A good album cover adheres to basic design principles. A great album cover has a layer of cultural commentary. And a ...

The best or worst years of an artist’s career can be defined by a single square image. Album cover art is often the first step toward that album’s reception — good or bad — and we often associate the ...

Just recently our design editor wrote about how the alternate album cover art trend was going too far. From Sabrina Carpenter to Charli XCX, it's like artists can't choose any more. The cynical among ...

Here are ten striking record sleeves that caught our eye this year, featuring a racist caricature, an albino snake and a submissive pop star While it’s true that in the age of streaming the vast ...

For artists and fans alike, album covers serve as more than just packaging; they are gateways to stories filled with creativity, controversy, and the madness of rock ‘n’ roll. The Beatles’ legendary ...

For a band with such an unmistakable style—eyeliner, red lipstick, black garb, tousled hair—the Cure, in frontman Robert Smith’s telling, has long resisted iconography. “I don’t want to be known for ...

The Grammy Awards have revived a category dedicated to album cover art, marking the first time in over fifty years that the visual artists behind music releases will be honoured. This new category ...

For the first time in more than five decades, the Grammy Awards have revived the Best Album Cover category. In a streaming-dominated age, album art remains the first visual cue a listener encounters — ...