Best 1970s Rock Album Covers

The most iconic 1970s Rock album covers — every entry has its own complete story: the designer, the photographer, the concept, and why it became iconic.

24 curated covers

Night Moves

Bob Seger · 1976

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen · 1978

The Slider

T. Rex · 1972

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

Elton John · 1975

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney & Wings · 1973

2112

Rush · 1976

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John · 1973

Damn the Torpedoes

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers · 1979

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1970

Piano Man

Billy Joel · 1973

Horses

Patti Smith · 1975

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones · 1971

Houses of the Holy

Led Zeppelin · 1973

Boston

Boston · 1976

Transformer

Lou Reed · 1972

Brain Salad Surgery

Emerson, Lake & Palmer · 1973

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen · 1975

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols · 1977

Parallel Lines

Blondie · 1978

Low

David Bowie · 1977

A Night at the Opera

Queen · 1975

News of the World

Queen · 1977

Bat Out of Hell

Meat Loaf · 1977

Fear of Music

Talking Heads · 1979