I’ll endorse the Sonic Youth entry at the very least, and not even necessarily because of Sonic Youth (as that part mainly only influenced whether I encountered the album artwork sooner rather than later, let alone saw it printed in a bigger size [LP packaging]), thankfully.
I had no idea the sonic youth cover was by John Fahey. (my collecting of Baizley vinyls has expanded my musical knowledge in many directions, 9 months ago I wouldn’t have known who Fahey was).
Clearly though, the voters on NME were voting more on musical popularity than artistic merit. (Muse? Green Day? D: )
