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The document discusses several iconic album covers including The Sex Pistols' "Never Mind The B*******" which shocked many with its profanity and anarchist style. Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" used a refracting prism image that became synonymous with the band. Nirvana's "Nevermind" featured a naked baby chasing a dollar bill causing controversy. The Beatles' "Abbey Road" showed the band crossing the street and became a phenomenon copied by many.
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This document discusses the history of album artwork from 1938 to present day. It outlines key developments such as Alex Steinweiss being hired in 1938 as the first art director at Columbia Records and inventing the concept of the album cover. By the late 1940s, major record companies followed Steinweiss' lead in using original colorful paper covers for their 10 and 12 inch albums. The CD later became the dominant format in the 1990s, ranging from jewel cases to digipaks. Digital downloads in the 2000s impacted CD sales but album artwork transitioned online. Famous album covers are also highlighted that feature iconic band images or controversial designs to attract attention.
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The document discusses the history and importance of album covers. It covers three main points: 1) To advertise and identify the music, 2) Convey the artist's vision, and 3) Serve as promotional material. During the 90s, album covers became more elaborate with booklets, lyrics, posters, and inserts. Notable examples include Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and The Dark Side of the Moon. Designers like Hipgnosis became famous for their iconic album artwork. However, with digital downloads, extras like inserts became obsolete, leading to innovations like iTunes' interactive album artwork.
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The document discusses different types of album art, including minimalistic designs using a single image, portrait covers with close-up photos of the artist, image-based designs that relate to the artist's concept, and type-based covers consisting solely of text. It also covers digital, black and white, hand-drawn, grunge/gothic, photo manipulated, and vector art styles and provides examples of albums representing each type.
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Alex Steinweiss created the first album covers with original artwork in 1938, replacing plain cardboard covers. By the late 1940s, major record companies featured colorful paper covers with classic art or original designs. As Steinweiss' work proved popular, many companies adopted this new style of album artwork. Through the decades, album covers evolved, featuring various artistic styles from abstract designs to photography to reflect trends in music and culture over time. Computer imaging further expanded possibilities for album cover design from the late 20th century onward.
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The document discusses several iconic album covers including The Sex Pistols' "Never Mind The B*******" which shocked many with its profanity and anarchist style. Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" used a refracting prism image that became synonymous with the band. Nirvana's "Nevermind" featured a naked baby chasing a dollar bill causing controversy. The Beatles' "Abbey Road" showed the band crossing the street and became a phenomenon often copied by fans. Elvis Presley's debut and The Clash's "London Calling" also used similar concepts that paid homage to musical legends.
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The document discusses the history and importance of album covers. It covers three main points: 1) To advertise and identify the music, 2) Convey the artist's vision, and 3) Serve as promotional material. During the 90s, album covers became more elaborate with booklets, lyrics, posters, and inserts. Notable examples include Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and The Dark Side of the Moon. Designers like Hipgnosis became famous for their iconic album artwork. However, with digital downloads, extras like inserts became obsolete, leading to innovations like iTunes' interactive album artwork.
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The document discusses several iconic album covers including The Sex Pistols' "Never Mind The B*******" which shocked many with its profanity and anarchist style. Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" used a refracting prism image that became synonymous with the band. Nirvana's "Nevermind" featured a naked baby chasing a dollar bill causing controversy. The Beatles' "Abbey Road" showed the band crossing the street and became a phenomenon often copied by fans. Elvis Presley's debut and The Clash's "London Calling" also used similar concepts that paid homage to musical legends.
