
10 years from now we will get a video about the most iconic YT thumbnails
One of my favorite things about music honestly is the album covers...love the Video 🙌🏻
I feel like iridescence album cover isn't as iconic, but as it compliments the music in the album perfectly
Bjork's "Post" is my favorite. It's so colorful and full of life
Exactly !!!
OutKast: “Stankonia” album is iconic
Illmatic is pretty iconic too. The way kid Nas is transparent and looking at you frowning, while the background is the streets of New York. It kinda shows how Nas' life is a reflection of his environment.
Honestly i think three cheers for sweet revenge by my chemical romance is a pretty iconic deep album cover
MythicalTide I love that one.
“Deep” lol, good artwork tho
MythicalTide agreed
Ok emo
loveless by mbv. the album cover really visualizes the sounds in the album itself
“American Idiot for Boomers.” Is the best thing I have ever heard.
Weezer’s “Pinkerton” album art compliments the music so well.
The Number of the Beast is the perfect example of a perfect album cover. Meaningful, beautiful, badass, and iconic. Holy Diver’s cover art is great too
Great video overall, just ooone thing missing...
Where was Out of the Blue’s album cover from ELO, that spaceship is the definition of Mr. Blue Sky
Some of my favorite album covers:
Currents - Tame Impala
Rodeo - Travis Scott
Birds in the trap sing mcknight - Travis Scott
Dark side of the moon . Pink Floyd
In utero - Nirvana
My dark beautiful twisted fantasy - Kanye West
Kids see ghosts - Kanye West & Kid Cudi
Master of puppets cover has a lot of depth to it, and is one of the most recognized metal albums in all time
Id say And Justice For All edges it out. MoP is still excellent tho
Unknown Pleasures is such a masterpiece in every single way it’s unbelievable to think it was both Joy Division’s debut and Peter Saville’s first album artwork
I feel like black sabbath’s self titled could easily have been in here- matches the sound of album perfectly
well if we're talking about iconic covers that might make you uncomfortable death grips' no love deep web cover is up there
Anyone else think the black bar censored version is even better as long as you have seen the uncensored version? Seems somewhat cooler knowing what's being hidden.
Rustfade why would you get uncomfortable just by seeing something as simple as a penis? i dont get what’s wrong with that
@@liperigonful are you serious?
I love the Meliora cover. It's so gorgeous and there are many different covers within than one cover. It's so gosh darn cool.
yes, just saw it
London Calling ?
@@goo8243 Because it's literally the same as the Elvis one. They copied 'Elvis Presley'.
And it's in B&W, clearly further invoking Elvis.
@@nl3064 it's literally meant to be a parody of the Elvis cover but okay
@@Sabbathfaax That's what I'm saying, it's not "iconic", it's not even it's own thing - it's an imitation/parody/homage/copy/ape/lampoon whatever. And it's not anymore known than any other common average cover picture.
@@nl3064 fuck no it's incredibly iconic and partly BECAUSE it's based on the Elvis cover. The whole parody in itself exerts so much punk energy. At this point the cover has even transcended the original cover in recognition. The picture of Paul Simonon is easily one of the most iconic pictures of musicians of all time, so much so that the original smashed bass has now been preserved in the museum of London
What about demon days from gorillaz
The blue album by Weezer is pretty fire
SMGawesome it's also the meme of 2019. All of weezer's color albums are pretty good. They look fresh on each one.
its not super special and eye grabbing but it fits so well. Weezer really is just a bunch of normal guys and a picture of them just standing and staring at the camera shows that so well. its fitting and kind of funny in a weird way
Unpopular opinion but honestly my all time favourite album cover is The E.N.D. by the Black Eyed Peas
It’s really nostalgic
@@_trashmandan_2903 I strongly dislike that album, but I agree that its cover is pretty iconic and the most well known BEP cover
Ween’s “The Mollusk” has pretty great album art, it perfectly captures what the album is
Pet Sounds was unfortunately released just before album covers started being treated as a form of art. I believe if it had been released a year or two later, it would have had a truly iconic cover.
I don’t know. “With the Beatles” already put a lot of creativity and sharp design into an album cover
@@SirAnthonyChirpsALot The Beatles are one of my favorite bands but I don't love their pre-Rubber Soul albums as much as their later albums. So, at first I was skeptical of your claim about the cover of With the Beatles, but I did some research into it. I do have to admit that more thought and effort was put into its design than I had assumed. Though I think it was still only somewhat of an outlier at the time it was released. It still fit into the norm of album covers in the early 60's just being a simple photo of the band members, even if it was edited in a certain way. I think Revolver's cover is what really lit the spark for album covers to have more creative designs.
