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

AM
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