The Decade the Sleeve Went Synthetic - The 1980s
The 1980s was the decade when album sleeves went fully synthetic: Xerox, airbrush, early CGI and MTV logic. Here are the ten greatest covers of the era, ranked.
Category
Metallica
From the snake of the Black Album to the justice scales of …And Justice For All, Metallica’s covers are as uncompromising as the music inside them.
Stories
Say Nothing
Nine album covers so confident in their artwork they didn't bother with a single word. No band name. No album title. Just the image.