What would an album be without its cover? The visual representation of the music contained within it plays a vital role in setting the tone for the project.
It’s hard to determine what pictures are suitable for the task. Some might get chosen because they’re visually captivating and evoke strong emotions, while others can seem intriguing for their artistic merit and storytelling.
What would an album be without its cover? The visual representation of the music contained within it plays a vital role in setting the tone for the project.
It’s hard to determine what pictures are suitable for the task. Some might get chosen because they’re visually captivating and evoke strong emotions, while others can seem intriguing for their artistic merit and storytelling.
There’s definitely no one-size-fits-all formula. However, the Facebook page ‘Images That Could Be Album Covers‘ is on a mission to collect a wide variety of examples that could be slapped onto your next favorite platinum record, and it’s doing quite a good job if you ask me!
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#2 Watch Dog
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The history of album cover art can be traced back to the early days of music recording when albums had simple and straightforward designs.
As the music industry grew and evolved, so did its look, and, in turn, the covers. The 1960s and 70s saw the emergence of album cover art as a separate field, with artists and designers pushing the boundaries of creativity and experimentation.
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#4 I Am The Wolf Among Sheep
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A prime example of this is The Dark Side of the Moon. March of 2023 marked 50 years since the release of Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album. It beamed the band into super stardom with platinum-selling singles such as Money and The Great Gig in the Sky.
Typifying Pink Floyd’s mix of philosophical lyricism and spaced-out rock sound, the project sits comfortably in the top 50 best-selling albums of all time, and is frequently called one of the greatest albums of all time by popular music magazines such as Rolling Stone and NME.
#5 Album Cover For: Best Friend
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#6 Desert Gaze
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#7 All Tracks Lead To Me
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#8 Space Ball
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#10 Barely
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#11 Flower Child
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#13 Brake Check
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#14 Lost Unicorn
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#15 Thunder Cat Featuring Lightning
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#16 Never Heard Of It
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#17 High Class Moms
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#18 Your Doobie M’lord
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#20 Wrong Alley
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#21 I’m A Good Boy
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#24 Crazy Corner
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#25 Sup
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#28 Flirting With The Rules
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#29 Cookin
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#31 Date Night
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#32 Old Sky Man
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#33 Tailing This Guy
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#34 Poor
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#35 Casual Swag
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#36 Album: Am I Doing It Right?
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#37 We Are The Best
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#38 Hard Since Day 1
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#42 Amen Rocker
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#43 By Cherishing Her
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#44 Double Moo
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#45 Dreams Coming True
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#46 Featured Posts Images That Could Be Album Covers July 10 At 4:05 Pm · Me And The Moon Zac Parker Idk Why I Was Reminded Of This May Be An Image Of Text That Says ’10:58 Reflection Tool It’s Calling Me (Calling Me) It’s Calling Me (Calling Me) Calling Me Andin My Darkest Moment, Fetal And Weeping The Moon Tells Me A Secret, Confidant As Full And Bright As Am This Light Is Not My Own And A Million Lightreflections Pass Over Me Source Is Bright And Endless She Resuscitates The Hopeless Without We Are Lifeless Satellites Driftina 0:01 11:07′ Reply2w Images That Could Be Album Covers July 10 At 7:09 Am · Name The Album Top Fan Christopher Armenta “A Man Of My Word” Reply2w Images That Could Be Album Covers July 10 At 4:08 Am · Desert Gaze Austin Bergstrom Desert* Reply2w Images That Could Be Album Covers July 10 At 1:08 Am · Flower Child Michael Shelf Carbon Footprint, An Indie Rock Album Reply2w Images That Could Be Album Covers July 9 At 10:07 Pm · Thunder Cat Featuring Lightning Steve Ch This. May Be An Image Of Blimp, Eclipse And Text Reply2w Images That Could Be Album Covers July 9 At 7:04 Pm · Moon Fall
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#50 Bullet Hole Drive
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#51 Frustrated Also Me When I’m Constipated
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#52 Where Honey Comes From
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#53 Cocktail Party Of One
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#54 Spotify Playlist: Chill Vibes 2000’s
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#55 Barbie – Openheimer
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#56 Best Day Ever
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#57 Not All Superhero’s Wear Jeans
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#58 The Long Game!!
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#61 Homies Are There For The Homies
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#62 A Bad Day
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#63 Amish Tech
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#64 Size Doesn’t Matter
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#65 Honey I Sunk The Car
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#67 Watch This
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#72 Goats
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#74 Awkward
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#75 Don’t Forget The Cat!
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#76 He Tried
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#77 Just Another Monday
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#78 You Already Know What This Would Be
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#79 One Hand On The Wheel The Other Gripping Her Thigh
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#80 Hard. Nuff Said
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#90 Levitate
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#91 Death Angel
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#92 Riff
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#93 I’m Upset
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#94 ??
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#95 One Sock??
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#100 Soup Therapy
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#101 Ko
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#102 Brilliant
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#103 Roasted
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#104 The Highest
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#105 Legend
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#106 Moon Hug
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#107 Too Young To Know Any Better. Too Angry To Care
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#108 Chillin With My Cheese It’s Hbu ?
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#113 Snailed It
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#114 Boxer Dog
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#115 Fisting Everyone
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#116 Shoes To Fill
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#117 Sus Af
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#118 Of Mice And Men ?
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#129 You Already Know What This Would Be
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#130 Welcome To…
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#131 The Manager!
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#132 Thinking About Success
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#143 Pull Up
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#144 Strawberry Fields Forever
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