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
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
Beneath the Eyrie
Pixies · 2019
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XXXTentacion · 2018
Melodrama
Lorde · 2017
Head Carrier
Pixies · 2016
Depression Cherry
Beach House · 2015
Indie Cindy
Pixies · 2014
LP1
FKA twigs · 2014
Visions
Grimes · 2012