One thing that’s great about the post-CD era: you’re either buying vinyl records or downloading music. Either way, you get to look at album covers on something bigger than a five-inch square. The death of the CD has meant a resurgence in album artwork, and 2011 has featured a number of truly impressive album covers. Note that we don’t necessarily endorse the actual music on these records (though some are on our “Best Albums of 2011” list), but the cover art alone makes them worth keeping around.
