diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 4f49b8e5..0f9dacb6 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ Core API
 - Start ``tlid`` counting at 1 instead of 0 to keep in sync with MPD's
   ``songid``.
 
+Models
+------
+
+- **Deprecated:** :attr:`mopidy.models.Album.images` is deprecated. Use
+  :meth:`mopidy.core.LibraryController.get_images` instead. (Fixes:
+  :issue:`1325`)
+
 Local backend
 --------------
 
diff --git a/mopidy/core/library.py b/mopidy/core/library.py
index f254172f..30064e5a 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/library.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/library.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class LibraryController(object):
         """Lookup the images for the given URIs
 
         Backends can use this to return image URIs for any URI they know about
-        be it tracks, albums, playlists... The lookup result is a dictionary
+        be it tracks, albums, playlists. The lookup result is a dictionary
         mapping the provided URIs to lists of images.
 
         Unknown URIs or URIs the corresponding backend couldn't find anything
diff --git a/mopidy/models/__init__.py b/mopidy/models/__init__.py
index 9f93a01b..1e63d02f 100644
--- a/mopidy/models/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/models/__init__.py
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ class Album(ValidatedImmutableObject):
     :type musicbrainz_id: string
     :param images: album image URIs
     :type images: list of strings
+
+    .. deprecated:: 1.2
+        The ``images`` field is deprecated.
+        Use :meth:`mopidy.core.LibraryController.get_images` instead.
     """
 
     #: The album URI. Read-only.
@@ -170,10 +174,10 @@ class Album(ValidatedImmutableObject):
     musicbrainz_id = fields.Identifier()
 
     #: The album image URIs. Read-only.
+    #:
+    #: .. deprecated:: 1.2
+    #:     Use :meth:`mopidy.core.LibraryController.get_images` instead.
     images = fields.Collection(type=compat.string_types, container=frozenset)
-    # XXX If we want to keep the order of images we shouldn't use frozenset()
-    # as it doesn't preserve order. I'm deferring this issue until we got
-    # actual usage of this field with more than one image.
 
 
 class Track(ValidatedImmutableObject):