Best Art Vinyl
{{Short description|Annual award for album cover art}}
{{citation style|date=January 2016}}
Best Art Vinyl is an annual award that began in 2005. It celebrates artists and designers of album cover art.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6947489/Muse-Florence-and-the-Machine-and-Laroux-among-best-record-sleeves-of-2009.html |title=Muse, Florence and the Machine and La Roux among best record sleeves of 2009, the Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2010-01-07 |accessdate=2010-09-06 |location=London |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116115454/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6947489/Muse-Florence-and-the-Machine-and-Laroux-among-best-record-sleeves-of-2009.html |archivedate=2011-11-16 |url-status=live }} The nomination process begins in November and the winners are announced in January,{{cite web |author=Fritz |url=http://blog.albumartexchange.com/2009/11/art-vinyl-launches-5th-annual-album-art-competition.html |title=Art vinyl launches 5th annual album art competition |publisher=Blog.albumartexchange.com |date=2009-11-18 |accessdate=2010-09-06 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20110211182719/http://blog.albumartexchange.com/2009/11/art-vinyl-launches-5th-annual-album-art-competition.html |archivedate=2011-02-11 |url-status=dead }} and are exhibited at venues across the United Kingdom and Europe.{{cite web|url=http://mono.bg/article-4574.html |title=mono.bg article |publisher=mono.bg article |accessdate=2010-09-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706143210/http://mono.bg/article-4574.html |archivedate=2011-07-06 |url-status=live }} The 50 shortlisted records and winners are voted for by an expert judging panel within the world of art and music and are displayed using Art Vinyl's unique Play & Display Flip Frame.{{cite web |url=http://www.wichita-recordings.com/index.php/single/Best_Art_Vinyl_2007_-_The_Winners/ |title=Best art vinyl 2007 - The Winners, wichita-recordings.com news article |publisher=Wichita-recordings.com |date=2008-01-08 |accessdate=2010-09-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717095934/http://www.wichita-recordings.com/index.php/single/Best_Art_Vinyl_2007_-_The_Winners/ |archivedate=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8439000/8439483.stm |title=today article |publisher=BBC News |date=2010-01-05 |accessdate=2010-09-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401000431/http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8439000/8439483.stm |archivedate=2014-04-01 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://blog.eyemagazine.com/?p=380 |title=blog.eyemagazine.com article |publisher=blog.eyemagazine.com article |date=2009-11-11 |accessdate=2010-09-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710215437/http://blog.eyemagazine.com/?p=380 |archivedate=2011-07-10 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=13308 |title=news article |publisher=Digitalartsonline.co.uk |accessdate=2010-09-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720062757/http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=13308 |archivedate=2011-07-20 |url-status=live }}
2024 winners
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Musical artist !Album !Cover artist |
| 1
|Creative Direction by Hiatus Kaiyote & Grey Ghost. Cover art by Rajni Perera. Symbol art by Chloe Biocca. Product Design by Sean Preston |
| 2
|Romance |Cover images by Lulu Lin. Design & Art Direction by Texas Maragh & Carlos O’Connell. Photography by Theo Cottle |
| 3
|Carlitahttps://ninjatune.net/artist/carlita |Sentimental |Cover photography by Louis Browne |
| 4
|The New Sound |Cover artwork by Toshio Saeki. Art Direction Geordie Greep. Layout by Philip Laslett. |
| 5
|People Who Aren't There Anymore |Cover art by Beedallo. Design & Creative Direction by Nolen Štrāls |
| 6
|All Things Shining |Artwork by Wilson Trouve |
| 7
|Below A Massive Dark Land |Art by Naima Bock |
| 8
|Daffodils & Dirt |Cover image by Nick Waplington |
| 9
|Bite Down |Cover Photo by Asia Harman |
| 10
|Peaky Blinders: Season 5 & 6 Original Score |Artwork illustrations by Karl Fitzgerald. Design by Matthew Cooper |
2023 winners
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Musical artist !Album !Cover artist |
| 1
