Billboard ranked the 100 best album covers of all time. Here are the Top 20:
1. “The Velvet Underground & Nico”, The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
2. “Abbey Road”, The Beatles (1969)
3. “Horses”, Patti Smith (1975)
4. “Ready to Die”, The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
5. “Led Zeppelin”, Led Zeppelin (1969)
6. “The Dark Side of the Moon”, Pink Floyd (1973)
7. “She’s So Unusual”, Cyndi Lauper (1983)
8. “Fear of a Black Planet”, Public Enemy (1990)
9. “Elvis Presley”, Elvis Presley (1956)
10. “Straight Outta Compton”, N.W.A (1988)
11. “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, The Beatles (1967)
12. “Illmatic”, Nas (1994)
13. “Live Through This”, Hole (1994)
14. “Nevermind”, Nirvana (1991)
15. “To Pimp a Butterfly”, Kendrick Lamar (2015)
16. “London Calling”, The Clash (1979)
17. “Abraxas”, Santana (1970)
18. “British Steel”, Judas Priest (1980)
19. “Unknown Pleasures”, Joy Division (1979)
20. “Rio”, Duran Duran (1982)
(You can see the complete list at Billboard.com.)