{"id":35319,"date":"2022-06-14T09:24:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=35319"},"modified":"2024-07-11T02:42:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T02:42:16","slug":"the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/","title":{"rendered":"The most iconic album covers of the eighties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>eighties album covers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are more than just protective packaging for vinyl records; they are iconic works of art that defined an era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These covers captured the vibrant, eclectic spirit of the decade, reflecting the bold creativity and unique cultural trends of the time<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we\u2019ve compiled some of the most iconic album covers of the eighties, examining the stories behind their designs and the artists who brought them to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From groundbreaking visuals to unforgettable imagery, these covers have left an indelible mark on music history and continue to influence the art of album design today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on and take a nostalgic journey through the unforgettable album covers that shaped the sound and style of the eighties.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0afc8658449\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0afc8658449\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#1-bruce-springsteen-%e2%80%93-born-in-the-usa\" >#1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN &#8211; BORN IN THE U.S.A.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#2-michael-jackson-%e2%80%93-thriller\" >#2. MICHAEL JACKSON &#8211; THRILLER<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#3-roger-waters-%e2%80%93-the-pros-and-cons-of-hitch-hiking\" >#3. ROGER WATERS &#8211; THE PROS AND CONS OF HITCH HIKING<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#4-duran-duran-%e2%80%93-rio\" >#4 DURAN DURAN &#8211; RIO<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#5-talking-heads-%e2%80%93-remain-in-light\" >#5. TALKING HEADS &#8211; REMAIN IN LIGHT<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#6-metallica-%e2%80%93-master-of-puppets\" >#6. METALLICA &#8211; MASTER OF PUPPETS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#7-nirvana-%e2%80%93-nevermind\" >#7. NIRVANA &#8211; NEVERMIND<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#8-beatles-%e2%80%93-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band\" >#8. BEATLES &#8211; Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#9-velvet-underground-and-nico-%e2%80%93-the-velvet-underground-nico\" >#9. VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO &#8211; THE VELVET UNDERGROUND &amp; NICO<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#10-guns-n-roses-%e2%80%93-appetite-for-destruction\" >#10. GUNS N\u2019 ROSES &#8211; APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#11-david-bowie-%e2%80%93-scary-monsters-and-super-creeps\" >#11. DAVID BOWIE &#8211; SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#12-the-stone-roses-%e2%80%93-the-stone-roses\" >#12. THE STONE ROSES &#8211; THE STONE ROSES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#13-kate-bush-%e2%80%93-hounds-of-love\" >#13. KATE BUSH &#8211; HOUNDS OF LOVE\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#14-the-smiths-%e2%80%93-meat-is-murder\" >#14. THE SMITHS &#8211; MEAT IS MURDER<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#15-madonna-%e2%80%93-like-a-prayer\" >#15. MADONNA &#8211; LIKE A PRAYER<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#16-new-order-%e2%80%93-power-corruption-lies\" >#16. NEW ORDER &#8211; POWER, CORRUPTION &amp; LIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#17-prince-%e2%80%93-sign-o-the-times\" >#17. PRINCE &#8211; SIGN O\u2019 THE TIMES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#18-peter-gabriel-%e2%80%93-peter-gabriel-iii\" >#18. PETER GABRIEL &#8211; PETER GABRIEL III<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#19-the-smiths-%e2%80%93-the-queen-is-dead\" >#19. THE SMITHS &#8211; THE QUEEN IS DEAD<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/the-most-iconic-album-covers-of-the-eighties\/#20-depeche-mode-%e2%80%93-music-for-the-masses\" >#20. DEPECHE MODE &#8211; MUSIC FOR THE MASSES<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-bruce-springsteen-%e2%80%93-born-in-the-usa\"><\/span><b>#1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN &#8211; BORN IN THE U.S.A.<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BRUCE-SPRINGSTEEN-VINYL-RECORD-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bruce springsteen eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BRUCE-SPRINGSTEEN-VINYL-RECORD-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BRUCE-SPRINGSTEEN-VINYL-RECORD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BRUCE-SPRINGSTEEN-VINYL-RECORD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BRUCE-SPRINGSTEEN-VINYL-RECORD-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BRUCE-SPRINGSTEEN-VINYL-RECORD-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BRUCE-SPRINGSTEEN-VINYL-RECORD.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bruce Springsteen\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in the USA<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is regarded as one of the defining albums of the era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/bruce-springsteen\/6389\">Grammy award<\/a> and sold millions and millions of copies worldwide. