I love the story about how they got Rubber soul to have that distorted look. It makes me smile.
The guy that took their pictures had a piece of cardboard cut out to the size of an album and was showing them the possible pictures of them for the cover with a slide viewer, and they picked that picture and one of the legs of the viewer fell off the table it was on and the picture got distorted (the way it looks on the album). and according to Paul, they all freaked out and got excited and asked "Can we have that?!?" and he made it happen for them.
The Beatles For Sale - Rubber Soul transition:I love Beatles for Sale too. On the back of the American album there's a picture with them looking up, shot in the autumn, with leaves all around them. Just SO COOL!!!!!"Oohh....."Can we have that?!?"
My 2nd favorite is Beatles for Sale. I've heard the cover is supposed to represent the 4 seasons but the only season I can see is Autumn...forturnatly thats also my favorite season.
Well... almost every Beatles album cover is iconic (this band really excelled in everything)... Furthermore the colours on the album often reflect the music contained in it (pure genius). This choice is just impossinle.