CD covers were once absolutely critical in relation to the sales for a particular artist. The cover allowed the artist/band to express themselves and their music in another artistic fashion for a multitude of reasons. Those reasons may have included: self expression, the attraction of a larger audience, to form a theme with previous releases but mainly it was to visually recreate what the audience may have expected to hear on the CD itself. In some cases artists did the opposite which may seem fairly abstract however it still typically represented the music genre as niche or abstract itself. Ultimately, what defines a CD cover as a classic is subjective opinions of the audience, however objective methods such as statistics involving sales can be used to reinforce the subjectivity.
An example of what may be considered a classic CD cover in mine and many other opinions is Nirvana's 'Nevermind'. Nevermind is the second studio album released by Nirvana in 1991, the album has sold over 30 million copies world wide which shows obvious success. The album cover is abstract and some may even consider it crude, but even today people will easily identify the artist and the album if it didn't have the logo in the lower left corner and that's essentially why it can be considered a classic, because its become timeless.
Another example of an incredibly famous album cover is Pink Floyd's ' The dark side of the moon'. This shows that an album cover alone can set an artist apart from the rest and become instantly recognisable.
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