Rock On, Graphic Design

With so many people listening to music digitally these days, album covers are no longer the first impression a listener has for an artist. Now there are algorithms that curate a personalized Spotify playlist, or a CD quickly burned by a friend. But album art used to be the only visuals you would get for an album: no music videos and no promotion on MTV (it didn’t exist yet!), and it was a big industry. Check out this article about some of the most iconic album cover graphic design made even before Photoshop!