Fresh from winning the first ever Uncut Music Award, Seattle group Fleet Foxesโ€˜ eponymous debut album has now scooped the Art Vinyl Award 2008 for their album artwork.

Awarded by vinyl record framers Artvinyl.com, Fleet Foxes were voted best album cover of the year for their artwork which features part of Pieter Bruegelโ€™s painting โ€˜Netherlandish Proverbsโ€™.

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Roots Manuvaโ€˜s โ€˜Slime And Reasonโ€™ came second, and Coldplayโ€˜s โ€˜Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friendsโ€™ came third. The full top ten is listed below, in the meantime the album covers will be displayed at Rough Trade East in London throughout this month (January).

The Best Art Vinyl 2008 Top covers are:

1. Fleet Foxes โ€“ โ€˜Fleet Foxesโ€™

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2. Roots Manuva โ€“ โ€˜Slime And Reasonโ€™

3. Coldplay โ€“ โ€˜Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friendsโ€™

4. Goldfrapp โ€“ โ€˜Seventh Treeโ€™

5. Elbow โ€“ โ€˜The Seldom Seen Kidโ€™

6. Metallica โ€“ โ€˜Death Magneticโ€™

7. Bloc Party โ€“ โ€˜Intimacyโ€™

8. Low Motion Disco โ€“ โ€˜Keep It Slowโ€™

9. Santogold โ€“ โ€˜Santogoldโ€™

10. Zombie Zombie โ€“ โ€˜Dog Walkerโ€™

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