The Stories Behind Iconic Album Covers

Behind The Making of Iconic Album Covers - Music Artworks

The making of famous album covers is a fascinating journey that combines creativity, technology, and collaboration. From the initial concept to the final design ...

Album cover art that tells a story | Steve Hoffman Music Forums

See if you can think of an album front cover that has artwork which tells a self contained story (not something like say The Who's Quadrophenia with the big ...

Taylor Swift 1989 - the story behind the iconic album cover

The US photographers behind the 1989 album cover shoot were Sarah Barlow and Stephen Schofield, who are based in LA and are known professionally as Lowfield.

Art Historian Reveals the Artists Behind your Favorite Album Covers

The visual and musical arts have always had strong links. From Andy Warhol to Wolfgang Tillmans and Grace Jones to Lady Gaga, many of the ...

Recreate Georgia's Most Iconic Album Covers

No visit to Macon is complete, especially when tracking the Allman Brothers, without a visit to Rose Hill, where the band members wrote songs about its ...

The most iconic album covers of the eighties - Unified Manufacturing

Another cover that won't leave any of the lists mentioning iconic album covers is the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The cover ...

And then there was sound: 14 iconic album covers influenced by the ...

It's hard to imagine record sleeves without the advent of Hipgnosis, the design company responsible for this mysterious black and rainbow prism.

From 'Renaissance' To 'Gemini Rights': The Stories Behind 2022's ...

Nine artists dissect the blood, sweat, and mirror pieces of the year's best album art.

The story behind The Beatles' Abbey Road album cover - Radio X

One of the most famous photographs of all time was shot in August 1969. Here's the story behind the Abbey Road album cover.

A snapshot into the stories behind famous album covers - theCHIVE

This album cover was the result of a technological fuck up in the 90s when Sølve Sundsbø designed an image for a magazine. The image featured a ...

100 Best Album Covers the Stories Behind - Amazon.com.au

Loads of detail, very clearly illustrated and a bit like a scientific dissertation. 100 of the "best", as chosen by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, are ...

The Stories Behind Iconic Record Covers - COOL HUNTING®

... stories behind it. Record covers are no different, and NME has surfaced some interesting behind-the-scenes info regarding iconic cover art ...

The Art of Music Experience

An experiential exhibit that inspires people to discover, explore and appreciate the stories and creators behind album cover art.

These Four Classic Covers Can Tell Us Everything About What ...

The best decision I ever made while creating album artwork was to ask my designer friends to take a stab at it. They knew the place that my ...

30 Iconic Album Covers that Changed the Face of Music - TheCoolist

This cover not only became a visual synonym for the band but also epitomized the progressive rock era, influencing the way album art was ...

Between Music and Visual Arts: Iconic Album Art Vol. 2

“I had the opportunity to make the kind of objects I wanted to see in my life,” Saville said about the creative freedom he enjoyed. For his iconic sleeve for ...

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: Stories Behind Iconic Album ...

Rubber Soul, The Beatles (1965) ... Photographer Robert Freeman snapped the picture of the band in John Lennon's garden. The stretched effect was ...

Abbey Road: The story behind the famous cover | Ents & Arts News

McCartney, still very much alive today (we think), spoofed the cover in 1993 for his Paul Is Live album. And he is not the only one. Red Hot ...

149 Of The Greatest Album Covers Ever | Bored Panda

The iconic album cover used now for T-shirts, mugs, notebooks, and everything else you could think of isn't composed of random lines. Those ...

The 20 Most Iconic Record Covers Made by Visual Artists

For a band to release an album or a single, it is not only about the music but also about its presentation. Album covers can burn deep into ...