A set of iconic rock album covers, album art that gets you hooked!

1. Iconic Rock Album Covers

3. 1. Sgt. Peppers The concept of the album : it would be as though the Beatles were another band, performing a concert. Paul and John said one should imagine that the band had just finished the concert, perhaps in a park. John’s list of people to show was interesting because it included Jesus and Gandhi and more cynically, Hitler. George’s list were all gurus. Ringo said "What ever the others say is fine by me",.

5. 3. Sticky Fingers At a party in New York in 1969, Andy Warhol casually mentioned to Mick Jagger that it would be amusing to have a real zipper on an album cover. A year later, Jagger proposed the idea for Sticky Fingers, the first release on the new Rolling Stones label.

7. 6: Elvis: First Album Iconic in itself it also inspired the NEXT one…

8. 7: The Clash: London Calling September 21st, 1979, at a Clash show at New York's Palladium: "The show had gone quite well," says Simonon, "but for me inside, it just wasn't working well, so I suppose I took it out on the bass. If I was smart, I would have got the spare bass and used that one, because it wasn't as good as the one I smashed up." Simonon still has the pieces.

9. 8: The Velvet Underground The banana on the LP actually peeled back to reveal a suggestively pink banana on the inside!

10. 9: Nirvana: Nevermind

13. 12: Herb Alpert: Whipped Cream & Other Delights This one inspired many others!

15. 14: ELP: Brain Salad Surgery Mr. Giger, designer of this ELP album cover is generally better known for his Alien!

16. A few other iconic album covers…

17. Led Zeppelin: 1

18. U2: Rattle & Hum

19. Patti Smith: Horses

20. Beatles: Abbey Road

21. Peter Gabriel

22. Atom Heart Mother

23. Aerosmith: Get a Grip

24. Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms

25. Van Halen: 1984

26. Supertramp: Breakfast in America

27. Pearl Jam: Ten

28. Grateful Dead: American Beauty

29. King Crimson: In The Court of the Crimson King

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