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The document discusses several famous album covers rated among the top 50 greatest of all time by Billboard. It provides details on the iconic covers of The Velvet Underground and Nico's 1967 album, which combines humor, art and music; The Beatles' 1969 Abbey Road, known for the street crossing photo recreation; and The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 Ready to Die, which contrasts the innocence of a baby with the album's mature content. Nirvana's 1991 Nevermind featuring a naked baby reaching for money and M.I.A.'s 2007 Kala using bright colors and patterns are also described as memorable covers. Lady Gaga's 2009 The Fame Monster is praised for its simplicity and imagery hinting
Beatles Album Covers
This document provides details about the album covers and digipak designs for several early Beatles albums: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Beatles For Sale, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and The White Album. It discusses the original album covers, photos used, and how the designs were adapted for the digipak releases. Multiple panels of the digipaks feature additional photos to fill the space and provide context about the band and album eras. The minimal white cover of The White Album is also highlighted as a contrast to the concept art of previous albums.
Arctic Monkeys Analysis
This digipak summary provides an overview of the Arctic Monkeys album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not":
The digipak features grayscale photographs throughout that depict everyday scenes of British youth culture. The front cover photo of a band friend smoking symbolizes the album's themes. Song titles listed inside provide clues to each song's themes. Photos in the booklet depict the mundane lives of working class British youth. The simple, unconventional design effectively conveys the album's social realist lyrics and messages.
Album Covers
The album cover features Kate Bush standing on a hill with her dress blowing up, revealing mythical creatures flying out of her dress, suggesting her creativity comes from being a woman and the sexual/feminine nature of her songs.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover shows the band members as cartoon drawings surrounded by snakes with their heads on fire, holding red string connecting around the singer to form the album title. It mirrors the band's wild and powerful music.
The He is Legend cover features a pterodactyl shooting a beam onto an ostrich's head, representing the idea that "it hates you," with broken typewriter lettering. The unappealing design suggests offensive and unconventional music.
Greatest CD Covers
1. The Beatles' Abbey Road album cover is considered one of the most iconic, featuring a simple black-and-white photo of the band members walking across the street named in the title.
2. Van Halen's 1984 cover depicts a corrupted angel boy with a cigarette to represent how rock music can corrupt anyone.
3. Sigur Rós' Ágætis Byrjun cover shows an alien fetus, representing the band's "otherworldly" music praised by critics. It is a simple design without text.
Research into hip hop digipaks
The document summarizes and analyzes the album covers of four hip-hop albums:
1) DJ Khaled's "Major Key" features Khaled sitting on a throne next to a bowing lion, representing his power and status.
2) Travis Scott's "Rodeo" initially featured a doll version of the artist to promote merchandise, while a deluxe edition featured the doll on a monster truck.
3) Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" depicts a symbolic image of black men outside the White House to represent a black revolution.
4) Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" had a highly controversial cover that had to be censored but increased
A blood rush to the head
Coldplay are a successful alternative rock band formed in 1996 consisting of lead vocalist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Johnny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion. They achieved worldwide success with their single "Yellow" and first album. Their 2002 album "A Rush of Blood to the Head" featured hit songs like "Clocks" and "The Scientist" and reached number one in many charts worldwide. The album's artistic cover art featured a 3D scanned half face with added spikes.
The history of pop music
Pop music originated in the 1950s from rock and roll. Some of the most well known early pop artists were Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson. In the 1960s, The Beatles dominated pop music. Disco became popular in the 1970s along with artists like Abba and Jackson 5. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album was a landmark release in the 1980s. The 1990s saw the rise of boy bands and artists like Britney Spears. In the 2000s, American Idol increased TV's impact on pop music artists like Eminem and Coldplay rose to fame. Common instruments in pop music include guitar, piano, drums, and vocals.
Arctic Monkeys Analysis
The digipak design for Arctic Monkeys' debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not conveys the album's themes through minimal but meaningful design elements. The front cover features a grayscale photo of a friend smoking, representing the typical British youth outlook. Throughout the digipak, smoking imagery and grayscale photos depict the mundane daily lives and nightlife of working-class northern England youth. While simple in design, the digipak contains deep meanings that resonate with the album's lyrics and rock genre conventions to create a distinct identity for the band and album.
