After a handful of album covers featuring the Dropout Bear and a simple, Kaws-designed image for808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West transitioned into high-concept art forMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Teaming with artist George Condo for a series of paintings, the rapper matched the widescreen bri...
Nirvana’s Nevermind, Beyoncé’s Lemonade, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors and more — the art that goes into an album cover is often as pivotal and iconic as the songs on the records themselves. As such, Billboard has ranked the 100 Best Album Covers of All Time, spanning from the 1930s to ...
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...
"Got Live if You Want It,” the Rolling Stones promised in a 1966 album title. And oh, do we want it, in 2021, when the pandemic has canceled its fair share of shows. Fortunately, we still have access to the thousands of worthy live albums that have been
The retrospective exhibition begins with work from 1949 with a design by Alex Steinweiss, who's regarded as the world's first sleeve designer, for his work on an album of music by Beethoven. This marks the beginning of a visual journey which pays homage to classic album covers, including ...
The album went Top Five in the UK, driven by the singles “Leave Them All Behind”—a monstrously intrepid, eight-minute slice of thrilling guitars—and the hook-filled “Twisterella.” Crucially, Going Blank Again manages all this without losing any of Ride’s innate charm; nothing here so...
He has recorded several cover songs as both singles and album cuts, including covers of Hank Williams Jr., John Anderson, Don Gibson, Conway Twitty, and Charlie Rich. Artists with whom he has collaborated include Jones, Tracy Byrd, Vince Gill, and Alison Krauss. Mark Wright produced all but...
in Gaze’s first album,Mitsumeru. But instead of powering through heartache on a sugar high, the trio spend more time exploring murky miscommunications, failed relationships, and jealousy. In a genre that often indulges escapism, Gaze balanced sweetness and painful truths. After all, as they as...
All hail the live album Comments (3) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Grateful Dead) Now more than ever is a time to celebrate live music. After a miserable period during which the world ground to...
Every true emo kid remembers where they were the first time they heard the line “Loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.” The lead single from Fall Out Boy’s second studio album, “From Under the Cork Tree” is chock full of deliciously angsty lyricism from bassist Pete Wentz (“I...