As someone who is a very visual person, the first thing that pops out to me when searching for music is album covers. This can be tricky at times, though, when I search through record stores, because even s----y music can have an amazing album cover! It's funny; I will personally go to record stores around me just to find inspiration through the cover art rather than search for music.

Album covers are such a beautiful expression of art, they, for the most part, sum up the entire album in one picture/graphic or even words (for example, Lorde's "Pure Heroine"). They could also be standalone art pieces — if you look at something like Led Zeppelin's first four album covers, they look like classic art pieces. And many more artists today are doing gallery shows for their album releases where they collaborate with other visual artists for their album covers and campaigns, such as Rihanna with her latest album, "Anti."

While I love music, there's something about artists who pay attention to the design of their album as a whole. Someone who might create amazing music but ignore the artistic aspect of the album might get completely ignored by me. I really hope I'm not the only one who thinks like this. Anyway, I want to share 15 albums with spectacular covers that are actually pretty great albums sonically!

15. "Night Time, My Time" by Sky Ferreira

Must Listen: "Heavy Metal Heart" and "Kristine"

14. "Coexist" by The xx

Must Listen: "Reunion," "Fiction" and "Sunset"

13. "The Magic Whip" by Blur

Must Listen: "Go Out" and "Ghost Ship"

12. "Visions" by Grimes

Must Listen: "Oblivion," "Be a Body" and "Circumambient"

11. "The Fame Monster" by Lady Gaga

Must Listen: "Bad Romance" and "Telephone"

10. "Kala" by M.I.A.

Must Listen: "20 Dollar," "Come Around" and "Boyz"

9. "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" by M83.

Must Listen: "Midnight City," "Wait" and "Reunion"

8. "Ultraviolence" by Lana Del Rey

Must Listen: "Ultraviolence," "Money Power Glory" and "Florida Kilos"

7. "Contra" by Vampire Weekend

Must Listen: "Cousins," "Giving Up the Gun" and "Diplomat's Son"

6. "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" by Kanye West

Must Listen: "Runaway," "Power" and "All of the Lights"

5. "Aladdin Sane" by David Bowie

Must Listen: "Panic in Detroit," "The Prettiest Star" and "Drive-In Saturday"

4. "Currents" by Tame Impala

Must Listen: "New Person Same Old Mistakes," "Gossip" and "Let It Happen"

3. "Reflektor" by Arcade Fire

Must Listen: "Joan of Arc," "Here Comes the Night" and "Reflektor"

2. "The Family Jewels" by Marina and the Diamonds

Must Listen: "Are You Satisfied?" "Numb" and "Obsessions"

1. "LP1" by FKA Twigs

Must Listen: "Numbers," "Video Girl" and "Two Weeks"