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the album\u2019s artwork has often been misunderstood for being disrespectful to the American flag since Springsteen looks like urinating on it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To clear it up, he said that there were actually a lot of pictures taken but since his back view looked better than his face they chose it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-michael-jackson-%e2%80%93-thriller\"><\/span><b>#2. MICHAEL JACKSON &#8211; THRILLER<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-vinyl-record-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"michael jackson eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-vinyl-record-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-vinyl-record-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-vinyl-record-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-vinyl-record-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-vinyl-record-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-vinyl-record-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-THRILLER-vinyl-record-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thriller<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the album that launched Michael Jackson\u2019s music career to the roof. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surely, everybody recognizes the cover of MJ on his trademark white suit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An iconic person on an iconic artwork that covers for one of the <strong>most iconic albums<\/strong> of all time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/vinyl-album-artworks-that-know-how-to-rock-portraits\/\"><strong>Vinyl Album Artworks That Know How To Rock Portraits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-roger-waters-%e2%80%93-the-pros-and-cons-of-hitch-hiking\"><\/span><b>#3. ROGER WATERS &#8211; THE PROS AND CONS OF HITCH HIKING<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ROGER-WATERS-THE-PROS-AND-CONS-OF-HITCH-HIKING-vinyl-record.png\" alt=\"roger waters eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ROGER-WATERS-THE-PROS-AND-CONS-OF-HITCH-HIKING-vinyl-record.png 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ROGER-WATERS-THE-PROS-AND-CONS-OF-HITCH-HIKING-vinyl-record-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ROGER-WATERS-THE-PROS-AND-CONS-OF-HITCH-HIKING-vinyl-record-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Roger Waters first ever solo album released in 1984, the year before his announcement of departure from the band, Pink Floyd. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artwork was designed by Gearld Scarfe and featured the nude rear-view of Linzi Drew. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>controversy that the artwork<\/strong> has caused, pushed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiarecords.com\/artists\/\">Columbia Record<\/a>s to censor the woman\u2019s buttocks with a black box\u00a0 for the succeeding releases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/25-of-the-most-controversial-album-art\/\">25 Of The Most Controversial Album Artworks Of All Time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-duran-duran-%e2%80%93-rio\"><\/span><b>#4 DURAN DURAN &#8211; RIO<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DURAN-DURAN-RIO-vinyl-record.jpeg\" alt=\"duran duran eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DURAN-DURAN-RIO-vinyl-record.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DURAN-DURAN-RIO-vinyl-record-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DURAN-DURAN-RIO-vinyl-record-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DURAN-DURAN-RIO-vinyl-record-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duran Duran\u2019s second studio album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has been widely acclaimed as one of the <strong>greatest album covers of all time<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2003 it was ranked at 22nd by VH1 while it was ranked at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/photos\/best-album-covers-of-all-time-6715351\/\"> 21st by Billboard in 2020<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The designer of this great album cover is Patrick Nagel who was known for his trademark style showcasing paintings of the quintessential 1980\u2019s woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-talking-heads-%e2%80%93-remain-in-light\"><\/span><b>#5. TALKING HEADS &#8211; REMAIN IN LIGHT<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TALKING-HEADS-REMAIN-IN-LIGHT-vinyl-record.png\" alt=\"talking heads eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TALKING-HEADS-REMAIN-IN-LIGHT-vinyl-record.png 370w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TALKING-HEADS-REMAIN-IN-LIGHT-vinyl-record-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TALKING-HEADS-REMAIN-IN-LIGHT-vinyl-record-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking Heads\u2019 fourth album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remain in Light<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is the first ever album to be housed by one of the first computer generated artwork printed on its sleeve. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It really needed a lot of patience and effort to create this in the 1980\u2019s since the computer power in those earlier times was limited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-metallica-%e2%80%93-master-of-puppets\"><\/span><b>#6. METALLICA &#8211; MASTER OF PUPPETS<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/METALLICA-MASTER-OF-PUPPET-vinyl-record.jpg\" alt=\"metallica eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/METALLICA-MASTER-OF-PUPPET-vinyl-record.