1. Laurel Halo, Atlas

  2. Marta De Pascalis

    Graphic design by Nicola Tirabasso. Photography by George Nebieridze.

  3. Squirrel Flower, squirrelflower

  4. Kacey Johansing

  5. Searows

  6. Katie Bejsiuk, Free Cake For Every Creature

  7. Barbra Streisand

  8. Released 2023 on In Real Life Music. Photography by Cinque Mubarak.

  9. Björk

    Released 1997 on Elektra. Photography by Nobuyoshi Araki. Design by Me Company.

  10. Released 2021 on PAN. Photography by Daniel Sannwald.

  11. Shirley Scott

    Released 1961 on Prestige. Artist credit unknown.

  12. Patti Smith

    Released 1979 on Arista. Art direction & photography by Robert Mapplethorpe. Design by Maude Gilman and R.e.f.m.

  13. Nancy Sinatra

    Released 1967 on Reprise Records. Photography by Ron Joy. Art Direction by Ed Thrasher.

  14. Carly Simon

    Released 1971 on Elektra. Art Direction by Robert Heimall. Photography by Peter Simon.

  15. Released 1967 on Columbia. Photography by Roland Scherman.

  16. ~~~
    Ana Roxanne

    Released 2019 on Leaving Records. Photography by Tammy Nguyen.

  17. Michelle Branch

    Released 2001 on Maverick. Art Direction by Kim Biggs & David Harlan. Photography by Matthew Welch. Design by Shoshannah Day Strauss.

  18. Coco & Clair Clair

    Released 2022 on Nice Girl World. Photographed by Shervin Lainez. Design by Tom Hancocks.

  19. Saâda Bonaire

    Released 2013 on Captured Tracks. Artwork and design by CCCP.

  20. Mary J. Blige

    Released 2005 on Geffen Records. Artist credit unknown.

  21. Missy Elliott

    Released 2001 on Elektra. Art Direction by Lili Picou & Anita Boriboon. Design by Anita Boriboon. Photography by Arnold Turner.

  22. Marianne Faithfull

    Released 1979 on Island Records. Photography by Dennis Morris.

  23. Released 1957 on Blue Note Records. Photography by Francis Wolff. Design by Reid Miles.

  24. Released 1995 on Geffen Records. Photography by Alison Dyer. Artwork by Ari Foreman.

  25. Britney Spears

    Released 2003 on Jive. Photography by Patrick Demarchelier. Art direction and design by Jackie Murphy.

  26. Becca Mancari

    Released 2020 on Captured Tracks. Photography by Tonje Thilesen. Design by Justin Bauer.

  27. Joni Mitchell

    Released 1971 on Reprise Records. Photography by Tim Considine. Art Direction by Gary Burden.

  28. Françoise Hardy

    Released 1965 on Disques Vogue. Photography by J. M. Périer.

  29. Samia

    Released 2023 on Grand Jury Music. Photography by Sophia Matinazad. Design by Max Taeuschel.

  30. Serge Gainsbourg

    Released 1971 on Philips. Photography by Tony Frank.

  31. Shura

    Released 2019 on Secretly Canadian. Photography By Hollie Fernando. Design by Miles Johnson.

  32. Eden Samara

    Released 2022 on Local Action. Photography by El Hardwick. Design by All Purpose Studio. Image Treatment by Joseph Felix Durnan.

Blue is an album list curated by Rachel Cabitt:

A photographer and designer with a background in music based in New York. She is the co-founder of POND Creative, a visual studio for the music industry and writes The Art of Cover Art, a newsletter exploring the visual history of music.

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