|I Inside the Old Year Dying |Art Director, design and front cover photography by Michelle Henning. Additional design and typesetting by Rob Crane |
| 2
|Angels and Queens Part 2 |Photography by Melodie McDaniel. |
| 3
|Evolve |Art Direction by Mat Maitland from Big Active Design & Nicolaas Douwma. Artificial Intelligence by Claudia Rafael. Design by Mat Maitland - Big Active Design |
| 4
|Hit Parade |Creative Direction by Róisín Murphy. Art by Beth Frey. Design by Bráulio Amado. Photography by Connor Egan. Production by Object & Animal |
| 5
|The Love Invention |Photography and Design by Mat Maitland - Big Active Design |
| 6
|Quest For Fire |Artwork by Alfred Pietroni |
| 7
|Optical Delusion |Artwork by John Greenwood |
| 8
|Heavy Heavy |Design by Hingston Studio |
| 9
|What We Do To Feel |Artwork by True Spilt Milk Design |
| 10
|Again |Designed by @eccopn & @onlineceramics Sculpture by @ringlund_instat |
2022 winners
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Musical artist !Album !Cover artist |
| 1
|Ants From Up There |Artwork by Simon Monk. Design by Ninja Tune |
| 2
|Gris Klein |Artwork by Bart Balboa. |
| 3
|The Ruby Cord |Artwork by Jake Blanchard Additional Design by Matthew Cooper |
| 4
|The Car |Photography by Matt Helders. Design by Matthew Cooper and Alex Turner |
| 5
|Hellfire |Design by David Rudnick |
| 6
|Fragments |Artwork by Neil Krug. Design by Mat Maitland at Big Active |
| 7
|Stumpwork |Photography and design by Annie Collinge. Creative Direction and styling by Rottingdean Bazaar |
| 8
|Wow Machine |Artwork by Barbarian Flower |
| 9
|Zeit |Photography by Brian Adams |
| 10
|Malicious Intent |Artwork by Eliran Kantor |
2021 winners
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Musical artist !Album !Cover artist |
| 1
|Fever Dreams |Artwork by Paul Phillips at True Spilt Milk Designs. Design by Matthew Cooper, assisted by Paul J Street |align="center" rowspan="3"|{{cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/best-art-vinyl-2021/ |title=The best record cover artwork of 2021 has been revealed |website=designweek.co.uk |date=2022-01-27}} |
| 2
|Future Past |Photography Daisuke Yokota. Art Direction Rory McCartney |
| 3
|All the Right Noises |Cover photo by Jason Joyce. Design by Neel Panchal |
| 4
|As the Love Continues |Design by DLT |
| 5
|Seeking New Gods |Design and Art Direction by Mark James |
| 6
|Shire T |Tomorrow's People |Artwork and Design by Alexander Brown |
| 7
|Comfort to Me |Artwork by Bráulio Amado |
| 8
|Lost Horizons |In Quiet Moments |Cover photography by Jacques-Henri Lartigue |
| 9
|Balthazar |Sand |Homunculus Loxodontus, a statue by Dutch artist Margriet Van Breevoort. Art Director Annelise Keestra |
| 10
|Back in Love City |Artwork by Seerlight |
2020 winners
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Musical artist !Album !Artist |
| 1
|Ultra Mono |Painting by Russell Oliver |
| 2
|Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets |Live at the Roundhouse |Design by Chris Peyton for VVVOID |
| 3
|Doves |The Universal Want |Photography by Maria Lax |
| 4
|The Slow Rush |Photography and design by Neil Krug. Art concept by Kevin Parker and Neil Krug |
| 5
|More. Again. Forever. |Cover art by Laura Fray |
| 6
|Sleep On the Wing |Illustration and linocut print by Chris Wormell |
| 7
|Rick Wakeman (and the English Ensemble) |The Red Planet |Cover design by Martin Robert Cook |
| 8
|Magic |Design by Robert Beatty |
| 9
|Quarantena |Artwork and design by Theo Ackroyd |
| 10
|Folklore |Photography by Beth Garrabrant |
2019 winners
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Musical artist !Album !Artist !Ref. |
| 1
|Klone |Le Grand Voyage |Artist and Photographer: Francesco Dell'Orto |align="center" rowspan="3"|{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/graphic-design/these-are-best-album-covers-of-2019/|title=These are the best album covers of 2019|work=Digital Arts Online|date=January 16, 2020|accessdate=April 9, 2020|first=Neil|last=Bennett}} |
| 2
|Artist: Tom DuBois |
| 3
|Altid Sammen |Designers and Art Directors: Hvass&Hannibal |
| 4
|XOA |Way West | |align="center" rowspan="7"|{{cite web|url=https://artvinyl.com/award-year/2019|title=2019 Archives|work=Art Vinyl|accessdate=April 9, 2020}} |
| 5
|Artist: John Baizley |
| 6
|Artist: Vasim Bhatti |
| 7
|Meditations |Artist: Heretic and Spectral Nation |
| 8
|The Age of Immunology |Artist: Alex Hornsby |