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/METALLICA-MASTER-OF-PUPPET-vinyl-record-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/METALLICA-MASTER-OF-PUPPET-vinyl-record-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/METALLICA-MASTER-OF-PUPPET-vinyl-record-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/METALLICA-MASTER-OF-PUPPET-vinyl-record-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Master of Puppets<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Metallica\u2019s last album that features bassist, Cliff Burton, who died during the album\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/promotional-items-band-merch-under-1dollar\/\"><strong> promotional tour<\/strong><\/a> in a bus accident. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the album\u2019s cover, Metallica and Peter Mensch designed it to summarize the album\u2019s message, of people being manipulated subconsciously. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It presents a cemetery filled with white crosses that are connected to strings. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strings are manipulated by a pair of hands in a blood-red sky. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea was eventually painted by Don Brautigam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7-nirvana-%e2%80%93-nevermind\"><\/span><b>#7. NIRVANA &#8211; NEVERMIND<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35344 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NIRVANA-NEVERMIND-vinyl-record.jpg\" alt=\"nirvana eighties album covers\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NIRVANA-NEVERMIND-vinyl-record.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NIRVANA-NEVERMIND-vinyl-record-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NIRVANA-NEVERMIND-vinyl-record-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nirvana\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevermind<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will always be a part of any list concerning iconic and great album covers of all time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>cover of the album<\/strong> features Spencer Elden as a naked baby underwater with a U.S. dollar bill on a fishhook. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cobain said he got the idea while watching a television show on water births with Grohl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8-beatles-%e2%80%93-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band\"><\/span><b>#8. BEATLES &#8211; Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BEATLES-Sgt.-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band-vinyl-record.jpg\" alt=\"beatles eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BEATLES-Sgt.-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band-vinyl-record.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BEATLES-Sgt.-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band-vinyl-record-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another cover that won\u2019t leave any of the lists mentioning <strong>iconic album covers<\/strong> is the Beatles\u2019 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cover is one that features a lot of celebrities and historical figures while the members pose in front. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artwork was designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9-velvet-underground-and-nico-%e2%80%93-the-velvet-underground-nico\"><\/span><b>#9. VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO &#8211; THE VELVET UNDERGROUND &amp; NICO<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-VELVET-UNDERGROUND-AND-NICO-vinyl-record.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Velvet Underground and Nico\u2019s debut collaboration album is named after them and its cover is one of those again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a very simple album cover, but what makes it iconic and very unforgettable is the fact that the banana skin can actually be peeled off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a very clever and entertaining one. When the skin is peeled off, it shows a pink colored banana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10-guns-n-roses-%e2%80%93-appetite-for-destruction\"><\/span><b>#10. GUNS N\u2019 ROSES &#8211; APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GUN-N-ROSES-APPETITE-FOR-DESTRUCTION-VINYL-RECORD.jpg\" alt=\"guns n roses eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GUN-N-ROSES-APPETITE-FOR-DESTRUCTION-VINYL-RECORD.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GUN-N-ROSES-APPETITE-FOR-DESTRUCTION-VINYL-RECORD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GUN-N-ROSES-APPETITE-FOR-DESTRUCTION-VINYL-RECORD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 more well-known cover art was actually not the original face of the album during its release. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to how the piece of art showed graphic sexual assault by a robot, it was met with shock and uproar. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though there was a whole 360 change for the album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appetite for Destruction<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s official cover art does not disappoint. