Även i den digitala tidsåldern, med filer och appar som gör det lättare att få tillgång till musik, är vinylen tillbaka. Omslagen, som bara skulle kunna vara ett skydd för innehållet, ger plats för bildkonstnärernas uttryck och blir ofta lika viktiga som själva albumet.
Ibland kan de till och med kosta mer än albumet - ryktet säger att omslaget till Blue Monday, av 80-talsrockgruppen New Order, var så dyrt att skivbolaget förlorade pengar på varje exemplar.
Webbplatsen Short List har valt ut de 50 coolaste omslagen genom tiderna. Listan innehåller Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) e Abbey Road (1969) av Beatles , Nevermind (1991) av Nirvana , Fartyg anländer för sent för att rädda en drunknande häxa (1982) av Frank Zappa Homogen, från Björk och några från Pink Floyd .
Vilken är din favorit?
The Velvet Underground & Nico
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla.jpg)
Album: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) Designer: Andy Warhol
Led Zeppelin
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-1.jpg)
Album: Houses of the Holy (1973) Formgivare: Aubrey Powell/Storm Thorgerson
The Beatles
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-2.jpg)
Album: Abbey Road Formgivare: Kosh/Iain MacMillan
Van Halen
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-3.jpg)
Album: 1984 Formgivare: Pete Angelus, Richard Seireeni, David Jellison, Margo Zafer Nahas
Sigur Rós
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-4.jpg)
Album: Ágætis Byrjun Formgivare: Gotti Bernhöft
Se även: Professorn i sketchen "Arthur" kommer ut ur garderoben och gifter sigJohnny Cash
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-5.jpg)
Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around Fotograf: Martyn Atkins
Björk
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-6.jpg)
Album: Homogenic Designer: Alexander McQueen
Pet Shop Boys
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-7.jpg)
Album: Introspective (1988) Designer: Mark Farrow/Pet Shop Boys
Pink Floyd
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-8.jpg)
Album: Wish You Were Here (1975) Formgivare: Storm Thorgerson
Elvis Presley
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-9.jpg)
Album: Elvis Presley (1956) Fotograf: William V. "Rd" Robertson
Grace Jones
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-10.jpg)
Album: Island Life (1985) Formgivare: Jean-Paul Goude
Joy Division
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-11.jpg)
Album: Unknown Pleasures (1979) Designer: Joy Division, Peter Saville & Chris Mathan
Nirvana
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-12.jpg)
Album: Nevermind (1991) Formgivare: Robert Fisher
Pink Floyd
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-13.jpg)
Album: Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Designer: Storm Thorgerson
Rage Against The Machine
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-14.jpg)
Album: Rage Against The Machine (1992) Fotograf: : Malcolm Browne
Se även: Idag är det 22/02/2022 och vi förklarar innebörden av decenniets sista palindromThe Beatles
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-15.jpg)
Album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Formgivare: Sir Peter Blake
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-16.jpg)
Album: It's Blitz! (2009) Formgivare: Okänd
The Who
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-17.jpg)
Album: Who's Next (1971) Fotograf: Ethan A. Russell
Fugees
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-18.jpg)
Album: The Score (1996) Designer: Brain/Richard O. White/Marc Baptiste
Beck
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-19.jpg)
Album: The Information (2006) Designer: Various/The Listener
N.W.A
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-20.jpg)
Album: Straight Outta Compton (1988) Formgivare: Helane Freeman
Spiritualiserad
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-21.jpg)
Album: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997) Formgivare: Mark Farrow
Soulwax
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-22.jpg)
Album: Nite Versions (2005) Formgivare: Trevor Jackson
Ramones
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-23.jpg)
Album: Ramones (1976) Fotograf: Roberta Bayley
Drottning
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-24.jpg)
Album: Queen II (1974) Fotograf: Mick Rock
Prodigy
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-25.jpg)
Album: Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) Formgivare: Stuart Haygarth
Glada måndagar
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-26.jpg)
Album: Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (1990) Formgivare: Central Station Design
Miles Davis
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-27.jpg)
Album: Tutu (1986) Formgivare: Eiko Ishioka/Irving Penn
Köttfärslimpa
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-28.jpg)
Album: Bat Out of Hell (1977) Formgivare: Jim Steinman/Richard Corben
Citrongelé
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-29.jpg)
Album: Lost Horizons (2002) Formgivare: Fred Deakin/Airside
Rättvisa
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-30.jpg)
Album: † (2007) Formgivare: Surface2Air
John Coltrane
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-31.jpg)
Album: Blue Train (1957) Designer: Reid Miles
Iron Maiden
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-32.jpg)
Album: Number of the Beast (1982) Illustratör: Derek Riggs
Frank Zappa
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-33.jpg)
Album: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982) Designer: Roger Price
Ny ordning
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-34.jpg)
Album: Makt, korruption och lögner (1983) Formgivare: Peter Saville
Autechre
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-35.jpg)
Album: Draft 7.30 (2003) Designer: Alex Rutterford
DJ Sadow
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-36.jpg)
Album: Endtroducing (1996) Formgivare: Okänd
The Stone Roses
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-37.jpg)
Album: The Stone Roses (1989) Designer: John Squire
Bruce Springsteen
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-38.jpg)
Album: Born in the USA (1984) Fotograf: Annie Leibovitz
Blondie
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-39.jpg)
Album: Parallel Lines (1978) Formgivare: Ramey Communications/Edo Bertoglio/Peter Leeds
The Clash
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-40.jpg)
Album: London Calling (1979) Formgivare: Pennie Smith/Ray Lowry
Biffy Clyro
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-41.jpg)
Album: The Vertigo of Bliss (2003) Formgivare: Milo Manara
Oas
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-42.jpg)
Album: Definitely Maybe (1994) Formgivare: Brian Cannon/Microdot
AC/DC
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-43.jpg)
Album: Back in Black (1980) Formgivare: Bob Defrin
The Strokes
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-44.jpg)
Album: Is This It (2001) Designer: Colin Lane
Kraftwerk
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-45.jpg)
Album: The Man-Machine (1978) Formgivare: Karl Klefisch/Günther Fröhling
Bob Dylan
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-46.jpg)
Album: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) Fotograf: Don Hunstein
Rammstein
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-47.jpg)
Album: Mutter (2001) Formgivare: Dirk Rudolph/Daniel & Geo Fuchs
Sex Pistols
![](/wp-content/uploads/arte/3872/hih31u3rla-48.jpg)
Album: Never Mind The Bollocks (1977) Formgivare: Jamie Reed