l: ‘smith westerns - smith westerns’
r: ‘the dirty projectors – bitte orca’ designed by rob carmichael at seen, photography jason frank

in the spirit of 2009, we have already looked at the top movie posters, the top book covers and now we
turn to the top album covers. art vinyl has put together their list of nominations for the best music album
covers from the past year. rather than just picking their own favourites, the site turned to judges mark
sinclair from creative review, spencer hicks from rough trade and john doran of the quietus. this list
includes a range of cover designs representing big name artist as well as upstart indie acts. here is
a look at some of the covers the judges nominated. be sure to check back on art vinyl to see who their
readers voted for. 

http://www.artvinyl.com/en/nominate/nominations.html


l: ‘skunk anansie - smashes trashes’ design & illustration by shotopop, photography derrick santini
r: ‘flaming lips – embryonic’ designed by george salisbury


l: ‘animal collective - merriweather post pavilion’ designed by rob carmichael at seen, image courtesy of akiyoshi kitaoka
r: ‘the xx – xx’ designed by phil lee and the xx


l: ‘kelpe - microscope contents’ designed by la boca
r: ‘baroness – blue record’ artwork by john dyer baizley


l: ‘yeah yeah yeahs – it’s blitz’ art direction seb marlin, photography david belisle
r: ‘the rakes – klang’ designed by rob crane