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features a cross with 5 skulls positioned on all its points, representing the five members of the band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11-david-bowie-%e2%80%93-scary-monsters-and-super-creeps\"><\/span><b>#11. DAVID BOWIE &#8211; SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DAVID-BOWIE-SCARY-MONSTERS-vinyl-record-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"david bowie eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DAVID-BOWIE-SCARY-MONSTERS-vinyl-record-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DAVID-BOWIE-SCARY-MONSTERS-vinyl-record-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DAVID-BOWIE-SCARY-MONSTERS-vinyl-record-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DAVID-BOWIE-SCARY-MONSTERS-vinyl-record-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DAVID-BOWIE-SCARY-MONSTERS-vinyl-record-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DAVID-BOWIE-SCARY-MONSTERS-vinyl-record-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DAVID-BOWIE-SCARY-MONSTERS-vinyl-record-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Bowie has been known for creating the<strong> best album cover of the 70s<\/strong> so there really is no surprise that he also has one from the 80s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His fourteenth studio album also called just <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scary Monsters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is that album and it was released in September 1980. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album features Bowie in the Pierrot costume he worn in his Ashes to Ashes music video along with a photo taken by photographer Brian Duffy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12-the-stone-roses-%e2%80%93-the-stone-roses\"><\/span><b>#12. THE STONE ROSES &#8211; THE STONE ROSES<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STONE-ROSES-THE-STONE-ROSES-vinyl-record-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STONE-ROSES-THE-STONE-ROSES-vinyl-record-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STONE-ROSES-THE-STONE-ROSES-vinyl-record-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STONE-ROSES-THE-STONE-ROSES-vinyl-record-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STONE-ROSES-THE-STONE-ROSES-vinyl-record-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STONE-ROSES-THE-STONE-ROSES-vinyl-record-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/THE-STONE-ROSES-THE-STONE-ROSES-vinyl-record.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Stone Roses\u2019 eponymous debut album features the Jackson Pollock inspired paint splatters that serves as the background for the album\u2019s title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artwork was actually\u00a0 a piece of art created by John Squire, the band\u2019s guitarist, with the title \u201cBye Bye Badman\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this, almost all of his paintings have decorated the band\u2019s singles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13-kate-bush-%e2%80%93-hounds-of-love\"><\/span><b>#13. KATE BUSH &#8211; HOUNDS OF LOVE\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/KATE-BUSH-HOUNDS-OF-LOVE-vinyl-record-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/KATE-BUSH-HOUNDS-OF-LOVE-vinyl-record-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/KATE-BUSH-HOUNDS-OF-LOVE-vinyl-record-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/KATE-BUSH-HOUNDS-OF-LOVE-vinyl-record-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/KATE-BUSH-HOUNDS-OF-LOVE-vinyl-record-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/KATE-BUSH-HOUNDS-OF-LOVE-vinyl-record-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/KATE-BUSH-HOUNDS-OF-LOVE-vinyl-record.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patience indeed results in good things. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to John Carder Bush, Kate Bush\u2019s brother, and his skills and patience one of the most iconic<strong> album covers <\/strong>of the 80\u2019s was created. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hounds of Love<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s album cover features Kate Bush and two friend-owned Weimaraner dogs lying on lilac net and silk. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John actually had only minutes to capture as much as he could after an hour of persuading the dogs to lie down next to Kate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14-the-smiths-%e2%80%93-meat-is-murder\"><\/span><b>#14. THE SMITHS &#8211; MEAT IS MURDER<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HE-SMITHS-MEAT-IS-MURDER-VINYL-RECORD.jpg\" alt=\"the smiths eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HE-SMITHS-MEAT-IS-MURDER-VINYL-RECORD.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/HE-SMITHS-MEAT-IS-MURDER-VINYL-RECORD-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in 1985, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meat is Murder<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the second studio album by the English rock band, The Smiths. