The 50 Best Album Covers of 2012
Once a year, we allow ourselves to judge a book—er, scratch that, record—by its cover and compile our list of the best album artwork of the past 12 months. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayInfographic: The Color Wheel of Album Covers
The world of music is a vibrant and colorful place, and you don't have to be hallucinating to associate certain hues with your favorite artists, songs and albums. Win a free t-shirt if you can name the most covers. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe 50 Best Album Covers of 2011
Despite 2011's seismic shift to streaming, great album art is alive and well, even if most people only ever see it in digital form. These 50 album covers make a great case for buying yourself a turntable. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThis Week in Album Covers
Each week Rodney Lee takes a look at the lost art of the album cover. read more
Found in: Music, ColumnsTwo Dozen Classic Album Covers Rendered in MS Paint
Reproducing album covers in MS Paint isn't exactly the world's most original idea, but that doesn't make it any less awesome... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 25 Best Album Covers of 2010
Album art has had a rough go of late. Big vinyl cover art got reduced to little CD cover art which got reduced to pixels on a screen. Fortunately, bands continue to do great things with those pixels, as attested to by The 25 Best Album Covers of 2010. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Ten Cutest Babies On Album Covers Ever
Weird smells, non-verbal communication and other peoples' feces kind of freak me out, so I'm not the biggest fan of babies. Babies' one redeeming quality, so far as I can see, is their collective capacity for unbridled cuteness. If I don't have to hold them while such cuteness is happening, all the better! This makes album covers featuring babies especially ideal: You get the best part of the babies without actually having to be in the same room as them! And you get music! Bonus. There are a whole lot of album covers featuring babies (here is an incredibly comprehensive... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Meta-List: The 10 Best Lists of 2008
Since October 27 this year, we've published a new list every day on PasteMagazine.com—everything from the "10 Best NES Games of All Time" and the "40 Best TV Theme Songs" to the "Top Five Not-So-Thinly-Veiled Sexual References to the Male Genitalia in Classic Blues and R&B." So we know how hard it is to execute a good one. As the year ends, we take a look at some other great lists. Call it the 2008 Meta-List. We hope this is the best List of Best Lists that you come across. Or that it at least makes the Top 10.10. The... read more
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