1. Chronophage

  2. Lou Donaldson

    Released 1969 on Blue Note. Art Direction & Photography by Frank Gauna.

  3. Head East

    Released 1975 on A&M. Art Direction by Roland Young. Photography by Harry Mittman. Design by Chuck Beeson.

  4. Jack McDuff

    Released 1969 on Blue Note. Art Direction by Frank Gauna.

  5. Barbra Streisand

    Released 1974 on Columbia. Art Direction by Jon Peters. Photography by Carl Furuta.

  6. Wynder K. Frog

    Released 1968 on United Artists. Design by Chris Blackwell. Photography by Francine Winham & Gered Mankowitz.

  7. Willie Bobo

    Released 1965 on Verve. Design by Acy Lehman. Photograph by Rudolph Legname.

  8. George Benson

    Released 1968 on Verve. Art Direction by Acy R. Lehman. Photography by Daniel Kramer.

  9. Ohio Players

    Released 1975 on Mercury. Art Direction by Jim Ladwig. Design by Joe Kotleba. Photography by Richard Fegley.

  10. Willie Bobo

    Released 1967 on Verve. Photography by Rudy Legname. Design by Acy R. Lehman.

  11. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert, The Tijuana Brass

    Released 1965 on A&M Records. Design by Peter Whorf.

  12. Booker T. & the M.G.'s

    Released 1962 on Stax. Photography by Irving Schild. Design by Haig Adishian.

  13. Madeline Kenney

    Released July 2020 on Carpark Records. Photographed by Alexa Nikol Curran.

  14. Fat Boys

    Released 1984 on Sutra Records. Photography by Frank Giraldi. Design by Lynda West.

  15. Released 2003 on Def Jam South. Photography by Phil Mucci. Art Direction & Design by Tia Johnson.

  16. MF DOOM

    Released 2004 on Rhymesayers Entertainment. Artwork by Jason Jagel. Design by Jeff Jank.

  17. Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist

    Released 2020 on ESGN. Creative Direction by Ben "Lambo" Lambert. Art Direction by Vlad Sepetov. Artwork by Mike Del Mundo.

  18. Released 1967 on Decca. Photography by David Montgomery. Design by Roger Law & David King.

  19. The Flying Burrito Brothers

    Released 1970 on A&M. Photography by Jim McCrary. Art Direction by Tom Wilkes.

  20. Robin Trower, Bill Lordan, Jack Bruce

    Released 1981 on Chrysalis. Art Direction by Peter Wagg. Photography by Trevor Key.

  21. Màquina

    Released 1960 by Diábolo. Artwork by Jordi Batiste.

  22. The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Released 2017 on Artificial Plastic Records. Photography by Rachel Willett.

  23. The Velvet Underground, Nico

    Released 1967 on Verve. Artwork by Andy Warhol.

  24. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

    Released 2014 on Matador. Artist credit unknown.

  25. Chuck Berry

    Released 1959 on Chess. Cover by Don Bronstein.

  26. Chuck Berry

    Released 1958 on Chess. Artist credit unknown.

  27. Bobby Valentin

    Released 1969 on Fania Records. Photography & Design by Izzy Sanabria.

  28. Guns N' Roses

    Released 1993 on Geffen/ Uzi Suicide Records. Photography by Dennis Keeley. Art Direction and Design by Kevin Reagan, Slash and W. Axl Rose.

  29. Released 1972 on United Artists Records. Art Direction by Ingo Trauer and Richard J. Rudow.

  30. Mongo Santamaria

    Released 1969 on Columbia Records. Photography courtesy of the Columbia Records Photo Studio.

  31. Mongo Santamaria

    Released 1976 on Vaya Records. Photography by Lee Marshall. Design by Ron Levine.

  32. Crosby, Stills & Nash

    Released 1990 on Atlantic. Artwork by David Peters. Art Direction by Jimmy Wachtel/ Poetic Justice. Type by Sarajo Frieden.

  33. H
    Bob James

    Released 1980 on Tappan Zee/ Columbia. Photography by Buddy Endress. Design by Paula Scher.

  34. Wilbert Longmire

    Released 1978 on Tappan Zee/ Columbia. Photography by Buddy Endress. Design by Paula Scher and John Berg.

  35. Released 1985 on Blue Note. Design by Reid Miles. Accompanied by 4 other covers for each volume.

  36. The Rolling Stones

    Released 1969 on Decca. Design by Robert Brownjohn. Cake by Delia Smith.

  37. Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Released 1972 on Atlantic. Art Direction and Design by Richard Mantel. Photography by John Paul Endress

Food 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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