Nirvana: Nevermind
One of the most enduring covers of all time and proof in the power of photography 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 little web presence to link up.
If you’re wondering what the kid is up to these days then look no further, Spender Elden is still around (I wonder if he’s on Myspace?) The photo was taken at a local swimming pool after stock photography proved too costly. And for $200 they got all the shots they needed.
Kurt had originally liked photos of himself for the cover (in some arty photo not naked in the pool) but thankfully better ideas came forward from the man himself.
Here’s Weird Al’s take on the cover.
And The Simpsons leave no pop icon alone.
I went with the penis visible version here for authenticity.
Ben:
A while after this LP came out in the UK, the Sunday Mirror offered it up as a prize. In the accompanying pic they had air-brushed out the little boy’s offending rude bits.
I still have the clipping, it still makes me laugh.
Ben
# 10 Dec 07 at 10:55 am
Gee:
Ben, you have no life :)
you sad cat.
yay
# 26 Feb 08 at 3:15 pm
T-Bone:
Good cover, but the wavy ‘nevemind’ sucks real hard.
# 10 Mar 08 at 8:26 am
boner:
t-bone, you suck real hard with yr comment.
# 21 Mar 08 at 7:13 pm
dalia:
the baby who was on the cover is hot now
# 12 Apr 08 at 12:45 pm
Good Lt:
Nevermind pwns. In Utero pwns moar.
# 17 Apr 08 at 12:10 pm
krist:
nevermind is a ledgendary album but not for smells like teen spirit or in bloom, its ledgendary for drain you, on a plain and endless namelss. i like all of nirvanas albums their all different in their own way.
# 05 May 08 at 8:42 pm
Yvette:
Apparently Cobain refused censorship of the image (rightly so) and his only compromise was a sticker on the baby’s appendage that read, “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”
# 12 May 08 at 5:52 pm
doornappel:
in utero is the best. nevermind is good.
# 12 May 08 at 10:46 pm
Slanzar:
T-Bone:
You know, I never noticed “Nevermind” being wavy before on the cover till now, but now that I do I agree. The whole cover reeks of classy up until that wavy text which screams of “I just learned how to Photoshop”.
# 14 May 08 at 6:32 am