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- ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1973) Selling over 45 million copies (and counting), The Dark Side Of The Moon turned Pink Floyd into one of the world’s biggest bands.
- ‘Wish You Were Here’ (1975) Wish You Were Here’s legendary artwork was a comment on the insincerity prevalent in the music industry. One of the album’s key tracks, Have A Cigar, referred directly to the subject – and the expression “Man I’ve been burnt”, in relation to being ripped off – giving Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell the idea of creating a sleeve featuring two businessmen, one of whom was literally being burnt in a business deal.
- ‘Animals’ (1977) Taking the idea that “pigs might fly” in the most literal sense, Roger Waters suggested that 1977’s Animals should be housed in a sleeve featuring a photograph of London’s Battersea Power Station, with a pig floating between its chimneys.
- ‘The Division Bell’ (1994) For 1994’s The Division Bell, Storm Thorgerson came up with the idea of two large metal heads, each approximately the height of a double-decker bus, which were erected in a field in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Sep 3, 2020 · The late Storm Thorgerson and Peter Christopherson completed the Hipgnosis brain trust, working with Pink Floyd on all but three of these 19 covers.
May 31, 2022 · Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon album cover dots record store windows worldwide. It’s also plastered on thousands of college students’ dorm room walls, and even tattooed on fans ...
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967. Design: Vic Singh. The debut album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”, laid the foundation for the future of Pink Floyd.
- A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968. Design: Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell) Moving on to “A Saucerful of Secrets”, the cover signifies a shift in their visual approach.
- More, 1969. Design: Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell) In 1969, Pink Floyd released More, their third studio album and first film soundtrack.
- Ummagumma, 1969. Design: Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell) “Ummagumma” merges the real with the surreal, taking listeners on a trip down the rabbit hole.
Oct 26, 2023 · Pink Floyd album covers are some of the most recognised in the world because they are iconic and exceptionally memorable. Imagining Pink Floyd albums without their cover art is impossible because they form part of the art of the album.
The Dark Side of the Moon cover has been voted No 1 on many top ten Pink Floyd Album Covers lists. The album cover has also been praised as belonging in the top ten lists of the best rock and roll album covers of all time.
Sep 20, 2022 · Not many album covers require stuntmen, but Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here used three. (Image credit: EMI) Pink Floyd ’s music was complex and challenging, and the group treated each album sleeve as an extension of their musical artistry.
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