Beck: Odelay
I doubt I need to say anything about this. A classic cover and album.
The dog in question is a photo of a Komondor, a rare Hungarian breed of dog with thick matted hair. I think Lenny Kravitz has one.
The Deluxe Edition of this album has been released. We’ve posted it here with lots more info.
Posted by Ash on 25 June, 2007
Pascal:
Great CD and a very nice packaging to go with it. I think that was really the album that put Beck above “human status”.
# 23 Aug 07 at 3:21 am
tim pedersen:
I was pillaging a pile of books when I came across the AKC’s “Dog Encyclopedia” from the 70′s. The first glossy page in the otherwise boring book is this very photo. Two cheers for garbage!
# 11 Sep 07 at 7:27 am
Ash:
Hey Tim,
you got a scan of that book you scan share?
# 11 Sep 07 at 9:27 am
Nirvana: Nevermind » Sleevage » Album Cover Blog. Music, Art, Design.:
[...] and music. I was also interested to see the same designer for this Robbert Fisher also designed Odeley for Beck. As art director at Geffen he must have touched on many great albums in his time and sadly has [...]
# 28 Sep 07 at 12:23 am
cecile:
i’m pretty sure i read somewhere that gwen stefani and gavin rossdale own one of these dogs too.
fab photo!!
# 29 Nov 07 at 12:05 pm
luke:
your all fat
# 18 Dec 07 at 12:13 am
Daniel S:
One of my favourite cover arts! It easily makes it to my Top-5 list! As you mentioned, very classic indeed. When I first saw the 2nd cover (the new one) I thought the idea was really cool!
# 30 Mar 08 at 2:25 am
Nantucket Art:
I remember reading an interview w Beck saying he had lifted the photo from an old 70′s Encyclopedia as he didn’t want to appear on the sleeve himself. Sounds like you have the very same book Tim !!
# 15 Apr 08 at 7:24 pm
unimportantbob:
Definitely the greatest album of all time in my mind. By the way, the backstory behind this album cover (according to Wikipedia) is that Beck wanted to emulate a picture in the liner notes of Sixteen Stone (Bush) which depicted a brown Komondor being thrown up into the air.
# 21 Sep 08 at 10:12 am
alex:
I originally thought this was a disembodied mop-head jumping over a hurdle. Bloody scientologist.
# 02 May 09 at 2:48 am