5 album covers designed by famous artists

Among the 70 personalities on this cover, the Beatles appear twice: The real members are standing in front, wearing colorful uniforms, and cut-out versions of them feature their classic mop-top haircuts. Many fans interpreted this as them renouncing their old style. The cover cost 3,000 British pounds - an extravagant sum at the time. Artist Peter Blake obtained a Grammy Award for the artwork.

It is not only the title of a Cat Stevens album, but also of a children's book he wrote and illustrated. In it, Teaser is a young boy and Firecat is his pet. They try to put the moon back into its place after it falls from the sky. The book was only published in a limited edition, but the album was a hit.

Films fans will probably quickly recognize the artist responsible for this cover. Such bio-mechanical forms and a similar dark atmosphere also made up one of the most famous science-fiction thrillers ever: "Alien." The now deceased artist H.R. Giger painted this cover and was also a special effects designer on the film, for which he obtained an Oscar.

Before this image was used for an album cover, the painting was already part of Elton John's private collection. The singer is a passionate art collector. The artwork "The Guardian Readers," by Irish painter Patrick Procktor, pleased him so much that he picked it to cover his 11th album.

The British artist Damien Hirst had a drugstore phase in the 1990s, during which he experimented with artistic depictions of pills and medicine and even opened a restaurant called Pharmacy. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, known for not having any reluctance towards narcotics, picked the artist to do the artwork for their 10th studio album.