Rubber Soul, was an outtake photo that was distorted, immediately upon seeing that particular photo all four said "that's it" and it is. Artistic, iconic, and intimate, the distorted images foretold the emerging psychedelic influence.
I love the pet sounds cover actually lol
markallenwils same
Same it’s dope
cooper black is fire
I know London Calling was inspired by Elvis Presley but London Calling with Paul Simonon smashing his bass is the greatest album cover and one of the greatest albums of all time
The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me. Amazing album with incredible art. The band actually persisted on getting that photograph for their album after being rejected multiple times by the photographer. He eventually gave in and said that if they wanted it that bad, then they must be really passionate about it. I think the photographer gave the album a listen before finally agreeing to let it be the album art. The only requirement was that there could be no text covering the image.
Good album cover but I really like deja entendu's cover as well... Maybe a little bit more
That album cover has alway stuck with me. It’s incredible Imo and sets the tone perfectly for the record
To pimp a butterfly has a pretty lit album cover because it conveys what the albums theme is. Being black in America
Roger Dean is probably the greatest album cover artist of all time.
I think the covers of Michael Jackson's "Bad", "HIStory", "Blood on the Dance Floor" and especially "Dangerous" are amazing covers that really stand out and are always overlooked.
thriller is by far the most iconic, so simple, yet so complex
A dude on his side?
@@mockupguy3577 a dude named Michael Jackson on his side
@@mockupguy3577 Facts, I'm an MJ megafan but I agree that there was nothing special about the 'Thriller' cover. You must admit though that the Dangerous cover was outstanding.
Thriller should have that one poster with MJ in his red jacket, surrounded by zombies.
But, the video was made almost 6 months after the album came out so...
Kinda like how BAD did it as the Bad Music Video was filming before the album's release.
so we’re just gonna forget the demon days cover?
Of course not
yes
The re-imagined NWA album cover looks really good.
Weyes blood's TITANIC RISING has an AMAZING artcover
i guess you could say that Beatles album cover was... “like no other cover”
I’ll go
love it
My favorite album covers ever are Dookie by Green Day, Insomniac by Green Day and Famous Monsters by the Misfits
I'm wearing a shirt with the dookie album cover right now lol
i love dookie
Thematic: THE BLACK PARADE
Bruh The Thriller album cover is the most iconic tbh
Gorillaz - Demon Dayz?
Youve could at least put them in honorable mentions
How are you going to forget the Dangerous Album cover by Michael Jackson? It has the complete package. Symmetry, color, detail, hidden meanings. It doesn’t get any better.
Billy Joel - The Stranger has a great cover
i feel like nobody who was behind those album covers did actually thought as much about them as this analysis, I bet they were more like “yeah this looks cool for the cover” xD
The Die Lit album art is better than anything playboi carti has ever recorded.
booooooooo
Honestly just fuck off bro, die lit was the best album of 2018 and 2019
ooga booga it was a pleasant album but I wouldn’t call it the best of 2018/19
@@laneyboi4285 Pierre bourne's melodic, psychedelic production is perfect, carti killed it with the hooks, great features some of my favourites were Bryson tiller on fell in luv (one of my favourite features of all time), red coldhearted on middle of the summer and gunna on no time. I was going to study the other day but had love hurts (ft. Travis Scott) stuck in my mind so I said to myself I'll listen to that song and then study but once I'd heard it I ended up listening to the entirety of die lit, I couldn't resist. Such a great album.
@@laneyboi4285 I just love the vibe of the album, very consistent
I think a great album cover that exemplifies an album in a great way is Under pressure from logic. I think it Shows how he’s the one that people he grew up with look up too. People he grew up with are proud to say that they knew him as a kid.
Am I the only one who thinks that Patti Smith's Horses should have been here?
Robert Mapplethorpe’s Magnum Opus.
Madvillainy I think is an amazing example for the Identity category
Isn't the Elvis Presley album visual theme just a Sony Music thing? London Calling by the Clash has the same layout.
Pac‘s all eyez on me cover is legendary
my personal interpretation of the dark side of the moon cover is that it’s meant to represent transformation through an unfamiliar medium, personified by sid barrett going mental because of his use of lsd
Reputation by Taylor Swift is super satisfying to look at idk why
I think taboo could fit perfectly in the identity category especially considering the themes of the album
Debbie Harry smh dawg she’s a legend in the New York underground scene