When it comes to picking their favorite album covers, the British are just full of national pride. Because in a recent poll of the Most Iconic Album Covers of All Time, the Top 10 vote-getters were all British artists.
The top spot went to JOY DIVISION, for their "Unknown Pleasures" album. The cover features a picture the band found in an astronomy encyclopedia. It represents 100 pulses from the remnant of a collapsed star.
The list also contains obvious choices, like THE BEATLES' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Abbey Road" . . . as well as LED ZEPPELIN'S "Houses of the Holy".
Then there's stuff you've probably never seen . . . or even heard of . . . like PAUL WELLER'S "Stanley Road". Anyway, here's the Top 10 . . .
#10.) The Sex Pistols - "Never Mind the Bollocks"
#9.) Paul Weller - "Stanley Road"
#7.) David Bowie - "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust"
#7.) Pink Floyd - "The Dark Side of the Moon"
#6.) The Beatles - "Abbey Road"
#5.) Led Zeppelin - "Houses of the Holy"
#4.) The Smiths - "Meat Is Murder"
#3.) The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
#2.) The Stone Roses - "The Stone Roses"
#1.) Joy Division - "Unknown Pleasures"
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