Tourists continue to recreate The Beatles’ Abbey Road cover when they visit London, and you’re just as likely to see a teenager wearing a Dark Side of the Moon t-shirt today as you were in 1973.Īs with all art, appreciation is subjective. Many classic album covers have stood the test of time. In 2017, we saw the simple yet bold album cover for Jay-Z’s 4:44 (an understated beige background with the title written in large, heavy font) and the arresting portrait of Lorde for her collection, Melodrama.Īlbum artwork alone could arguably be enough to keep albums fresh and trendy long past their debut. It accompanies artists’ compilations all over the internet, including SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and Spotify. Though most of us no longer buy records-or even CDs-the album cover lives on in the digital world. The history of album art shows that covers continue to thrive as collector’s items, posters in college dorm rooms, and well-worn t-shirts-well past when they were initially created to cover 78-rpm records. It sets the tone for not just the album, but also the artist’s entire brand.
For decades, album artwork has been considered an integral part of a musician’s work. They say don’t judge books by their covers, not albums.
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