Kahit na sa digital age, na may mga file at app na nagpapadali sa pag-access ng musika, nagbalik ang vinyl. Ang mga pabalat, na maaaring isang proteksyon lamang para sa nilalaman, ay nagbubukas ng espasyo para sa pagpapahayag ng mga visual artist at, maraming beses, ay nagiging kasinghalaga ng mismong album.
Minsan, kahit na, maaari nilang maging mas mahal pa ito. kaysa sa album – sinasabi nila na ang cover ng Blue Monday, ng 80s rock group na New Order, ay napakamahal kaya nawalan ng pera ang record company sa bawat kopya.
Pinili ng Short List website ang 50 pinakaastig na cover ng lahat ng oras. Kasama sa listahan ang Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) at Abbey Road (1969) ng Beatles , Nevermind (1991) ni Nirvana , Masyadong Huli ang Pagdating ng Barko para Iligtas ang isang Drowning Witch (1982) ni Frank Zappa , Homogenic, ni Björk , at ilang ni Pink Floyd .
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
Album: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) Designer: Andy Warhol
Led Zeppelin
Album: Houses of the Holy (1973) Designer: Aubrey Powell/Storm Thorgerson
The Beatles
Album: Abbey Road Designer: Kosh/Iain MacMillan
Van Halen
Album: 1984 Designer: Pete Angelus, Richard Seireeni, David Jellison, Margo Zafer Nahas
Sigur Rós
Album: Ágætis Byrjun Designer: GottiBernhöft
Johnny Cash
Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around Photographer: Martyn Atkins
Björk
Album: Homogenic Designer: Alexander McQueen
Pet Shop Boys
Album: Introspective (1988) Designer: Mark Farrow /Pet Shop Boys
Pink Floyd
Album: Wish You Were Here (1975) Designer: Storm Thorgerson
Elvis Presley
Album: Elvis Presley (1956) Photographer: William V. 'Rd' Robertson
Grace Jones
Album: Island Life (1985) Designer: Jean-Paul Goude
Joy Division
Album: Unknown Pleasures (1979) Designer: Joy Division, Peter Saville & Chris Mathan
Nirvana
Album: Nevermind (1991) Designer: Robert Fisher
Pink Floyd
Album: Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Designer: Storm Thorgerson
Rage Against The Machine
Album: Rage Against The Machine (1992) Photographer: : Malcolm Browne
The Beatles
Album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Designer: Sir Peter Blake
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Album: It’s Blitz! (2009) Designer: Unknown
The Who
Album: Who's Next (1971) Photographer: Ethan A. Russell
Fugees
Album: The Score (1996) Designer: Brain/Richard O. White/Marc Baptiste
Beck
Album: The Information (2006) Designer:Various/The Listener
N.W.A
Album: Straight Outta Compton (1988) Designer: Helane Freeman
Spiritualized
Album: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997) Designer: Mark Farrow
Soulwax
Album : Nite Versions (2005) Designer: Trevor Jackson
Ramones
Album: Ramones (1976) Photographer: Roberta Bayley
Queen
Album: Queen II (1974) Photographer: Mick Rock
Prodigy
Album: Musika para sa Jilted Generation (1994) Designer: Stuart Haygarth
Maligayang Lunes
Album: Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (1990) Designer: Central Station Disenyo
Miles Davis
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Album: Tutu (1986) Designer: Eiko Ishioka/Irving Penn
Meat Loaf
Album: Bat Out of Hell (1977) Designer: Jim Steinman/Richard Corben
Lemon Jelly
Album : Lost Horizons (2002) Designer: Fred Deakin/Airside
Justice
Album: † (2007) Designer: Surface2Air
John Coltrane
Album: Blue Train (1957) Designer: 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) Designer: Roger Price
Bagong Order
Album: Power, Corruption and Lies (1983) Designer: PeterSaville
Autechre
Album: Draft 7.30 (2003) Designer: Alex Rutterford
DJ Sadow
Album: Endtroducing (1996) Designer: Unknown
The Stone Roses
Album: The Stone Roses (1989) Designer: John Squire
Bruce Springsteen
Album: Ipinanganak sa USA (1984) Photographer: Annie Leibovitz
Blondie
Album: Parallel Lines (1978) Designer: Ramey Communications/Edo Bertoglio/Peter Leeds
The Clash
Album: London Calling (1979) Designer: Pennie Smith/Ray Lowry
Biffy Clyro
Album: The Vertigo of Bliss (2003) Designer: Milo Manara
Oasis
Album: Definitely Maybe (1994) Designer: Brian Cannon/Microdot
AC/DC
Album: Back in Black (1980) Designer: Bob Defrin
The Strokes
Album: Is This It (2001) Designer: Colin Lane
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Album: The Man-Machine (1978) Designer: Karl Klefisch/Günther Fröhling
Bob Dylan
Album: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) Photographer: Don Hunstein
Rammstein
Album: Mutter (2001) Designer: Dirk Rudolph/Daniel & Geo Fuchs
The Sex Pistols
Album: Never Mind The Bollocks (1977) Designer: Jamie Reed