The wild world of animal album art

Raditude—Weezer (2009)

Weezer has learned the lesson of many great bands before them: If you want an eye-grabbing album cover, include an animal, preferably in an incongruous setting. So the band's Nov. 3 release, "Raditude," features a comically airborne pooch flying through a living room and, apparently, right off the cover. An instant classic.

We'll add this to our collection of fun animal album covers, which also includes...

--Mark Caro, Tribune reporter