Best 1990s Alternative Album Covers

The most iconic 1990s Alternative album covers — every entry has its own complete story: the designer, the photographer, the concept, and why it became iconic.

24 curated covers

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1999

The Colour and the Shape

Foo Fighters · 1997

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette · 1995

Parklife

Blur · 1994

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins · 1993

Automatic for the People

R.E.M. · 1992

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1991

Emergency & I

The Dismemberment Plan · 1999

When the Pawn...

Fiona Apple · 1999

The Shape of Punk to Come

Refused · 1998

Before These Crowded Streets

Dave Matthews Band · 1998

Yield

Pearl Jam · 1998

Either/Or

Elliott Smith · 1997

Dots and Loops

Stereolab · 1997

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Spiritualized · 1997

Be Here Now

Oasis · 1997

Around the Fur

Deftones · 1997

Homogenic

Björk · 1997

OK Computer

Radiohead · 1997

Sublime

Sublime · 1996

1977

Ash · 1996

Pinkerton

Weezer · 1996

Coming Up

Suede · 1996

Odelay

Beck · 1996