Some of you might be wondering, who notices album art these days? This day and age album art is nothing but a small thumbnail on your iTunes that serves no purpose other than identifying the song/album currently playing on your playlist. However, for someone that roams around music stores buying CDs based on their covers, album art is as important to me as the music I will be listening to – sometimes even more important.

Today I bring you a carefully curated selection of some of the coolest, most visually appealing and eye-catching album art designs from years 2011-2016 so far – in no particular order.


Via The Creative Tinkerer


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Incubus / If Not Now, When?

 

The Weeknd / House of Balloons

The Weeknd / House of Balloons

 

Chet Faker / Thinking in Textures

Chet Faker / Thinking in Textures

Pet Shop Boys / Elysium

Pet Shop Boys / Elysium

Sticky Fingers / Caress Your Soul

Sticky Fingers / Caress Your Soul

 

TA-KU / Songs to Make Up To

TA-KU / Songs to Make Up To

 

Sharon Van Etten / Are We There

Sharon Van Etten / Are We There

 

Feadz / Instant Alpha

Feadz / Instant Alpha

 

Glass Animals / Zaba

Glass Animals / Zaba

 

MØ / No Mythologies to Follow

MØ / No Mythologies to Follow

 

The Jezabels / The Brink

The Jezabels / The Brink

 

TVOTR / Seeds

TVOTR / Seeds

 

Tinchy Stryder & Fuse ODG / Imperfection

Tinchy Stryder & Fuse ODG / Imperfection

 

Halsey / Badlands

Halsey / Badlands

 

Boy and Bear / Limit of Love

Boy and Bear / Limit of Love

 

Titus Andronicus / The Most Lamentable Tragedy

Titus Andronicus / The Most Lamentable Tragedy

 

Kendrick Lamar / To Pimp a Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar / To Pimp a Butterfly

 

Troye Sivan / Wild

Troye Sivan / Wild

 

Gang of Youths / Let Me Be Clear

Gang of Youths / Let Me Be Clear

 

Radiohead / A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead / A Moon Shaped Pool

 

Ball Park Music / Every Night the Same Dream

Ball Park Music / Every Night the Same Dream

Parquet Courts / Human Performance

Parquet Courts / Human Performance

 

Rüfüs / Bloom

Rüfüs / Bloom

 

Santigold / 99¢

Santigold / 99¢

 

Isaiah Rashad / The Sun's Tirade

Isaiah Rashad / The Sun’s Tirade

 

Twenty One Pilots / Blurryface

Twenty One Pilots / Blurryface

 

Gengahr / A Dream Outside

Gengahr / A Dream Outside

 

Art Vs Science / Off the Edge of the Earth and Into Forever, Forever

Art Vs Science / Off the Edge of the Earth and Into Forever, Forever

 

Snakadaktal / The Sun II

Snakadaktal / The Sun II

 

Young Magic / Melt

Young Magic / Melt