The Most Fashionable Album Covers of All Time
Even in the age of Spotify and SoundCloud, people still love buying vinyl records. (Don’t believe us? Forty-six percent of global music sales are still from CDs and vinyl.) There’s something satisfying about spending a day digging through dusty stacks at your neighborhood record store to reveal a vintage album cover featuring Dolly Parton in pink cowboy boots or Elvis Presley in a bejeweled jumpsuit. And if you’re going to embark on the hunt for the perfect LP, do it now, on Record Store Day. In honor of the holiday, we’ve rounded up the most fashionable album covers throughout the decades. Click through the slideshow above to see Joni Mitchell in a black beret on the cover of Hejira, Grace Jones in a suit and cigarette on the cover of Nightclubbing, and many, many more. Then head to Amoeba or Rough Trade and treat yourself.
David Bowie, Earthling,1997
Grace Jones, Nightclubbing, 1981
Bjork, Homogenic, 1997
Diana Ross, Everything Is Everything, 1970
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Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A., 1984
Blondie, Parallel Lines, 1978
Ghostface Killah, Ironman, 1996
Joni Mitchell, Hejira, 1976
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Nancy Sinatra, Boots, 1966
The Ramones, Ramones,1976
Roxy Music, Country Life,1974
Michael Jackson, Thriller, 1982
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