The Super 30 Album Covers

The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969) In '69 the Fab Four decided to name their last recording after the street in front of their studio and pose there. They gave photographer Iain McMillan about ten minutes. Most frames didn't work -- but one was perfectly symmetrical, except that McCartney was out of step and he'd shed his sandals (which led to lots of "Paul is Dead" hogwash). Fittingly, the guys are walking away from the studio (at left) rather than toward it. The shot capped a decade of brilliance.