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.
Pillar: Where Will We Go From Here?
The Chemical Brothers: Push the Button
The Hives: Tyrannosaurus Hives
Norma Jean: O God, The Aftermath
Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown
The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks
Blood, Sweat & Tears: Greatest Hits
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Show Your Bones
The Rolling Stones: Rolled Gold +
Danko Jones: Sleep is the Enemy
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This is a great post! I have admired many of these. Very inspiring to a logo/lettering design like myself. Thanks for the post!
Great typography inspiration post, thanks for sharing!
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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.
Typographic album covers: http://twurl.nl/pntu77 – Some great examples!
I really enjoyed this post! You included a lot of really cool and iconic albums. Definitely inspiring!
Thanks for publishing the post Chad!
Really awesome & inspiring collection
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/
Nice collection! thx
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Yes. You should put the Elvis Presley album cover instead of the Clash one.
You forgot (all of) the Linkin Park Covers, but this is one should be included for sure: Live In Texas
that last one is just a blatant (and much more lame) rip off of radiohead’s 2003 release, ‘hail to the thief.’
Never find again like this
These graphics are so cool.
And very Inspiring indeed!
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.
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Drake’s new album is a great piece of typographical work as well
This is a great post, i love typography and it can be so effective on album covers.
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Where the hell is Green Day’s AMERICAN IDIOT?
Such a inspiring collection i loved it. Particularly i loved the sleep is the enemy. These kinds of collections are awesome and everlasting
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