You be the judge…
The Music Nation blog reports on the top 10 winners of UK mag Music Magpie's reader's poll for the top album covers ever. The #1 winner, shown above? Joy Division's 1979 LP Unknown Pleasures.
The full list, in order…
- Joy Division Unknown Pleasures
- The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
- The Beatles Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Smiths Meat is Murder
- Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy
- The Beatles Abbey Road
- Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
- David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
- Paul Weller Stanley Road
- Sex Pistols Nevermind the Bollocks
See all the album covers over at Music Nation.
Think they made good picks? Who would you rather see on there? I'm a bit unsure what criteria were used in determining "best" — many of these seem more like "most iconic." But maybe that's just me.
{Hat tip to Rick G.}