The all time best album covers are a complex discussion, yet we've wrangled down a list of what we know to be the best. It wasn't easy, but we did it. RELATED: The 25 Greatest Songwriters of All ...

The list of album cover archetypes goes on endlessly. There are good covers for bad albums, bad covers for good ones, ones that seem entirely separated from the music and some that can’t be separated ...

2. (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) (1973) After recording their debut album in Doraville, Georgia, the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd drove to the nearby town of Jonesboro for an all-day ...

For Da Corte’s cover of the seventh St. Vincent album, All Born Screaming, he painted the entire set black, capturing the void that lies at the heart of Goya’s series.

The winged figure on the cover – canvasing much of the album’s pale, cracked background and acting as the centerpiece of In Utero – is one of the most striking sights in rock album history.