The Greatest Album Covers of All Time According to Partizan’s Warren Fu

Having worked on both music videos and album covers, I owe my entire creative career to music and the art that surrounds it. I went through many phases of genre-switching in my youth, trying to figure out where I belong. I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I feel most at home being a shapeshifting-chameleon. I get a high off seeing any artist who has found their stride, where the visuals and music work together in harmony, like they were always meant to be.

I always loved opening album packaging and flipping through liner notes. Who is this Muggerud guy who is making all these Cypress Hill and House of Pain beats? Who are Flyte Tyme Productions? Someone named Alan Moulder seems to work on all my favorite Depeche Mode records. Who created the album cover? Who was the photographer? It’s a bit sad knowing that the joys of opening a physical booklet while you listen to music are falling away, but at least we still have the album cover in the digital age.

Anyway, here are some standouts for me.

Head to Muse to see Partizan director Warren Fu’s top album covers.