Number 10 - Pink Floyd "The Division Bell"

The Division Bell tower album art work was provided by Storm Throgerson (Wikipedia).  Two large metal heads were erected in a field near Ely.   Positioned close together and photographed with Ely Cathedral centered in the distance.  The sculpture can now be found in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Wikipedia).

Number 11 - Yes "Fragile"

Per Wikipedia, the cover was designed by Roger Dean.  A tiny planet on the front cover with the planet breaking up on the back with people escaping on a wooden space glider type ship.  Inside art included two additional Dean paintings. 

Number 12 - Missy Elliott "The Cookbook"

The cover represent Missy Elliot posing with a vintage microphone of the 1920s. Per Wikipedia, Missy Elliot wanted to take her music back to her ancestors roots by stating that no matter if they were on a railroad track or in the kitchen they were always singing. The cover was done in black and white with the people in the background slightly out of focus, which gives it an older appearance. 

Greg Gigendad Burke – art direction, design

Number 13 - Elton John "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"

Ranked number 158 in Rolling Stones all-time greatest albums, Captain Fanstastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is an unusual art cover design.  The style is done in pop and expresionalism than any other format.

Cover design: Alan Aldridge

Number 14 - Depeche Mode "Violator"

Depeche Mode "Violator" was the group's seventh album. Per Wikipedia, Anton Corbijn was credited with the art cover work.  It is of a simple rose done in burnt red.  The background is black and allows the rose to stand out with white on the rose to show the use of light. 

Number 15 - The Velvet Undergound & Nico

 

The Velvet Underground & Nico album cover features a Warhol print of a banana. Early copies featured a peel away banana peel that revealed a flesh colored banana underneath. When re-released in 1996 as a CD the album still had the album cover of the banana, but inside was the flesh covered banana. The original album is now a collectors item, and per Wikipedia the album made Rolling Stones top 100 albums of all time. 

Number 16 - Police "Synchronicity"

 

     The Police "Synchronicity" album cover may be basic, but it represent the primary colors on the color wheel. Blue representing cool, yellow and red representing the warmer colors. Art direction by Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff and Norman Moore. The album was a change from their previous albums that were heavily influenced by reggae.