A stunning album cover helps sell the record and can make the release part of music history. One glance at the design, and we instantly know the title and the artist.
A popular online forum recently discussed the most iconic album covers of all time, and here are their findings.
As forum members correctly pointed out, this album cover has become so iconic that the pedestrian crossing on the cover has become a tourist attraction.
Artists know they've made it when their covers make for popular T-shirt designs, and Dark Side of the Moon must be one of the best sellers in terms of merchandise.
The cover of Unknown Pleasures is taken from the tracking of radio emissions from a rotating neutron star. The band saw it and thought it was pretty cool.