Album Covers

Can you guess which famous Texas celebrity is featured on this iconic Beatles album cover?

Axl Rose pushed for a tragic image to be LP's main artwork.

Band's artwork history contains many controversial images.

Legendary rocker rarely hid his disappointment.

Eric Meola's famous photo was one of 600 he took in two hours.

Their narrative could often be broadly understood from the vantage point of any local music-store shelf.

Their LP covers were as detailed and innovative as the music itself.

LP artwork tells the story of a band addicted to change and chaos.

In some ways, these images could be just as fascinating as the music inside.

LP images occasionally offered clues to the band's struggles and personality conflicts.

A look at how drugs, outlaws and lawsuits figure into these iconic images.

Cartoons invade classic album artwork from AC/DC, Queen, Pink Floyd, Guns N' Roses, Metallica and more.