Album cover designs
November 4, 2009
Posted by Simon
Voting opens today for Art Vinyl, the graphic award that celebrates the best in album design for 2009.
Selected by Art Vinyl and a panel of industry experts, 50 sleeve designs have been shortlisted and then go to public vote. The shortlisted entries will be on display in Selfridges, London, the Snap Galleries in Birmingham and Georges House Gallery in Folkstone throughout November and December. The winner will be announced on 5 January.
Last year’s winner was Fleet Foxes’ which received 3000 public votes. The Cribs, Man’s Needs Woman’s Needs Whatever designed by Rob Crane, took the 2007 prize, and Thom Yorke’s Eraser, by Stanley Donwood, won in 2006.
So what’s your favourite album cover of all time? Here’s some of my favourites plus some more random ones.
British artist/designer Jamie Reid iconic album cover design for the Sex pistols.
Pennie Smiths’ fantastic shot of Paul Simonon smashing his guitar at the Palladium in New York.
The brilliant Sir Peter Blake and Chris Gabrin
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Unknown Pleasures – Joy Division by Peter Saville –
http://www.vamp.org/Gothic/Images/images/unknown-pleasures.jpg
Peter Saville Quotes – “I got the freedom to do what I wanted, to make a cover that I would want to buy. No name, no type, no info, unique”.
Here’s the WIKI stuff:
The front cover image comes from an edition of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy, and was originally drawn with black lines on a white background. It presents successive pulses from the first pulsar discovered, PSR B1919+21—often referred to in the context of this album by its older name, CP 1919.[5] The image was suggested by drummer Stephen Morris[6] and the cover design is credited to Joy Division, Peter Saville and Chris Mathan. The back cover of the album contains no track listings, leaving a blank table where one would expect the listings to be. The original release came in a textured sleeve.[3]
The original LP release contained no track information on the labels, nor the traditional “side one” and “side two” designations. The ostensible “side one” was labeled Outside and displayed a reproduction of the image on the album cover, while the other side was labeled Inside and displayed the same image with the colors reversed (black-on-white).[3] Track information and album credits appeared on the inner sleeve only.
Comment by colinj — November 5, 2009 @ 11:19 pm
Good choice Mr Jenkinson, although I do prefer his early factory label posters!
Comment by Simon — November 6, 2009 @ 2:50 pm