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among all the albums released by the quartet, this album takes the whole cake without even leaving any crumbs when we talk about <strong>album covers<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the most iconic as it slammed Morrissey\u2019s, the frontman of the band, anti-war messages home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cover\u2019s a four-part collage with the same image of US Marine Corporal Michael Wynn from Emile De Antonio\u2019s controversial Vietnam War documentary entitled \u201cIn the Year of the Pig\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to make it more impactful, Morrissey replaced the scrawled message \u201cMake Love Not War\u201d with the band\u2019s album title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15-madonna-%e2%80%93-like-a-prayer\"><\/span><b>#15. MADONNA &#8211; LIKE A PRAYER<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MADONNA-\u2018LIKE-A-PRAYER-VINYL-RECORD-1.jpg\" alt=\"madonna eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MADONNA-\u2018LIKE-A-PRAYER-VINYL-RECORD-1.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MADONNA-\u2018LIKE-A-PRAYER-VINYL-RECORD-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MADONNA-\u2018LIKE-A-PRAYER-VINYL-RECORD-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madonna\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like A Prayer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> album is not just known for the tracks within it, but also for the artwork printed across the <strong>single vinyl jacket<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Queen of Pop\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like A Prayer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> album cover that suggested a feminist spin to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Guardian in later years commented on the artwork saying \u201cIt\u2019s hard to think of an album more evocative of women in the 80s than Like A Prayer, with its juxtaposition of jewels, religious iconography and high-waisted pale denim jeans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/vinyl-record-sleeves\/single-record-jackets\"><strong>Check out our custom single printed vinyl jacket service<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"16-new-order-%e2%80%93-power-corruption-lies\"><\/span><b>#16. NEW ORDER &#8211; POWER, CORRUPTION &amp; LIES<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NEW-ORDER-\u2018POWER-CORRUPTION-LIES-VINYL-RECORD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NEW-ORDER-\u2018POWER-CORRUPTION-LIES-VINYL-RECORD.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NEW-ORDER-\u2018POWER-CORRUPTION-LIES-VINYL-RECORD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NEW-ORDER-\u2018POWER-CORRUPTION-LIES-VINYL-RECORD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NEW-ORDER-\u2018POWER-CORRUPTION-LIES-VINYL-RECORD-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/NEW-ORDER-\u2018POWER-CORRUPTION-LIES-VINYL-RECORD-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power, Corruption &amp; Lies<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is New Order\u2019s second studio album released by <a href=\"https:\/\/factoryrecords.org\/\">Factory Records<\/a> in 1983. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album has impressive and engaging artwork. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features a reproduction of Henri Fantin-Latour\u2019s painting \u201cA Basket of Roses\u201d showing how \u201cpower, corruption and lies infiltrate our lives.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re seductive,\u201d just like flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is also very noticeable that there are no texts on the cover to indicate the title of the album and the band\u2019s name. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s because it has to be deciphered by the buyer using the color-coded alphabet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"17-prince-%e2%80%93-sign-o-the-times\"><\/span><b>#17. PRINCE &#8211; SIGN O\u2019 THE TIMES<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PRINCE-\u2018SIGN-O-THE-TIMES-VINYL-RECORD.png\" alt=\"prince eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PRINCE-\u2018SIGN-O-THE-TIMES-VINYL-RECORD.png 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PRINCE-\u2018SIGN-O-THE-TIMES-VINYL-RECORD-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PRINCE-\u2018SIGN-O-THE-TIMES-VINYL-RECORD-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prince has been widely regarded as one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/greatest-vinyl-record-sleeves-chosen-famous-designers-part-1\/\">greatest musicians<\/a><\/strong> of his generation and this album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign O\u2019 the Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is considered by many as his magnum opus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But aside from the great music it holds, the artwork on its jacket is another thing to be marveled about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artwork features a backdrop of a Minneapolis stage of a musical band that Prince successfully borrowed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then had his team add props from his studio and home and have Jeff Katz photograph half of his face with his creation as the background.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"18-peter-gabriel-%e2%80%93-peter-gabriel-iii\"><\/span><b>#18. PETER GABRIEL &#8211; PETER GABRIEL III<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Peter-Gabriel-Peter-Gabriel-III-VINYL-RECORD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Peter-Gabriel-Peter-Gabriel-III-VINYL-RECORD.