When we asked our Twitter followers about their favorite album covers of the year, one of the responses was, “What’s an album?” But 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.
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50. The Airborne Toxic Event - All At Once
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46. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
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49. Cass McCombs - Humor Risk
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48. Cool Kids - When Fish Ride Bicycles
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47. Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
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32. Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi - Rome
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43. Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine
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45. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
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34. The Streets - Computers and Blues
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41. Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs