Best Vinyl Art 2009

Art Vinyl has posted their nominees for the best album art 2009. Unlike fiction, where I often find myself removing hardcover book jackets to avoid being influenced, I am forever drawn to album art for vinyl.

Half of these albums I doubt I'd ever listen to, but I wouldn't be surprised if I picked them up because the covers looked so great.

So, based on Art Vinyl's nominees, here are my top ten picks (click to see art):

1. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
2. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
3. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
4. Volcano Choir - Unmap
5. Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
6. Skunk Anansie - Smashes Trashes
7. Baroness - Blue Record
8. Teeth of the Sea - Orphaned by the Ocean
9. Massive Attack - Splitting the Atom
10. Kelpe - Microscope Contents