Let's face it - there are times when an album or CD cover jumps out at you so much that you are compelled to buy the release to see if the music is as great as the artwork. Since 1981, the Dove Awards have been honoring the best Recorded Music Packaging because they too know that sometimes, a picture is worth 1000 words.
The Best Album Covers (Dove Award Winners):
2013 - Eye On It - tobyMac
(art director) Jan Cook
(graphic) Sarah Sung
(illustrator) Wendy Palau
(photography) Lee Steffen
(creative director) Boerhaus
tobyMac - Eye On It
2012 - Christmas In Diverse City - tobyMac
TobyMac
Jan Cook
Eddy Boer for Boerhaus
Lee Stephen, Ryan Lampa, Nick West
EMI CMG
tobyMac - Christmas In Diverse City
2011- Move - Third Day
Third Day
Beth Lee, Tim Parker
David McClister
Third Day - Move
2010 - The Long Fall Back to Earth - Jars of Clay
Tim Parker
Jars of Clay
Kharyn Hill
Jars of Clay - The Long Fall Back to Earth
2009 - Revelation - Third Day
Tim Parker, Becka Blackburn
David McClister, RW Sims
Essential Records
Third Day - Revelation
2008 - Remedy - David Crowder*Band
Gary Dorsey
Kaysie Dorsey
Sparrow Records, sixstepsrecords
David Crowder*Band - Remedy
2007 - Beyond Measure - Jeremy Camp
Invisible Creature
Ryan Clark
Jeremy Cowart
BEC Recordings
Jeremy Camp - Beyond Measure
2006 - Redemption Songs - Jars of Clay
Stephanie McBrayer, Tim Parker
Jimmy Abegg
Essential Records
Jars of Clay - Redemption Songs
2005 - Happy - Matthew West
Jan Cook, Tim Frank, Emily West, Clark Hook, Susan Levy
Clark Hook, Michael Lavine
Universal South
Matthew West - Happy
2004 - !Hero The Rock Opera - Various Artists
Bethany Newman
Todd & Jess Ericson, Kenda Benward, Elton Sawyer
Meaux Records
!Hero The Rock Opera
2003 - Welcome To The Rock 'N' Roll Worship Circus - Rock N Roll Worship Circus
The Rock 'N' Roll Worship
Sam Noerr
Matthew Lloyd
Karen Mason-Blair
Vertical
Rock N Roll Worship Circus - Welcome To The Rock 'N Roll Worship Circus
2002 - Freedom - Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Tim Parker
Andrew Southam
Reunion
Michael W. Smith - Freedom
2001 - Roaring Lambs - Various Artists
Buddy Jackson, Karinne Caulkins/Jackson
Ben Pearson
Squint Entertainment
Roaring Lambs
2000 - Streams - Various Artists
Loren Balman, Chuck Hargett
Robert M. Ascroft II
Word
Streams
1999 - The Jesus Record - Rich Mullins
Beth Lee, Jimmy Abegg, Ben Pearson
Myrrh
Rich Mullins - The Jesus Record
1998 - Sixpence None the Richer - Sixpence None the Richer
Beth Lee
Gina R. Brinkley, Janice Booker
Ben Pearson, D.L. Taylor
Squint Entertainment
Sixpence None The Richer - Sixpence None The Richer
1997 - Take Me To Your Leader - Newsboys
Toni Fitzpenn
Michael Wilson, Norman Roy, George Barris
Anderson Thomas
Star Song
Newsboys - Take Me To Your Leader
1996 - My Utmost for His Highest - Various Artists
Loren Balman, Diana Barnes, Jeff and Lisa Franke
Matthew Barnes
Myrrh/Word
My Utmost For His Highest
1995 - Heaven In The Real World - Steven Curtis Chapman
Karen Philpott
R.J. Lyons
Gerhart Yorkovic
E.J. Carr
Sparrow
Steven Curtis Chapman - Heaven In The Real World
- 1994 - The Wonder Years 1983-1993 - Michael W. Smith
- 1993 - Out of the Grey - Various Artists
- 1992 - Brave Heart - Kim Hill
- 1991 - Beyond Belief - Petra
- 1990 - Petra Praise - Petra
- 1989 - Russ Taff - Russ Taff
- 1988 - Peaceful Meditation - Greg Buchanan
- 1987 - Don't Wait For The Movie - White Heart
- 1986 - Unguarded - Amy Grant
- 1985 - Kingdom of Love - Scott Wesley Brown
- 1984 - A Christmas Album - Amy Grant
- 1983 - Age To Age - Amy Grant
- 1982 - Finest Hour - Cynthia Clawson
- 1981 - You're Welcome Here - Cynthia Clawson
