Best Alternative Album Covers
A curated selection of the most iconic Alternative album covers — the artwork, designers, and visual ideas that shaped the genre's identity across every era.
24 curated covers

moisturizer
Wet Leg · 2025

AM
Arctic Monkeys · 2013

A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay · 2002

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco · 2002

Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1999

The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters · 1997

Crash
Dave Matthews Band · 1996

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

You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
Olivia Rodrigo · 2026

SOUR
Olivia Rodrigo · 2021

folklore
Taylor Swift · 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple · 2020

After Hours
The Weeknd · 2020

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XXXTentacion · 2018

Melodrama
Lorde · 2017

Depression Cherry
Beach House · 2015

LP1
FKA twigs · 2014

Lonerism
Tame Impala · 2012

The Money Store
Death Grips · 2012

Plastic Beach
Gorillaz · 2010