Digipak research
The document summarizes three digipaks from the R&B genre based on their cover designs. It discusses Kayne West's "Graduation" album, which features illustrations of a bear representing the artist flying away from university. It uses bright colors consistent with house music. Childish Gambino's "Because the Internet" uses light pastel colors and a hologram/GIF of the artist to portray the internet as a paradise. Finally, it analyzes Drake's "Take Care", which prominently features a close-up image of the artist in black and gold colors to portray him as classic and timeless. All three covers effectively represent the artists' styles and themes within the conventions of their genres.
A blood rush to the head
Coldplay are a successful alternative rock band formed in 1996 consisting of Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion. They achieved worldwide success with their single "Yellow" and first album. The front cover of their 2002 album "A Rush of Blood to the Head" features a 3D scanned face with spikes added later. The album was chosen by Royal Mail to be featured on stamps and reached number one in charts worldwide.
Band artwork research
The document discusses the album artwork of several indie rock bands and analyzes the meaning and intent behind the visuals. Kasabian's album covers vary by country and include special editions to appeal to hardcore fans. The Libertines uses consistent typography across albums and images related to the band's rebellious lifestyle. Arctic Monkeys' debut sparked controversy while their later work focused more on music. Oasis' album depicted the band members and London locations. The Kooks portrayed the band outside a club, linking to indie rock's party image.
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Iconic album covers
- 2. The Sex Pistols: ‘Never Mind The B*******’ A simple piece of art by anarchist artist James Reid. The album cover states the name of the Album and the name of the artist, in which only 3 colours are used. The album cover is hard to ignore which is exactly what The Sex Pistols were about. Other than their music The Sex Pistols are famous for their anarchic attitudes, behaviour and for making statements due to their punk culture. The use of black, makes the font bold but the bright yellow and pink makes the album cover more inviting and appealing, minus the profanity used. When The Sex Pistols released this album, the music and the album cover art were perceived as outrageous and assaults to the Monarchy. ‘ Never Mind The B*******’ is an iconic album cover as it shocked and insulted many causing controversy although at the same time it encouraged people to leave the conventions of the day Ransom-note lettering is associated with the Punk Rock culture and was quickly imitated by other Punk Rock bands. This album cover started new trends
- 3. Pink Floyd: ‘The Dark Side of The Moon’ The aim for the album cover image was to do something new but to keep it interesting. Using the famous refracting prism by George Hardie, Pink Floyd left the album cover minimalist by leaving out the title of the album and the bands name. The image was left to become iconic on its own, becoming one of the most widely known images in rock. The refracting prism became a well known image not for the album ‘The Dark Side of The Moon’ but for Pink Floyd as a band.
- 4. Nirvana: ‘Nevermind’ ‘ Nevermind’ spelt grammatically incorrect on purpose. The image of the naked infant swimming towards a US Dollar Bill became iconic across the world, due to the controversy of the child being naked and being able to see its penis. There were talks on having a sticker covering the infants penis too which Cobain would only agree if the sticker read “ If you're offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile." Lead singer Kurt Cobain saw the image of the infant already corrupted by money as one of the single greatest images to grace an album cover. The album cover spoke volumes to the mindset of the band and the social commentary in the music.
- 5. The Beatles: ‘Abbey Road’ A famous example of an iconic album cover, as this image is constantly being revisited and copied. The idea of crossing an English road at a zebra crossing, has become a phenomenon, people visit this setting as it is iconic. Possibly not the most famous album cover from ‘The Beatles’ but the most simple concept showing their great and strong ideas were within the music, instead of their image.
- 6. ‘ Abbey Road’ influence
- 7. Elvis Presley and The Clash His debut album (1956) , with pink and green lettering, showing Elvis Presley strumming a chord on his guitar and singing a note. The Clash pay homage to Elvis Presley with their album ‘London Calling’ (1979) , by using the same concept. Instead of playing the guitar in the shot, the guitar is in mid-swing to be destroyed. Showing the new Rock ‘N’ Roll after the ‘King’ .
- 8. Other iconic album covers