Illustrations by Abbey Lossing for The Washington Post.
Album Art: 52nd Street: Sony BMG, Off The Wall: Epic Records, Christopher Cross: Rhino Flashback, The Game: EMI Records/Elektra Records, Double Fantasy: Capitol Records, Tattoo You: Rolling Stones Records, Toto IV: Sony Music Entertainment, Nebraska: Columbia Records, Thriller: Sony Legacy, Can’t Slow Down: Motown Records, Purple Rain: Warner Bros. Records, No Jacket Required: Rhino Records, Like a Virgin: Sire/Warner Bros. Records, Graceland: Sony Legacy, Control: A&M Records, The Joshua Tree: Island Records, Whitney: Arista Records, Faith: Columbia Records, Straight Outta Compton: Priority Records, Nick of Time: Capitol Records, Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814: A&M Records, Back on the Block: Dreamworks/Qwest Records, Violator: Rhino/Warner Bros., Ropin The Wind: Capitol Records, Eric Clapton, “Unplugged”: Rhino/Warner Bros., Love Deluxe: Sony Legacy; The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album: Arista Records, In Utero: DGC Records, Tony Bennett, MTV Unplugged: Columbia Records, The Downward Spiral: Nothing Records/Interscope Records, Jagged Little Pill: Maverick Recording Company, Crazy Sexy Cool: Arista/LaFace Records; Falling Into You: Columbia Records, Tidal: Work Records/Columbia Records; Time Out of Mind: Columbia Records, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: Ruffhouse Records/Columbia Records, Supernatural: Columbia/Legacy; Californication: Warner Bros. Records, Two Against Nature: Giant Records/Reprise, Kid A: XL Recordings, O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Mercury Nashville; Stankonia: Arista/LaFace Records, Come Away With Me: Blue Note Records, Home: Monument/Columbia Records, Speakerboxxx/TheLoveBelow: Arista Records, Under Construction: Atlantic Records/ATG, Genius Loves Company: Concord Records, The Black Album: Roc-A-Fella Records, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: Interscope Records, The Emancipation of Mimi: Island Records, Open Wide/Columbia, Taking the Long Way: Open Wide, FutureSex/LoveSounds: Jive Records, River: The Joni Letters: Verve Records, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Columbia Nashville, Raising Sand: Rounder Records, Tha Carter III: Cash Money Records, Fearless: Big Machine Records, The Suburbs: Merge Records, Thank Me Later: Cash Money Records, 21: Columbia Records, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: Roc-A-Fella Records, Babel: Glassnote Records, Channel Orange: Def Jam, Random Access Memories: Columbia Records, Same Trailer, Different Park: Mercury Nashville, Morning Phase: Capitol Records, Beyoncé: Columbia Records, 1989: Big Machine Records, To Pimp a Butterfly: Aftermath/Interscope (Top Dawg Entertainment), 25: XL/Columbia Records, Anti: Roc Nation, Culture: Quality Control Music.