Walaupun dalam era digital, dengan fail dan apl memudahkan untuk mengakses muzik, vinil telah membuat kemunculan semula. Muka depan, yang hanya boleh menjadi perlindungan untuk kandungan, membuka ruang untuk ekspresi artis visual dan, banyak kali, menjadi sama pentingnya dengan album itu sendiri.
Kadangkala, malah, ia boleh malah harganya lebih mahal daripada album – mereka mengatakan bahawa kulit Blue Monday, oleh kumpulan rock 80-an New Order, adalah sangat mahal sehingga syarikat rakaman kehilangan wang dengan setiap salinan.
Tapak web Senarai Pendek memilih 50 muka depan paling hebat setiap masa. Senarai itu termasuk Sgt. Pancaragam Kelab Lonely Hearts Pepper (1967) dan Abbey Road (1969) oleh Beatles , Nevermind (1991) oleh Nirvana , Kapal Tiba Terlalu Lewat untuk Menyelamatkan Ahli Sihir Lemas (1982) oleh Frank Zappa , Homogenik, oleh Björk , ditambah beberapa oleh Pink Floyd .
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
Album: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) Pereka: Andy Warhol
Led Zeppelin
Album: Houses of the Holy (1973) Pereka: Aubrey Powell/Storm Thorgerson
The Beatles
Album: Abbey Road Pereka: Kosh/Iain MacMillan
Van Halen
Album: 1984 Pereka: Pete Angelus, Richard Seireeni, David Jellison, Margo Zafer Nahas
Lihat juga: Chuck Berry: pencipta rock n' roll yang hebatSigur Rós
Album: Ágætis Byrjun Pereka: GottiBernhöft
Johnny Cash
Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around Jurugambar: Martyn Atkins
Björk
Album: Pereka Homogenik: Alexander McQueen
Pet Shop Boys
Album: Introspektif (1988) Pereka: Mark Farrow /Pet Shop Boys
Pink Floyd
Album: Wish You Were Here (1975) Pereka: Storm Thorgerson
Elvis Presley
Album: Elvis Presley (1956) Jurugambar: William V. 'Rd' Robertson
Lihat juga: Monyet mencuri kamera jurugambar dan mengambil gambar dirinyaGrace Jones
Album: Island Life (1985) Pereka: Jean-Paul Goude
Joy Division
Album: Unknown Pleasures (1979) Pereka: Joy Division, Peter Saville & Chris Mathan
Nirvana
Album: Nevermind (1991) Pereka: Robert Fisher
Pink Floyd
Album: Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Pereka: Storm Thorgerson
Rage Against The Machine
Album: Rage Against The Machine (1992) Jurugambar: : Malcolm Browne
The Beatles
Album: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Pereka: Sir Peter Blake
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Album: It’s Blitz! (2009) Pereka: Tidak Dikenal
The Who
Album: Who's Next (1971) Jurugambar: Ethan A. Russell
Fugees
Album: The Score (1996) Pereka: Brain/Richard O. White/Marc Baptiste
Beck
Album: The Information (2006) Pereka:Various/The Listener
N.W.A
Album: Straight Outta Compton (1988) Pereka: Helane Freeman
Berjiwa
Album: Hadirin dan Puan-Puan Kami Terapung di Angkasa (1997) Pereka: Mark Farrow
Soulwax
Album : Nite Versions (2005) Pereka: Trevor Jackson
Ramones
Album: Ramones (1976) Jurugambar: Roberta Bayley
Queen
Album: Queen II (1974) Jurugambar: Mick Rock
Prodigy
Album: Muzik untuk Jilted Generation (1994) Pereka: Stuart Haygarth
Selamat Hari Isnin
Album: Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (1990) Pereka: Central Station Reka Bentuk
Miles Davis
Album: Tutu (1986) Pereka: Eiko Ishioka/Irving Penn
Roti Daging
Album: Bat Out of Hell (1977) Pereka: Jim Steinman/Richard Corben
Lemon Jelly
Album : Lost Horizons (2002) Pereka: Fred Deakin/Airside
Keadilan
Album: † (2007) Pereka: Surface2Air
John Coltrane
Album: Blue Train (1957) Pereka: Reid Miles
Iron Maiden
Album: Number of the Beast (1982) Illustrator: Derek Riggs
Frank Zappa
Album: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982) Pereka: Roger Price
Tempahan Baharu
Album: Power, Corruption and Lies (1983) Pereka: PeterSaville
Autechre
Album: Draf 7.30 (2003) Pereka: Alex Rutterford
DJ Sadow
Album: Endtroducing (1996) Pereka: Tidak Diketahui
The Stone Roses
Album: The Stone Roses (1989) Pereka: John Squire
Bruce Springsteen
Album: Lahir di Amerika Syarikat (1984) Jurugambar: Annie Leibovitz
Blondie
Album: Parallel Lines (1978) Pereka: Ramey Communications/Edo Bertoglio/Peter Leeds
The Clash
Album: London Calling (1979) Pereka: Pennie Smith/Ray Lowry
Biffy Clyro
Album: The Vertigo of Bliss (2003) Pereka: Milo Manara
Oasis
Album: Pasti Mungkin (1994) Pereka: Brian Cannon/Microdot
AC/DC
Album: Back in Black (1980) Pereka: Bob Defrin
The Strokes
Album: Is This It (2001) Pereka: Colin Lane
Kraftwerk
Album: The Man-Machine (1978) Pereka: Karl Klefisch/Günther Fröhling
Bob Dylan
Album: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) Jurugambar: Don Hunstein
Rammstein
Album: Mutter (2001) Pereka: Dirk Rudolph/Daniel & Geo Fuchs
The Sex Pistols
Album: Never Mind The Bollocks (1977) Pereka: Jamie Reed