| 9
|Designer: Hales Curtis |
| 10
|Wovoka Gentle |Start Clanging Cymbals | Artist: Olivia Norris |
2018 winners
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Musical artist !Album !Artist !Ref. |
| 1
| Designer: Rahi Rezvani |
| 2
| Designer: Tom Hingston |
| 3
| Designers: The Designers Republic |
| 4
|Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner |Music from Bagpuss OST. | Designer: Hannah Alice |
| 5
|Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | Designer: Alex Turner |
| 6
| Designer: Yanjun Cheng |
| 7
|Designers: Stanley Donwood and Dr Tchock |
| 8
|Designer: Joe Perez |
| 9
|Low |Designer: Peter Liversidge |
| 10
|Once |Designer: Jee-ook Choi |
2017 winners
| class="wikitable"
!Rank !Musical artist !Name !Cover artist |
| 1
|Art Direction & Photography by Timothy Saccenti Drawing by Nick Gazin Layout by Troy Hahn |
| 2
|Art Direction by Sasha Barr Illustrations by Ed Steed |
| 3
|Design by Split |
| 4
|Mary Casio:Journey to Cassiopeia |Design by Jonathan Barnbrook |
| 5
|Lost Horizons |Ojala |Artwork by Marcus Davies Design by Luke Jarvis |
| 6
|Photograph by Carli Davidson Layout by Sacred Bones Design |
| 7
|AZD |Photography by Mehdi Lacoste/Jo Di Studio Creative Direction Darren J Cunnighham/Theresa Adebiyi |
| 8
|Design by Jamie Hewlett |
| 9
|Design by Mike Zimmerman |
| 10
|Red Blinders |Photography by Niklas Wennerstrand Layout by Alex Hornsby & Hater |
2016 winners
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| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Shadow Puppets | Everything You've Come to Expect | Design by Matthew Cooper, photography by Jack Robinson |
| 2 | David Bowie | Blackstar | Design by Jonathan Barnbrook |
| 3 | Mark Prichard | Under the Sun | Design by Jonathan Zawada |
| 4 | Suede | Night Thoughts | Art Direction by Paul Khera, Brett Anderson, Mat Osman,
Neil Codling and Didz Hammond. Photography by Lucy Ray |
| 5 | White Lies | Friends | Art Direction & Design by Markus Bagå
at Big Active Design |
| 6 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway | Artwork by Kevin Peterson |
| 7 | Shura | Nothing's Real | Art Direction and Design
Mat Maitland at Big Active Photography by Andrew Whitton Illustration by Louise Pomeroy |
| 8 | Kula Shaker | K 2.0 | Artwork by Kate Bayley.
Design by Stylorouge |
| 9 | Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker | Design by Sammy Slabbinck |
| 10 | James Blake | The Colour in Anything | Design by Quentin Blake |
2015 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gilmour | Rattle that Lock | Dave Stansbie and the Creative Corporation, photography by Rupert Truman |
| 2 | Drenge | Undertow | Photography by Donald Milne, design by Matthew Cooper |
| 3 | Tame Impala | Currents | Design by Robert Beatty |
| 4 | Everything Everything | Get to Heaven | Illustrated by Andrew Archer. Design by Jonny Costello, Adult Art Club. |
| 5 | Blur | The Magic Whip | Design by Tony Hung |
| 6 | Linden | Rest and Be Thankful | Artwork by Jim Lambie |
| 7 | Jamie xx | In Colour | Artwork by Jamie Smith & Phil Lee |
| 8 | And So I Watch You From Afar | Heirs | Artwork layout Sonny Kay |
| 9 | Blend Mishkin & Roots Evolution | Survival of the Fittest | Cover design by Ben Menter. Logo Design by QBMix |
| 10 | Kate Boy | One Digital | 3D Design by Lee Griggs |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from the following referenced article:{{cite news|title=Best album art 2015: see the winners of the Best Art Vinyl awards|url=http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/graphic-design/see-winners-of-best-art-vinyl-2015-awards/|website=DigitalArtsOnline.co.uk|date=January 7, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108192223/http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/graphic-design/see-winners-of-best-art-vinyl-2015-awards/|archive-date=January 8, 2016}}
2014 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood | Dan Hillier and Richard Welland |
| 2 | FKA twigs | LP1 | Jesse Kanda |
| 3 | Future Islands | Singles | Beth Hoeckel and Matt de Jong |
| 4 | Foo Fighters | Sonic Highways | Stephan Martinière |
| 5 | Röyksopp & Robyn | Do It Again (EP) | Kacper Kasprzyk, Sandberg and Timonen |
| 6 | Caribou | Our Love | Matthew Cooper and Jason Evans |
| 7 | La Roux | Trouble in Paradise | Alexander Brown, Elly Jackson, Louie Banks and Roger Deckker |
