Album Art

Album: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Artist: Fatboy Slim
Design Studio: Red Design

I’d love to know the history of the fat dude on the cover. It almost looks like a Hollywood makeup job. An interesting note is that this cover was actually censored for release in USA. I guess American’s felt fat people equate to lower sales. It was changed to this rather forgetable cover you see [...]



Album: No Code
Artist: Pearl Jam

This was one of the albums I received while in a “CD monthly” club. While everyone said it sucked I really enjoyed the little postcards you got with the pack and the actual cover. Pearl Jam were doign the LOMO thing before it was cool. After a little WIKI searching I found out the cover [...]



Album: Black
Artist: Metallica

Still a classic. I was more of a Sepultura guy but you can’t go past this cover for its sheer beauty. You might have to adjust the brightness or contrast on your monitor to see if properly though. The cover shows only the band’s logo and a coiled snake (derived from the Gadsden flag – [...]



Album: Aenima
Artist: Tool, Tool

The lenticular cover is what sold me. It came with alternate cover art but I never bothered changing it in fear of ruining it. I still can’t get enough of this album even after almost 10 years.



Album: The Information
Artist: Beck
Cover Artist: Beck, Matt Maitland, Gerard Saint
Design Studio: Big Active

The packaging for Beck’s latest album The Information consists of a blank grid cover and a random set of stickers for each release designed by various artists. The idea is to mix and match as you choose to create your own custom cover.



Album: Amorica
Artist: The Black Crowes
Cover Artist: Janet Levinson, Chris Robinson

How can you go past a cover like this and not do a double take? The photo was taken from the 1975 Hustler issue seen below.



Album: Food & Liquor
Artist: Lupe Fiasco
Cover Artist: Chuck Anderson
Design Studio: nopattern

Chicago-based Lupe Fiasco is being touted as the next big thing in hip hop. Chuck Anderson of