Done right, back-cover album art is the visual analogue of a cool B-side track. A window to that recording artist's true personality. ... Gatefold album covers: 50 far-out classics.

Out of all the album covers from the 1990s on our list, the cover of the 1995 album Washing Machine by Sonic Youth is the simplest. But sometimes, simplicity is just so cool .

In honor of the anniversary of the release of The Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds,’ check out covers of five Songs from the classic 1966 album.

28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 16: Outkast's Aquemini (1998) ... And then 3000 is outchea lookin’ like he raided the ‘70s, but only the cool fly shit.

When blink-182 put out their Greatest Hits album in 2005, they tacked on two tracks that weren’t actually hits for them yet: the great untitled-era outtake “Not Now” and a cover of ...

The first cover he posted was Kenny Loggins’ 1979 album Keep the Fire, its most well-known single, the Grammy-winning “This Is It,” which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Exhibit featuring album covers has returned to the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, where music lovers had a chance to interact with award-winning art director John Kosh on Aug. 3.