Iconic album covers

Below is a list of the most iconic album covers 

The Beatles: Abbey Road

This pristine shot of the band crossing the road in unison takes place just outside the EMI studios on abbey road. The photo has led many a fan to venture to the same spot in an attempt to recreate the short . although likely without the assistance of the stepladder and traffic cop halting traffic it took for photographer Iain Macmillan to accomplish.

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's lonely Hearts Club Band

Perhaps the best known album cover of all time, The Beatles standing in front of a floral garden and donned in day-glo coloured suits, are surrounded by wax statues of themselves, cardboard cutouts of over seventy celebrities and a Shirley Temple doll in the right edge of the shot, wearing a Rolling Stones sweater. the famous shot is about as eye catching and detail rich as album art gets

David Bowie: Aladdin Sane

The cover finds the father of glam rock shirtless, embracing his rock star status, with a red lightning bolt painted across his right eye. It was one of many Bowie covers to focus on his distinctively flamboyant look.

N.W.A.; Straight Outta Compton

Great covers can offer a sample of what to expect on the album. This view from a beat-down from the group on their 1988 debut does an excellent job setting the stage fro the lyrical ass whooping it contained.

Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon

Ordered to come up with something"smarter, neater-more classy" for the cover of their eighth studio album, the classic rockers settled on this prism design from George Hardie. Considering this is one of the most widely known images in all of rock, mission accomplished