30 Latin Music Album Covers to Collect for Record Store Day

Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla

Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla

Record Store Day is coming this weekend and it’s a great opportunity to give some love to your old CDs and new LPs (funny how that works, right?).

To celebrate the date we made a list of our all-time favorite Latin album covers and the result is a wide variety of images spanning many decades and different parts of Latin America.

Ranging from the iconic to the overlooked gems, here are our favorite Latin album covers. Don’t forget to share your favorites on the comment thread.


Santana / Santana / 1969

1


Willie Colon / Crime Pays / 1971

2


Julio Iglesias / El amor / 1975

3


Los Mirlos / El Poder Verde / 1977

4


Jerry Masucci Presents Super Salsa Singers Volume I / 1977

5


El Loco / Dug Dug's / 1978

6


La Mode / El Eterno Femenino / 1982

7


Radio Futura / La Ley Del Desierto / La Ley Del Mar / 1984

8


Ruben Blades y Seis Del Solar / Buscando America / 1984

9


Soda Stereo / Soda Stereo / 1984

10


Los Prisioneros / Pateando Piedras / 1986

11


Ritmo Peligroso / Ritmo Peligroso / 1988

12


Juan Luis Guerra y 440 / Bachata Rosa / 1990

13


Calo / Lengua de Hoy / 1990

14


Maldita Vecindad / El Circo / 1991

15


Mano Negra / Casa Babylon / 1994

16


Café Tacvba / Re / 1994

17


Los Legendarios Tlaconetes / Relatos del Futuro / 1996

18


Molotov / ¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas? / 1997

19


PolyMarchS / 01 / 2001

20


Transmetal / Debajo de los cielos púrpura / 2001

21


Chocolate / Grandes Exitos / 2001

22


Devendra Banhart / Cripple Crow / 2005

23


La Bien Querida / Ceremonia / 2012

24


Paul Marmota / Nueva / 2013

25


Porter / Moctezuma / 2014

26


Chancha Via Circuito / Coplita / 2014

27


Dënver / Remixes de Campo / 2014

28


Buscabulla / Kitsuné / 2014

29


Ayer Amarillo / Sueño Delta / 2014

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