| 8 | SBTRKT | Wonder Where We Land | SBTRKT & A Hidden Place |
| 9 | Bombay Bicycle Club | So Long, See You Tomorrow | La Boca |
| 10 | Sohn | Tremors | Allison Fielding and Sohn |
2013 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Lies | Big TV | Michael Kagan, Gerard Saint and Markus Karlsson |
| 2 | dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip | Repent Replenish Repeat | Paul Jackson |
| 3 | Bonobo | The North Borders | Leif Podhajsky |
| 4 | Washed Out | Paracosm | Sara Cwynar |
| 5 | Braids | Flourish // Perish | Marc Rimmer |
| 6 | Atoms For Peace | Judge, Jury and Executioner | Stanley Donwood |
| 7 | !!! | Thr!!!er | Chase Jarvis, !!! and James Burton |
| 8 | Daft Punk | Get Lucky | Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Cedric Hervet, Paul Hahn and Warren Fu |
| 9 | Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest | Boards of Canada |
| 10 | Paul McCartney | New | Rebecca and Mike, YES, Ben Ib. |
2012 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Temper Trap | The Temper Trap | Alberto Seveso and Boat Studios |
| 2 | Keane | Strangeland | Alex Lake and Tourist |
| 3 | Muse | The 2nd Law | Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, UCLA and Travis Shinn |
| 4 | Mark Lanegan Band | Blues Funeral | Alison Fielding |
| 5 | White Lung | Sorry | Justin Gradin |
| 6 | Enter Shikari | A Flash Flood of Colour | Ian Johnsen, Paul Blundell and Dave Thomas |
| 7 | Saint Etienne | Words and Music | Dorothy |
| 8 | Richard Hawley | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Nick Phillips and Richard Tailby |
| 9 | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Animal Rummy and Jo McCaughey |
| 10 | The Hives | Lex Hives | Henrik Walse |
2011 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Zack Nipper |
| 2 | Cults | Cults | Dave Bett and Jeannette Kaczorowski |
| 3 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Gregory Euclide |
| 4 | Washed Out | Within and Without | Ernest Greene, Jeff Kleinsmith and Martien Mulder |
| 5 | Kasabian | Velociraptor! | Aitor Throup at A.T. Studio |
| 6 | The Strokes | Angles | Guy Pouppez |
| 7 | Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Toby Liebowitz, Sean Pecknold and Dusty Summers |
| 8 | Cut Copy | Zonoscope | ALTER |
| 9 | Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto | Tappin Gofton |
| 10 | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Winston Chmielinski |
2010 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaxons | Surfing the Void | Richard Robinson and Gareth Pritchard |
| 2 | Caribou | Swim | Mathew Cooper and Jason Evans |
| 3 | Pablo Cahn and Cesar Merveille | Split EP | Amelie Nicolet |
| 4 | Junip | Fields | Fredrik Söderberg and Robert Samsonowitz |
| 5 | Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Caroline Robert, Vincent Morriset and Gabriel Jones |
| 6 | Goldfrapp | Head First | Alison Goldfrapp, Mat Maitland and Serge Leblon |
| 7 | MGMT | Congratulations | Anthony Ausgang |
| 8 | Edwyn Collins | Losing Sleep | Edwyn Collins |
| 9 | Scissor Sisters | Night Work | Robert Mapplethorpe |
| 10 | Flying Lotus | Pattern+Grid World | Theo Ellsworth |
2009 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muse | The Resistance{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8439976.stm |title=Rockers Muse win 2009 record cover prize, BBC News, 5 January 2010 |publisher=BBC News |date=2010-01-05 |accessdate=2010-09-06 |archiveurl=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100309143206/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8439976.stm |archivedate=9 March 2010 |url-status=live }} | La Boca |
| 2 | Manic Street Preachers | Journal for Plague Lovers | Jenny Saville |
| 3 | Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Martin Ander |
| 4 | Massive Attack | Splitting the Atom | Tom Hingston and Robert del Naja |
| 5 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | Chris Bilheimer |
| 6 | Pet Shop Boys | Yes | Farrow Design |
| 7 | White Lies | To Lose My Life... | Mat Maitland and Gerard Saint |
| 8 | Editors | In this Light and on this Evening | Liliane Lijn and Tom Simon Mills |
| 9 | La Roux | La Roux | Alexander Brown and Traffic |
| 10 | Depeche Mode | Sounds of the Universe | Anton Corbijn |
