2000s
40 cover stories
The digital revolution began reshaping how album art was consumed — as thumbnails on iPods and iTunes. Designers adapted with bolder graphics and more iconic imagery, while indie labels maintained the craft of physical packaging.
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend · 2008
Untrue
Burial · 2007
The Reminder
Feist · 2007
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire · 2007
Person Pitch
Panda Bear · 2007
In Rainbows
Radiohead · 2007
Graduation
Kanye West · 2007
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys · 2006
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse · 2006
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Neko Case · 2006
Late Registration
Kanye West · 2005
Silent Alarm
Bloc Party · 2005
Demon Days
Gorillaz · 2005
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens · 2005
The College Dropout
Kanye West · 2004
Hot Fuss
The Killers · 2004
Funeral
Arcade Fire · 2004
Transatlanticism
Death Cab for Cutie · 2003
Elephant
The White Stripes · 2003
The Black Album
Jay-Z · 2003
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast · 2003
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips · 2002
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Bright Eyes · 2002
Turn on the Bright Lights
Interpol · 2002
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco · 2002
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay · 2002
Is This It
The Strokes · 2001
Vespertine
Björk · 2001
The Blueprint
Jay-Z · 2001
Amnesiac
Radiohead · 2001
Lateralus
Tool · 2001
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes · 2001
Kid A
Radiohead · 2000
Since I Left You
The Avalanches · 2000
Stankonia
OutKast · 2000
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park · 2000
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
PJ Harvey · 2000
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem · 2000
The Moon & Antarctica
Modest Mouse · 2000
Relationship of Command
At the Drive-In · 2000