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.

24 curated covers

A Rush of Blood to the Head

Coldplay · 2002

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco · 2002

Riot!

Paramore · 2007

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT · 2007

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire · 2007

The Reminder

Feist · 2007

In Rainbows

Radiohead · 2007

10,000 Days

Tool · 2006

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Neko Case · 2006

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

Arctic Monkeys · 2006

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party · 2005

Demon Days

Gorillaz · 2005

Hot Fuss

The Killers · 2004

Funeral

Arcade Fire · 2004

Hail to the Thief

Radiohead · 2003

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie · 2003

Elephant

The White Stripes · 2003

Busted Stuff

Dave Matthews Band · 2002

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

Bright Eyes · 2002

Turn on the Bright Lights

Interpol · 2002

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips · 2002

Toxicity

System of a Down · 2001

Vespertine

Björk · 2001

Amnesiac

Radiohead · 2001