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...
Artwork by Barbarian Flower for Stealing Sheep by Wow Machine Even though most of us don't buy vinyl anymore, record cover art remains a vital part of music marketing and, indeed, the music fan's experience. Whether it's having Graham Norton hold up a physical album cover on TV or seein...
the word “Bollocks” strewn across the album’s cover prompted mass censorship. It didn’t stick, since this burst of punk artwork quickly became iconic. The album art controversy even fed into its advertising campaign, with some ads reading, “The album will last. The sleeve may not.” ...
Once reliably a square foot in size, album cover artwork now has to make an impact at every scale from LPs down to postage-stamp-sized iPod screens, even while it establishes an artist's visual identity with a single image. Here are some of...
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“Mosquito,” which sounds like a lost All Saints track. Elsewhere, she sings about infatuation on the zippy, sugar-dusted “Capable of You,” and tackles parasocial relationships and infatuation on the strummy, guitar-driven “True Romance.” The (gorgeous) album artwork may feature a white...
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This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of 1948. Yet, album covers (the paper board packaging that hel
” The artwork for the album was created by Robert Donovan Thomas and the music inside showcased the talents of band members such as Tom Constanten on organ. As well as stirring versions of the Dead’s own songs, including “Feedback.” there is also a moving blues cover of The Reverend...
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