Storm Thorgerson makes great record covers. He is the founder of the design firm Hipgnosis, and his covers have been wowing music fans and artists alike for three decades. His surreal photography perfectly accompanied the sound of the ’60’s bands he got his start working for. His creations juxtapose the comfortable with the bizarre. They depict normal situations gone slightly awry. They are the kind of images you can’t take your eyes off, and often beg the question, “How did they do that?” Some of his images feel like great oil paintings. His most famous covers include Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy,” Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here,” and The Scorpions’ “Love Drive.” Thorgerson created the artwork for 5 out of Rolling Stone’s 10 Best Album Covers of All-Time. But that’s just the tip of his iceberg. Here are some of Thorgerson’s other works, all of which are equally excellent (click the title for the image):

Audioslave – “Audioslave”
Pink Floyd – “Ummagumma”
The Mars Volta – “”
Trees – “On the Shore”
Anthrax – “Stomp 442”
Phish – “”
Peter Gabriel – “2nd”
The Catherine Wheel – “Eyes on Trees”
AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
Montrose – “Jump on It”
Muse – “Absolution”
Pink Floyd – “Momentary Lapse of Reason”
10CC – “Bloody Tourist”
Alan Parsons – “Try Anything Once”
Ashra – “Correlations”
Pink Floyd – “Tree of Half Life”

And if you’re still curious, here’s a site that details nearly every cover he’s ever designed — and there’s a lot of them. And also the British gallery that represents him.