Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers.  Many photographers, illustrators, and art directors have become celebrities from their album artworks—the best examples of which will go down in history as permanent fixtures in popular culture.

 Paying tribute to this art form,  Rock Covers  ;brings you a compilation of  more than 750 remarkable album covers, from legendary to rare record releases. Artists as varied as  Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Iron Maiden, and  Sonic Youth  are gathered together in celebration of the cover art that defined their albums and their cult status. Each cover is accompanied by a fact sheet listing the art director, photographer or illustrator, year, label, and more, while nearly 250 records that marked particular turning points for a band, an artist, or the music genre, are highlighted with short descriptions .

 This far-reaching catalog of visualized rock is contextualized with  insider interviews  with five professionals who shaped the history of rock, and by  top 10 record lists from ten leading rock collectors.