Nirvana’s Nevermind has been voted the most iconic album cover ever with 44 percent of music fans picking the image of a naked baby reaching for an underwater dollar bill.

The idea for the 1991 disc came to singer Kurt Cobain as he watched a show on water births.

Second was Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic, The Dark Side of the Moon (36 percent), which has an ­enigmatic prism, inset, reflecting beams of light into deep space.

Storm Thorgerson of designers Hipgnosis revealed the band’s on-stage light show inspired it, while co-designer Aubrey Powell claimed it resulted from a prism on top of sheet music.

David Bowie comes third with his 1973 album Aladdin Sane (34 percent). It features Bowie with his eyes closed, made up with a deathly-looking pallor and a red-and-blue lightning bolt across his face.

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Fourth is The Beatles Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (27 per cent) with the band dressed in ­colourful costumes and fifth is Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (23 percent) released in 1977.

Singer Stevie Nicks is dressed in dark robes ­holding a crystal ball in one hand along with the hand of drummer Mick Fleetwood, who has his foot on a stool.

Harriet Scott from research agency Perspectus Global, which commissioned the survey of 2,000 people, said: “Having a great sound is essential, but cover art is an ­important part of ­creating a buzz.”

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