2008 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes{{cite web |url=http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/news/top-news-stories/3749/fleet-foxes-win-best-art-work-award |title=Fleet Foxes win best art work award, the-fly.co.uk news article |publisher=The-fly.co.uk |date=2009-01-05 |accessdate=2010-09-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809082704/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/news/top-news-stories/3749/fleet-foxes-win-best-art-work-award |archivedate=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead }} | Pieter Brueghel the Elder |
| 2 | Roots Manuva | Slime & Reason | Oscar Bauer & Ewan Robertson |
| 3 | Coldplay | Viva la Vida | Eugène Delacroix |
| 4 | Goldfrapp | Seventh Tree | Alison Goldfrapp, Mat Maitland and Serge Leblon |
| 5 | Elbow | The Seldom Seen Kid | Oliver East |
| 6 | Metallica | Death Magnetic | Turner Duckworth |
| 7 | Bloc Party | Intimacy | Rob Crane and Perry Curtis |
| 8 | Low Motion | Keep It Slow | Chris Bolton, Pascal Mira Tschäni and Michael Husmann Tschäni |
| 9 | Santogold | Santogold | Isabelle Lumpkin |
| 10 | Zombie Zombie | Dog Walker | Sylvestre Hovart |
2007 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cribs | Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever | Rob Crane |
| 2 | Editors | An End Has a Start | Idris Khan at Tom Hingston Studio |
| 3 | The Nextmen | Let it Roll 12" Single | Joe Pilbeam |
| 4 | Eva Be | No Memory of Time | Kathrin Jackmann, Boris Meinhold |
| 5 | Thurston Revival | Somewhere There's an Angel 12" Single | Julie Bennett |
| 6 | Various Artists | We Are Silver EP | John Gilsenan at iwant |
| 7 | Unkle | Burn My Shadow 12" | Robert Del Naja |
| 8 | The Rakes | Ten New Messages | Rob Crane |
| 9 | Interpol | Our Love to Admire | Seth Smoot |
| 10 | Husky Rescue | Caravan 12" | Kustaa Saksi |
{{cite news |last=Byrne |first=Ciar |date=January 14, 2008 |title=Vinyl countdown: 2007 was a vintage year for album cover art |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/vinyl-countdown-2007-was-a-vintage-year-for-album-cover-art-769937.html |accessdate=September 8, 2010 |work=The Independent |location=London}}
2006 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thom Yorke | The Eraser | Stanley Donwood |
| 2 | The Pipettes | We Are The Pipettes | Pete Hellicar |
| 3 | Hot Chip | Over and Over | Darren Wall (Wallzo) |
| 4 | Keane | Under the Iron Sea | Sanna Annukka |
| 5 | Franz Ferdinand | The Fallen 12" single | Franz Ferdinand and Mathew Cooper |
| 6 | The Fratellis | Costello Music | Sam Hadley and Mark James |
| 7 | Morrissey | Ringleader of the Tormentors | Morrissey, Antony Lui and Fabio Lavino |
| 8 | Isolée | The Western Edits Pt. 2 | Stefan Marx |
| 9 | DJ Shadow | The Outsider | Paul Insect |
| 10 | Oasis | Stop the Clocks | Peter Blake |
2005 winners
| class=wikitable | |||
| Rank | Musical artist | Name | Cover artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard-Fi | Stars of CCTV | Albion |
| 2 | Franz Ferdinand | You Could Have It So Much Better | Mathew Cooper |
| 3 | Gorillaz | Demon Days | Jamie Hewlett |
| 4 | Robbie Williams | Intensive Care | Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Hamish Brown |
| 5 | Madonna | Confessions on a Dancefloor | Steven Klein and Giovanni Bianco |
| 6 | Coldplay | X&Y | Tappin Gofton |
| 7 | Mylo | Destroy Rock & Roll | Phantom |
| 8 | Goldfrapp | Supernature | Mat Maitland and Gerard Saint |
| 9 | Kaiser Chiefs | Employment | Cally |
| 10 | Kanye West | Late Registration | Morning Breath, Inc. |
{{cite news |last=Byrne |first=Ciar |date=December 29, 2005 |title=Creative covers: Hard-Fi's stark image wins place in album art top 10 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/creative-covers-hardfis-stark-image-wins-place-in-album-art-top-10-520930.html |accessdate=September 7, 2010 |work=The Independent |location=London}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106094828/http://www.artvinyl.com/en/nominate/nominations.html Best Art Vinyl nominations]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110118145325/http://creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/january/art-vinyls-sleeves-of-2008 Art Vinyls Sleeves of 2008]
- [http://lostinasupermarket.com/2009/12/best-vinyl-cover-art-of-2009/ Best Vinyl Cover Art of 2009]
- [http://thequietus.com/articles/03463-muse-s-the-resistance-wins-best-art-vinyl-2009 Muse’s ‘The Resistance’ Wins Best Art Vinyl]