Best 2000s Alternative Album Covers

The most iconic 2000s Alternative album covers — every entry has its own complete story: the designer, the photographer, the concept, and why it became iconic.

19 curated covers

A Rush of Blood to the Head

Coldplay · 2002

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco · 2002

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire · 2007

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Neko Case · 2006

The Reminder

Feist · 2007

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie · 2003

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys · 2006

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

Bright Eyes · 2002

Vespertine

Björk · 2001

Lateralus

Tool · 2001

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

PJ Harvey · 2000

Amnesiac

Radiohead · 2001

In Rainbows

Radiohead · 2007

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party · 2005

Elephant

The White Stripes · 2003

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse · 2000

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips · 2002

Turn on the Bright Lights

Interpol · 2002

Demon Days

Gorillaz · 2005