Category Archives: Album Covers

More Album Cover Outtakes

Posted on May 14, 2024 by the press music reviews

In the mid-80s, both R.E.M. and Talking Heads had album covers adorned with the singular work of Georgian folk/outsider artist and Baptist preacher, Howard Finster. Howard Finster’s (1916 – 2001) unique paintings depicted inspirational images from his own interpretations of … Continue reading →

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More Album Cover Outtakes

Posted on May 14, 2024 by the press music reviews

Though probably best known for his images of Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo and other Hollywood celebrities, veteran photographer Tom Kelley created magic with David Bowie 49 years ago to the day. In May 1975, at his Studio in West Hollywood, … Continue reading →

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Look Closely: Black Sabbath’s Heaven And Hell

Posted on April 29, 2024 by the press music reviews

In April 1980, Black Sabbath unleashed Heaven and Hell, their first with Ronnie James Dio at the helm, and the iconic cover art was inspired by a charming 1928 photograph of some young women dressed as angels and smoking madly. … Continue reading →

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More Album Cover Outtakes

Posted on April 10, 2024 by the press music reviews

Pavement repurposed a 1970’s prog-rock album cover for their impeccable four-track EP Watery, Domestic. Little known jazz-rock combo, Ambergris, released their one and only, and rather formidable, self-titled album in 1970, which could only be described as jazz-infused funk rock … Continue reading →

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Fripp & Eno | (No Pussyfooting) (1973)

Posted on April 3, 2024 by the press music reviews

The image used for the 1973 ambient masterpiece (No Pussyfooting), was designed by British photographer and filmmaker Willie Christie, and exhibits Robert Fripp and Brian Eno perched in a dramatic Infinity Mirror Room. The striking composition was photographed and designed … Continue reading →

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More Album Cover Outtakes

Posted on March 25, 2024 by the press music reviews

The cover of the Pavement fan-favourite Wowee Zowee, featured a painting by American artist Steve Keene based on a photograph entitled ‘The Arab World’, originally published in Life magazine in 1972. The indie rock legends’ Pavement-iest album, Wowee Zowee (1995), … Continue reading →

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More Album Cover Outtakes

Posted on December 6, 2023 by the press music reviews

When Columbia Records demanded a stop-gap compilation, Hipgnosis’ added a sharp commentary to Pink Floyd’s A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981). In 1980, Pink Floyd were riding high on the success of their ground-breaking concept album The Wall (1979), … Continue reading →

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More Album Cover Outtakes

Posted on November 21, 2023 by the press music reviews

American pop-art pioneer Ed Ruscha, known for his text-based, thought-provoking work, has created the cover for the historic new single by The Beatles, ‘Now and Then’.  Ed Ruscha (1937-), one of the world’s most famous living artists, has been creating … Continue reading →

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Guided By Voices – Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia

Posted on November 8, 2023 by the press music reviews

Guided By Voices’ third album marked the beginning of the golden era when the band moved past its influences and defined their lo-fi sound. This is also the first album by the Dayton, Ohio rock institution that sounds like classic … Continue reading →

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More Album Cover Outtakes

Posted on August 7, 2023 by the press music reviews

R.E.M. pointedly did not appear on its debut album cover; instead, the enigmatic image gracing Murmur (1983), of a kudzu-covered ravine that has engulfed an abandoned structure beside a train line, speaks more strongly to the music than their own … Continue reading →

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