Elton Johns album ffs. It's just a bloke on a diving board, how boring!! Daft Punks is nothing special either. The Claude VonStroke is an absolute winner in my book. Will still vote Goldfrapp though. Loyalties, loyalties!!!
Atoms for Peace is beautiful 'in your hand'. Really nice matt paper. From a designers perspective it's the winner. Most of others are just rehashes of covers already done, nothing original. Judging an album cover is as bad as judging an album. To many areas to cover.
Also the cover has to reflect music. So while Paul Macartney's album cover looks pretty cool, you won't be getty and edgy electronic album when you put it on.
Here is Recordstore.co.uk top 40 album list of 2013. Some of these feature in the vinyl art list too.I have the grand total of just one album on this list!