Best Rock Album Covers
A curated selection of the most iconic Rock album covers — the artwork, designers, and visual ideas that shaped the genre's identity across every era.
24 curated covers
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Arctic Monkeys · 2013
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay · 2002
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park · 2000
OK Computer
Radiohead · 1997
Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden · 1991
Nevermind
Nirvana · 1991
Metallica
Metallica · 1991
Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses · 1987
The Joshua Tree
U2 · 1987
Purple Rain
Prince · 1984
Born in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen · 1984
Remain in Light
Talking Heads · 1980
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division · 1979
Damn the Torpedoes
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers · 1979
London Calling
The Clash · 1979
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac · 1977
2112
Rush · 1976
Horses
Patti Smith · 1975
The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd · 1973
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John · 1973
Piano Man
Billy Joel · 1973
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie · 1973
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie · 1972
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones · 1971