Recording a masterful opus requires various elements upon completion including producers, songwriters, and musicians just to name a few. Not to mention an artist and a photographer to help showcase and convey the album’s visual concept for its front cover.
In celebration of Black Music Month, we gathered a vast collection of memorable album covers through the years, ranging from Jimi Hendrix’s “Electric Ladyland” to Nas’ 1994 debut hip-hop classic “Illmatic.”
Here is Fifteen of the most iconic album covers:
1. Thriller – Michael Jackson (see above story)
2. Foxy Brown – Willie Hutch
3. Lady T – Teena Marie
4. Green is Blues – Al Green
5. Criminal Minded – Boogie Down Productions
6. Solid – Ashford and Simpson
7. In Visible Silence – The Art of Noise
8. Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 – The Jackson Five
9. Long Live the Kane – Big Daddy Kane
10. It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back – Public Enemy
11. Love Child – Diana Ross and the Supremes
12. My Melody – Deniece Williams
13. Ahh…The Name is Bootsy Baby – Bootsy Collins
14. The Spook Who Sat by The Door – Herbie Hancock
15. Love Deluxe – Sade
What do you think should be included in this list? Do you happen to have these covers? To more iconic covers, click on the link below:
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