Album Art
It’s interesting that what a band wears during their live gigs becomes a trademark. I guess Kiss worked this way too. This cover which features two skulls (Paul and Phil Hartnoll actual X-rays) wearing headlights in a Skull & Cross bones design feels like a metal cover and not the usual slick imagery we see [...]
I showed my lack of music knowledge (or is that age) when I posted Justice’s † album. Little did I know it was ‘inspired’ from another classic Hipgnosis cover, T.Rex’s Electric Warrior. Looking at this cover it doesn’t feel like its 36 years old. It feels as fresh today as it must have been back [...]
This cover for John Butler Trio’s latest album is a nice take on the Rorschach inkblot test. The act of making these is called ‘Klecksograph’y. There’s something for the next dinner party. It reminds me of the Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” film clip but with a lot more hidden imagery in the image. If you look [...]
What makes this cover for XTC’s Go 2 interesting is that it was from Hipgnosis, the same UK design group that brought us some of the most original and memorable covers for bands like Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Black Sabbath. Hipgnosis’s trademark story like imagery is replaced by copy poking fun at [...]
When I think about this album cover I imagine that the three blokes sitting there are the sleaziest looking buggers around, but now, upon seeing it again up close, I realise that, though, they’d never have become Top Models they’re not so bad after all. They do, nonetheless, epitomise the hippie in all his many [...]
It’s not often you see a cover use stock photos so extensively yet still remain an original and interesting cover. Sagmeister is known for his unique approach to design and as this was the 12th album by Pat Methany the obviously needed some way of making it different and stand out. Every piece of text, [...]
While I can’t say I’m a fan of the music (or the band’s name, it’s one down from Maroon 5), I do like this series of covers for Vega4′s debut album and subsequent singles. One major aspect of Big Active’s work is that they rarely do a single execution. There is always a series of [...]
With a band name like Yourcodenameis:Milo and an ex TDR designer David Bailey working on your sleeve, you know you’re in for something special. This side project album features collaborations with Maximo Park, Futureheads, Tom Vek, Bloc Party and Get Cape Wear Cape Fly among others. Each track was written and recorded in one day. [...]
It’s funny but this is the Urban Dictionary meaning for sleevage. For those not as learned in the way of womens anatomy, there is cleavage, side-boob and sleevage. The latter is shown above in this sexy cover for Ween’s Chocolate & Cheese album. It’s no wonder this is Ween’s best selling album. It has some [...]
Somebody just told me that this artwork by Rasmus Hägg is little more than three pieces of coloured paper thrown together. That may be the case, but it doesn’t diminish its beauty or its beautiful simplicity. It’s true that pastels have never really appealed to anyone other than interior designers and hair salon owners, but [...]
