The Album Cover - Be My Eyes
Podcasts

The Album Cover

June 5, 2024

Four album covers highlight male artists leaning, captioned with, "You knew the album was great if they hit this lean on the cover." These iconic poses suggest the unmistakable cool factor and confidence associated with timeless music.

Everyone over the age of 20 probably remembers the feeling – of going to a record store, browsing the aisles, carefully picking up each CD or casette, one by one, and examining the album art. Today, album covers are little more than placeholder content for streaming services, but some enterprising artists have turned the old-school marketing collateral into new-school jokes. This week, we investigate the album cover meme.