Top left clockwise: Artwork for the Sex Pistols, Cannibal Corpse, Guns N’ Roses, and The Beatles (Geffen/Virgin/Universal/EMI) What makes an album cover ...

Iconic '90s Album Cover Model Looks Nearly Unrecognizable 20 Years Later originally appeared on Parade. It’s been over two decades since Blink-182 released their iconic album Enema of the State, ...

There’s something about these 80s album covers that just sticks with us. Whether it’s their sex appeal, their boundary-breaking nature, or their trend-setting illustrations, these covers would look ...

In the early days of vinyl records, album covers were nothing more than a safety feature, blank paper jackets meant to protect the fragile content inside. That is, until, designer Alex Steinweiss at ...

There is a near-25% likelihood of users skipping a song within five seconds of listening to it. If our Instagram Reels-riddled attention spans can’t even last through a standard three-minute song, why ...

Los Angeles — Sometimes an album cover could be worth a thousand words. And the Grammys finally agree. The 2026 ceremony will be the first time in 53 years that the award for best album cover will be ...

"The reaction is fascinating to me. You just watch it unravel and go ‘wow,’” the Grammy winner said of the backlash surrounding the record’s album art. By McKinley Franklin In the wake of the release ...

Nearly thirty years after its release, Lil’ Kim’s groundbreaking debut album Hard Core continues to influence the culture in ways few projects ever have. This week, the album received yet another ...

Cover Me is a column highlighting the stories behind great album covers, as told to Grant Sharples by the artists and bands who made them. Nearly every one of Joyce Manor’s album covers contains what ...