In 2023, Joe Lynch of Billboard ranked the album cover, depicting the "bedazzled rocker – wearing ruby red platform heels and a bomber jacket with his name on it — step[ping] into a poster of the famed yellow brick road Dorothy and her coterie followed to the Emerald City of Oz," as the 74th best album cover of all time.

Jun 9, 2017 · We chart the ch-ch-changes through the decade’s best album covers. 01. McCartney: McCartney (1970) What do the glacé cherries on McCartney's cover mean? A few months after The Beatles split, Paul McCartney’s solo debut is a document of the bass player’s post-band breakdown.

Sep 5, 2023 · Explore the best album covers of the 70s, the post-Beatles era that saw legends like The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd rise, leaving a lasting impact. Our selection, from the grandeur of "London Calling" to simpler designs, showcases the best graphic design that defined this revolutionary decade in music history.

Nov 21, 2020 · From censors-baiting imagery to iconic poses and intricate illustrations, the best 70s album covers stand works of art in their own right.

Feb 16, 2024 · These 12 square inches of artwork were just as important as the music inside. Made to stand out on the record shop shelves and encapsulate the style, look and feel of the 70s here are some of the decade’s most memorable album covers.

Feb 7, 2020 · As well as boasting some awesome songs, the albums of the 70s have also gone down in history for their amazing artwork. From colorful hippie scenes to punk rock poses, here are 70 of the most memorable album covers the decade had to offer.

May 26, 2022 · From the trippy artwork of Roger Dean who designed covers for Yes, to bizarre covers by Storm Thorgerson whose designs graced covers of Pink Floyd albums thru-out the ’70s including perhaps the most recognizable Classic Rock cover art ever, “ Dark Side of the Moon ”.

Below are their 54 selections from the 1970s, with commentary by the albums' designers on the first 28. The twelve-inch album cover that graced so much of our favorite music in the Seventies may be all but history, but its artistic legacy endures to this day -- …

Nov 8, 2017 · Step One: Place record on turntable and hit the play button. Step Two: Read liner notes and stare at album cover. Step Three: Flip record and go back to step one. Thinking back to some of the most mesmerizing album covers of the 1970’s, it’s hard to pick an elite list of art, and artists, that held our gaze the longest. But, let’s try anyway.

Dec 1, 2020 · Made to stand out on the record shop shelves and encapsulating the style, look and feel of the 70s here are some of the decade’s most memorable album covers. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV (1971)