Music isn’t just about the music. Yes, the sounds are certainly the most essential element, but a lot of other things go into making an album a classic. Almost since the full-length album format began, cover art has been a key piece of the puzzle, adding visual interest (and occasiona...
Album artwork has become a lost art. While the convenience of streaming music is something that many of us can't live without, there's something to be said about a self contained physical album that can be enjoyed from beginning to end. The cover's artwork sets the mood before the first...
, wired's choice for best concept album ever. thorgerson and powell summarily became the best-known cover artists of all time. as hipgnosis or alone, they eventually created brain-teasing graphics for old-school heavyweights like led zeppelin, the who and genesis, and new-school noisemakers ...
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Best rock albums of all time 1. Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon $9.99Buy now from Amazon Year: 1973 After the initial Syd Barrett-inspired success of their debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, it took a while for Pink Floyd Mk II to find their feet. There were mo...
KRS-One and fellow BDP founding member, the late DJ Scott La Rock, were on the album cover literally draped in bullets and sitting at a table that was plastered with a full arsenal. However, when you heard about 9mms going bang on the Criminal Minded LP, it wasn’t gangsterism they we...
Scroll through the gallery as we count down the Top 30 Grunge Albums of All Time! 30. Babes in Toyland, 'Fontanelle' (1992) Reprise 30. Babes in Toyland, 'Fontanelle' (1992) Minneapolis trio Babes in Toyland cranked out Midwestern grunge with their 1990 debut album ‘Spanking Machine,’ ...
Back in Blackcame out in 1980 at the height of the reign of Hard Rock, marking AC/DC’s 7th studio album and the first with their new vocalist Brian Johnson. The name and cover were both meant as signs of mourning at the time. The band supported the album with a yearlong world tour...
(Lies)” were simultaneously outsize and deeply personal, like the best pop. But for all its sad realism –“I like the peace in the backseat,” sings Régine Chassagne at the album’s end, knowing the sense of security is utterly false – this was music that still found solace, and ...
It has perhaps the Dullest Expensive Album Cover ever, with the foldout profiles of the band members, but it sat proudly next to Devo, Kiss, the Yardbirds, the Stones' early albums (they were cheap), the Decline of Western Civilization soundtrack and the Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for ...