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Feb 16, 2020 · The Battersea provided as much as 20 percent of the city’s electrical needs. But in January 1977, the massive brick cathedral structure became something else: an oppressive symbol of a dystopian society depicted on the cover of Animals, the 10th album from Pink Floyd.
The cover, conceived by the band's bassist and lead songwriter Roger Waters and designed by long-time collaborator Storm Thorgerson, shows an inflatable pig floating between two chimneys of Battersea Power Station.
- Pink Floyd
- 21 January 1977
- April–December 1976
- Progressive rock
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May 11, 2017 · Between Battersea in the late ’70s and the V&A exhibition this spring, there has been a drift of Pink Floyd pigs, some aggressive, others benign, most of them rigged over Pink Floyd and Roger...
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers.
- England
- Decommissioned and redeveloped
- Battersea A and B power stations
6 days ago · Featuring one of the best Pink Floyd album covers of all time – an iconic image of an inflatable pig flying over London’s Battersea Power Station, designed by the era-defining Hipgnosis team – the record was lauded for its rousing and confrontational dystopian concept, chiming with the emerging political consciousness of the UK punk scene.
