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- We rounded up 50 of the most iconic pieces of album artwork from indie releases from Joy Division, David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Nirvana, The Smiths, Strokes, Killers and more and dived into their back stories.
- The Smiths – Meat Is Murder. The Smiths – Meat Is Murder: The original photo of this soldier, Marine Corporal Michael Wynn, was taken in 1967. He had the words “Make war not love” inscribed on his helmet.
- Amy Winehouse – Back To Black. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black: Amy arrived four hours late to this shoot, having been partying all night at her friend’s wedding.
- Nirvana – Nevermind. Nirvana – Nevermind: Conceived after Cobain and Grohl watched a program on water births, the iconic sleeve was eventually shot in a public swimming pool with three-month-old baby Spencer Eldon.
The album cover shows a group of middle-aged nudists posing in the middle of a forest. The group consists of five women and three men. The album cover was completely pixelated for its iTunes release, and many online news outlets overlaid a black box over the explicit areas. Jane's Addiction – Nothing's Shocking (1988)
- Brett Milano
- The Beastie Boys: Paul’s Boutique (design by Nathaniel Hornblower/Jeremy Shatan) This beautiful, panoramic view of Ludlow Street in NYC on the album cover of Paul’s Boutique did everything possible to put you right into the Beastie Boys’ world, making it look both funky and inviting.
- The Clash: London Calling (photo by Pennie Smith, design by Ray Lowry) A rare case where a parody (of the above Elvis cover) becomes a work of art in itself.
- Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley (design by Robertson & Fresch) RCA wasted no time in cleaning up Elvis, who’d look completely respectable on all future albums.
- The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (design by Peter Blake) Peter Blake’s pop-art assemblage on Sgt. Pepper’s famous album changed record covers forever, and kept many of us occupied for weeks trying to identify everybody at the ceremony.
- Evan Sawdey
- Bob Dylan — "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (1963) There had been great album covers prior to the release of Dylan's sophomore effort, but "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" ushered in a new, intimate aesthetic that was markedly different than what had come before.
- The Velvet Underground — "The Velvet Underground & Nico" (1967) Look at that banana. Initially, The Velvet Underground — an artsy, boundary-pushing band whose chemistry anchored on the push-pull relationship between rocker Lou Reed and experimental artist John Cale — benefited greatly from the interest of mentor and "record producer" Andy Warhol.
- The Beatles — "The White Album" (1968) You could easily populate this list with numerous Beatles album covers, and one of the most iconic is the gloriously overstuffed pop art moment that was "Sgt.
- Led Zeppelin — "Led Zeppelin" (1969) The Hindenburg disaster from 1937 remains one of humanity's more distinct tragedies, but after a joke from The Who's Keith Moon about a potential supergroup going over like "a lead zeppelin," the already iconic photo of the famed airship blowing up as taken by Sam Shere made perfect sense for the U.K.
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May 30, 2023 · The Beatles’ second album of 1965 was their biggest departure to date music-wise, with songs like “Nowhere Man” and “Norwegian Wood.” The cover art reflected that experimentation.
Aug 7, 2023 · We’ve rounded up a list of the 100 greatest album covers of all time, reaching as far back as the 1930s and running through the birth of rock n’ roll, the start of hip-hop and beyond, right up ...
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