The 30 Best Album Covers of 2015

Page 1 of 31

Formats might come and go, but artwork remains a constant.

A strong image is still an important part of most album releases – whether they’re released on deluxe colored vinyl or a name your price download through Bandcamp. This year we’ve seen the expected (Björk’s Vulnicura was always going to look amazing), the unexpected (Shitro’s Nasty Dealer) and the just plain weird (Miley, obviously). These are our favourites.

Also read:

The 25 best reissues of 2015
The 10 best record labels of 2015
The 20 best free mixes of 2015
Trance was the sound of 2015, but don’t call it a revival

arcamutant-12.2.2015

Arca
Mutant
Art: Jesse Kanda
(Mute)

battles-12.2.2015

Battles
La Di Da Di
Art: Dave Konopka
(Warp)

bjork-12.2.2015

Björk
Vulnicura
Art: Mathias Augustyniak & Michael Amzalag
(One Little Indian)

briccbaby-12.2.2015

Bricc Baby Shitro
Nasty Dealer
Art: Benjamin Marra
(Self-released)

dds-12.2.2015

Death’s Dynamic Shroud.wmv
I’ll Try Living Like This
Art: James Webster with Keith Rankin
(Dream Catalogue)

drake-12.2.2015

Drake
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Art: Jim Joe
(Cash Money)

dram_cgah4v_lqc9yw

D.R.A.M.
Gahdamn!
Art: Kyro Wolf
(Atlantic / Wave)

eartheater-12.2.2015

Eartheater
RIP Chrysalis
Art: Eartheater
(Hausu Mountain)

erykah-12.2.2015

Erykah Badu
But You Caint Use My Phone
(Control Freaq)

visceral-12.2.2015

Various Artists
Visceral Minds
Art: Cyberlight
(Fractal Fantasy)

goodwill-12.2.2015

Good Willsmith
Snake Person Generation
Art: Max Allison
(Hausu Mountain)

grimes-12.2.2015

Grimes
Art Angels
Art: Grimes
(4AD)

jgb-12.2.2015

J.G. Biberkopf
Ecologies
Art: Joe Hamilton
(Knives)

hval-12.2.2015

Jenny Hval
Apocalypse, girl
Art: Lisbeth Vogler
(Sacred Bones)

jlin-12.2.2015

Jlin
Dark Energy
Art: Fabian Harb
(Planet Mu)

newsom-12.2.2015

Joanna Newsom
Divers
Art: Kim Keever
(Drag City)

kendrick-12.2.2015

Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly
Art: Vlad Sepetov
(Top Dawg Entertainment)

lotic-12.2.2015

Lotic
Heterocetera
Art: Kyselina
(Tri Angle)

miley-12.2.2015

Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz
(Self-released)

milkmakerz2-12.2.2015

Milkmakerz
The Anthemz
Art: Lukas ‘LeChuck’ Schaller
(Astral Black)

dollanganger-12.2.2015

Nicole Dollanganger
Natural Born Losers
(Eerie Organization)

notwaving-12.2.2015

Not Waving
Get Serious
Art: Guy Featherstone
(Diagonal)

nozinja-12.2.2015

Nozinja
Nozinja Lodge
Art: Oval-X Eternal
(Warp)

palmbomen-12.2.2015

Palmbomen II
Palmbomen II
Art: Joshua Gurrie
(RVNG)

Regis Manbait - Sticker

Regis
Mainbait
Art: Val Denham
(Blackest Ever Black)

slug-12.2.2015

Slug Christ
The Crucifixion of Rapper Extraordinaire Slug Christ
Art: Ian Ried
(Awful Records)

smackoscover_grande

Smackos
The Age of Cotton Candy
Art: Will Bankhead
(Berceuse Heroique)

kannon-12.2.2015

Sunn O)))
Kannon
Art: Angela LaFont Bollinger
(Southern Lord)

currents-12.2.2015

Tame Impala
Currents
Art: Robert Beatty
(Interscope)

ONU LP OUTER update

Trevor Jackson
Science Fiction Dancehall Classics
Art: Trevor Jackson
(On-U Sound)

Page 1 of 31
Latest

Latest

18
Share Tweet