Favorite Album Covers of the Past Half-Century

Resources, Surveys July 10, 2015January 8, 2016 Gordon Kaye

GDUSA conducted a nationwide survey of the graphic design community. Here are your top 10 favorite album covers of the past half-century.

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1. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon | Storm Thorgerson, Hipgnosis

 

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2. Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers | Craig Braun, Andy Warhol

 

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3. Nirvana Nevermind | Robert Fisher, Kurt Cobain

 

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4. Beatles White Album | Richard Hamilton

 

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5. Sex Pistols God Save The Queen | Jamie Reid

 

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6. Beatles Abbey Road | Iain Macmillan

 

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7. Frank Sinatra Tone Poems of Color | Saul Bass

 

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8. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures | Peter Saville

 

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9. Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction (Robert Williams)

 

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10. Beatles Sgt. Peppers | Jann Haworth, Sir Peter Blake

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