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Peter-Gabriel-Peter-Gabriel-III-VINYL-RECORD-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Peter-Gabriel-Peter-Gabriel-III-VINYL-RECORD-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Peter-Gabriel-Peter-Gabriel-III-VINYL-RECORD-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 1980 album by Peter Gabriel is his third eponymous studio album including the singles \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Games Without Frontiers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No Self Control<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tracks are pressed onto red-dominant splatter <\/span>12-inch vinyl records<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are housed inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/vinyl-record-sleeves\/gatefold-vinyl-jackets\"><strong>vinyl jackets printed<\/strong><\/a> with a disfigured image of Peter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cover was taken using a polaroid camera and he apparently helped in the disfiguring of his face by manipulating the polaroids as they were developing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/12-inch-vinyl-records\"><strong>Check out our custom 12 inch vinyl records pressing service<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"19-the-smiths-%e2%80%93-the-queen-is-dead\"><\/span><b>#19. THE SMITHS &#8211; THE QUEEN IS DEAD<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead-VINYL-RECORD-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead-VINYL-RECORD-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead-VINYL-RECORD-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead-VINYL-RECORD-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead-VINYL-RECORD-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Smiths-The-Queen-Is-Dead-VINYL-RECORD.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another The Smiths album is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Queen is Dead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, released a year after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meat is Murder<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><strong>single jacket<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features a scene from the 1964 film L&#8217;Insoumis, with the English name The Unvanquished. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It presents French-Swiss actor Alain Delon on the floor looking dead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actor apparently approved the use of his image with a favor of changing the title of the album. However the band obviously didn\u2019t fulfill it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20-depeche-mode-%e2%80%93-music-for-the-masses\"><\/span><b>#20. DEPECHE MODE &#8211; MUSIC FOR THE MASSES<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEPECHE-MODE-MUSIC-FOR-THE-MASSES-VINYL-RECORD-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"depeche mode eighties album covers\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEPECHE-MODE-MUSIC-FOR-THE-MASSES-VINYL-RECORD-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEPECHE-MODE-MUSIC-FOR-THE-MASSES-VINYL-RECORD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEPECHE-MODE-MUSIC-FOR-THE-MASSES-VINYL-RECORD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEPECHE-MODE-MUSIC-FOR-THE-MASSES-VINYL-RECORD-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEPECHE-MODE-MUSIC-FOR-THE-MASSES-VINYL-RECORD-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEPECHE-MODE-MUSIC-FOR-THE-MASSES-VINYL-RECORD.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music for the Masses<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the English electronic music band\u2019s sixth studio album released in 1987. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cover of this album was designed by the longtime Depeche Mode collaborator, designer Martyn Atkins. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He used the megaphone which symbolizes music and then situated it in a place that opposes the \u201cmasses\u201d in the album\u2019s title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It created an eerie feeling knowing that the music from these megaphones won\u2019t be heard by anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b><i>James Hill<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope\/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole\u2019s The Way It Is. He is now helping indie artists with branding and manufacturing through his company\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Unified Manufacturing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>, a CD\/DVD,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/vinyl-pressing\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">custom vinyl records<\/a> and merch company in LA.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eighties album covers are more than just protective packaging for vinyl records; they are iconic works of art that defined an era. These covers captured the vibrant, eclectic spirit of the decade, reflecting the bold creativity and unique cultural trends of the time In this article, we\u2019ve compiled some of the most iconic album [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7487,25,8,21,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-custom-vinyl-records","category-graphic-design","category-vinyl-packaging-design","category-vinyl-pressing","category-vinyl-record-manufacturing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.2.1 (Yoast SEO v18.4.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The most iconic album covers of the eighties - UnifiedManufacturing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The eighties album covers are more than just protective packaging for vinyl records; they are iconic works of art that defined an era. 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