Maggot Brain by Funkadelic - The cover disturbed me. The music surprised me.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie - He doesn't fill the frame. He's small, almost lost in the street.

The cover that shocked America, got recalled within days, and became the most valuable Beatles collectible in existence.

Odelay by Beck - A stranger's old dog photo, a girlfriend's tip, and a cover chosen in a last-minute scramble to beat a deadline.

The 1970s was the decade when the album sleeve stopped being packaging and became a full blown art form. Here are the ten greatest covers of the decade.

Ten fictional album covers from film and TV that never existed. And yet somehow, some of them are better than the real thing.

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie - The lightning bolt that appeared on millions of faces the night he died. It came from a rice cooker.

Kylie Minogue - Eighty million records sold. Number ones in five consecutive decades. One of pop's greatest ever careers. So why are some of her album covers so forgettable?

Kick by INXS - Michael Hutchence owned that cover. But whose feet are on the skateboard at the top?

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul - I came to this album backwards. Through De La Soul Is Dead, back to the beginning. I didn't know any of the songs. And then I pressed play. Here's the story behind the cover that changed hip hop.

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar - I heard King Kunta on Triple J and bought the album for the music. I never really looked at the cover. I should have.

Nine album covers so confident in their artwork they didn't bother with a single word. No band name. No album title. Just the image.

Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins - My wife introduced me to the Smashing Pumpkins. Before her I only knew the rat in a cage song.

A look at the controversy behind the cover of The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

Klaus Voormann spent three weeks creating one of the most celebrated album covers in history. He was paid fifty pounds.

A woman on a horse. A silver bodysuit. The whole thing glowing and otherworldly.

The 1970s was the decade when the album sleeve stopped being packaging and became a full blown art form. Here are the ten greatest covers of the decade.

Five albums. Five covers. One unmistakable visual vision. Here's the full story of Massive Attack's extraordinary album cover art from Blue Lines to Heligoland.

A Controversial look at the cover of Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Eight studio albums. Eight covers. And hiding across most of them, a secret that nobody noticed for years.

Brat by Charli XCX - A disgusting shade of green. Blurry Arial font. Four letters. Nothing else. Her manager said no. Her creative director said no. Her friends said no.

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac - The cover is boring. Two people, a light background, and a pair of wooden balls hanging like testicles.