Showcasing more than 750 iconic album covers that shaped rock history, this new collection from Taschen combines the classic covers with insightful fact sheets, insider interviews, and lists from leading collectors of their top 10 records. From Elvis Pre
And, of course, it featured one of the greatest album covers of all time, designed by the legendary Storm Thorgerson. The public agreed: upon release, it stayed in the Billboard charts for an astonishing 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. Profits from it even went on to help fund Monty ...
Wednesday’s covers album,Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling ’em Up, has no business being so great. Across nine tracks, the Asheville group run through tributes to their influences, from frontwoman Karly Hartzman’s woozy hound dog rendition of Gary Stewart’s “She’s Actin’ Single (I...
Pink Floyd has always been known for their elaborate staging and use of visual effects but none of their previous album covers had reflected that in any way. The choice of the triangle was also symbolic. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Thorgerson explained: “I think the triangle ...
The Disney rock covers album "A Whole New Sound" with Yellowcard, Simple Plan & more rock bands scores a chart-topping debut.
Dig into the 750 album covers that made rock history. Fact sheets, insider interviews, and lists from leading collectors take you on a musical memory tour. Covering everyone from Elvis to Bowie to The Sex Pistols, this complete volume includes bonus info on 250 records that became turning poin...
he harnessed the album format to create a real experience. The two long tracks are a lowdown late-night blues and a heady sonic trip; elsewhere there’s proto-metal, slinky R&B, New Orleans rock’n’roll, and with “All Along the Watchtower,” one of the all-time top Dylan covers....
The musicians behind this collection of sexy — and often NSFW — album covers are varied, including acts that were already well established at the time of release and bands just entering the scene. The art itself is just as diverse, with some going for pure (mostly female) nudity, others...
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The guitar-shaped spaceship that made such a lasting, larger-than-life impression on Boston's first four album covers was stripped of its grandeur on their fifth LP, 2002'sCorporate America. The city in a bottle that used to be on top of the craft is nowhere to be seen, leaving us wi...