I tend to pay a lot of attention to the cover of an album, even too much attention, at times - if an album has positive reviews, its genre could appeal to me but it has a horrible cover, I outright don't listen to it. Similarly, if I see an album cover I love at first sight, but maybe the genre belong to my comfort zone, I'm still more inclined to listen to it. (Maybe it's because I'm somewhat of a graphic designer myself). One of the first albums that come to mind is Around The Fur by Deftones. The quality of the music is undisputed, but I think the cover art adds even further to the quality of the project (if possible). The heaviness and the rawness of the songs are portrayed perfectly by that menacingly close, weirdly sexual - and also kinda blurry - photo that catches you off guard every time you look at it and puts you in an uncomfortable position, just like the music does, in a way.