Album Art Work

Carrying on in the Vinyl theme - The Art work was just as important to selling the Band/Artist and the music.

Any of you have favourites ? I know i have, such as the people at Hypnosis & Roger Dean, to name two, who transformed the art form. IMO

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Permalink Reply by Vicky Paige on October 14, 2011 at 12:34pm

Neon Park, who did many of the album covers for Little Feat, comes to mind. It isn't my favorite art, but I sure do remember it. I agree with you that the Yes albums are beautiful.

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Permalink Reply by Me on October 14, 2011 at 2:54pm

The cover of Santana's Abraxas, Annunciation by Abdul Mati Klarwein is a nice one. I just found out about Grain of Sand - fascinating!

Permalink Reply by Debra (Debbie) Wilson on October 14, 2011 at 11:30pm

I love the floating islands of R.Dean. When I saw 'Avatar's' floating islands, we immediately thought of Dean.....

Permalink Reply by Jane Johannesen on October 16, 2011 at 7:37pm

You should google Under the Covers- A Magical Journey, It's a dvd just about this subject. Some very interesting stories about great album artwork.

Permalink Reply by Gabygasper on October 16, 2011 at 9:03pm

I choose "The dark side of the moon" / Pink Floyd , it's simple and beautiful - I Love it!

Permalink Reply by brack on October 17, 2011 at 1:46am

Gabygasper said:

I choose "The dark side of the moon" / Pink Floyd , it's simple and beautiful - I Love it!

Agree - created by Hypnosis

Permalink Reply by Vicky Paige on October 18, 2011 at 9:58pm

Of course there's always Andy Warhol. The music on the loud speaker before the Incubus show in Miami last month was pretty exclusively Velvet Underground. A real treat - I hadn't heard it in years. Just one more thing to love about that evening.

Permalink Reply by Me on October 19, 2011 at 5:56am

The Dark Side of the Moon has got to be the most recognizable album cover Gabygasper. It's become part of the culture in a way, probably in other countries as well.

@brack, I'd always thought the prism design was credited to Storm Thorgerson alone who did the artwork on Division Bell (also one of my faves), but I see now he was part of Hypgnosis, a group of artists. Thanks for that info. Here is another of my favourite albums:

Betty Swanwick had originally painted "The Dream" without the park bench apparently, but Genesis wanted to include it for a reference to a song. Her art is so lovely, ethereal & textured at the same time. I used to stare at this album cover too : ). This is a great discussion!

Permalink Reply by brack on October 20, 2011 at 5:20am

Roger Dean - YES - Pathways

Permalink Reply by brack on October 20, 2011 at 5:40am

Another Iconic favourite! Take away the text - most would be able to name the band, if not the album ..... unless you've been living under a rock for the past 20+ years lol btw, Teen Spirit is being released again .