35 Inspiring Examples of Typography in Album Covers

Album covers can often prove to be a great source of design inspiration. Like any other type of graphic design, there are a wide variety of different styles that can be used effectively. In this post we will feature 35 album covers with inspiring use of typography and text effects.

No Doubt: Rock Steady

rocksteady

The Killers: Day and Age

day

P.O.D.: Greatest Hits

greatest

Pillar: Where Will We Go From Here?

where

Lee Morgan: The Rumproller

rump

The Chemical Brothers: Push the Button

push

The Hives: Tyrannosaurus Hives

tyran

The Hives: Black and White

bnw

Portishead: Third

ph

Pink Floyd: The Wall

wall

The Beatles: 1

one

AC/DC: Back in Black

black

The Clash: London Calling

london

Metallica: Ride the Lightning

lightning

Coldplay: Viva La Vida

viva

Norma Jean: O God, The Aftermath

god

Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown

21

Paramore: Riot!

riot

A Perfect Circle: Mer de Noms

mer

DJ Shadow: The Outsider

outsider

Spank Rock: YoYoYoYoYo

yo

Radiohead: In Rainbows

in

Van Halen: II

ii

The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks

bollocks

The Who: Then and Now

then

Lambchop: Nixon

nixon

Blood, Sweat & Tears: Greatest Hits

blood

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Show Your Bones

bones

Daft Punk: Discovery

discovery

AFI: Sing the Sorrow

sorrow

The Rolling Stones: Rolled Gold +

gold

Blindside: Blindside

blindside

Chicago: 13

13

Danko Jones: Sleep is the Enemy

sleep

Third Day: Revelation

revelation

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    • February 28, 2011 at 8:32 am

      Such a inspiring collection i loved it. Particularly i loved the sleep is the enemy. These kinds of collections are awesome and everlasting

    • January 11, 2011 at 11:35 pm

      Where the hell is Green Day’s AMERICAN IDIOT?

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    • September 28, 2009 at 5:18 am

      This is a great post, i love typography and it can be so effective on album covers.

    • August 28, 2009 at 10:39 am

      Drake’s new album is a great piece of typographical work as well :)

    • August 26, 2009 at 9:17 pm

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    • August 23, 2009 at 4:02 am

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    • August 12, 2009 at 6:23 pm

      wow.. after all the razing this blog got for your ’99 best covers of all time’ this is what your research turned up… you guys must listen to the same stuff since there are many duplicates here.. a few nice ones yes.. but you could EASILY find 35 Typographic album covers that BLOW the mind…

      Seriously.. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s. AFI, a perfect circle.. POD.. stink.

    • August 10, 2009 at 9:58 am

      And very Inspiring indeed!

    • August 10, 2009 at 9:57 am

      These graphics are so cool.

    • July 29, 2009 at 6:29 am

      Never find again like this

    • July 6, 2009 at 1:22 pm

      that last one is just a blatant (and much more lame) rip off of radiohead’s 2003 release, ‘hail to the thief.’

    • July 3, 2009 at 7:40 am

      You forgot (all of) the Linkin Park Covers, but this is one should be included for sure: Live In Texas

    • July 2, 2009 at 1:29 pm

      Yes. You should put the Elvis Presley album cover instead of the Clash one.

    • July 2, 2009 at 12:57 pm

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    • July 2, 2009 at 8:50 am

      Nice collection! thx

    • July 2, 2009 at 3:27 am

      London Calling is a copy of Presley´s first album

      You can see lots of Albums that look like Elvis´s http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/elvis-presley-parodies/

    • July 1, 2009 at 11:35 pm

      Really awesome & inspiring collection :)

    • July 1, 2009 at 3:57 pm

      Thanks for publishing the post Chad!

    • July 1, 2009 at 10:27 am

      I really enjoyed this post! You included a lot of really cool and iconic albums. Definitely inspiring!

    • June 30, 2009 at 5:54 pm

      Typographic album covers: http://twurl.nl/pntu77 – Some great examples!

    • June 30, 2009 at 5:34 pm

      Inspirational post! Even though most of these albums are fairly old, the typography can definitely be used in a modern situation and updated to web 2.0 style.

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    • June 30, 2009 at 11:44 am

      Great typography inspiration post, thanks for sharing!

    • June 30, 2009 at 10:53 am

      This is a great post! I have admired many of these. Very inspiring to a logo/lettering design like myself. Thanks for the post!