10 epic album covers that became part of popular culture

These are iconic images. They go hand in hand with the album but I am thinking of examples that became popular culture touchstones and were copied and parodied.

Many bands have consistently great album covers: Iron Maiden, AC/DC. I tried (and basically failed) to step out of my Generation X perspective. Now that album art has evolved to tiny animated GIFs the 12x12 canvas (24x12 for double albums)

1. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd

2. Sgt. Pepper’s - The Beatles

3. When We All Fall Asleep Bille Elish

4. "She's So Unusual" Cindi Lauper

5. Bob Marley Legend

6. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

7. Beatles White Album

Spawned the Spinal Tap Black Album: none more black!

8. Fleetwood Mac Rumors

9. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures

A character in "Ready Player One" was wearing a Joy Division T-shirt with this image. Why fairly obscure 1980s pop culture would be relevant in 2045 I have no idea....

The art is "based on an image of radio waves from pulsar CP 1919,"

10. Rock and Roll Over - Kiss

Chris407x