The Art of Album Covers.
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Southend, 1977.
From Chris Steele-Perkins book 'Teds'
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Used by Ian Dury And The Blockheads on 'Sueperman's Big Sister'.
Released on Stiff Records, 1980
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Southend, 1977.
From Chris Steele-Perkins book 'Teds'
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Used by Ian Dury And The Blockheads on 'Sueperman's Big Sister'.
Released on Stiff Records, 1980
The Art of Album Covers
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David Wojnarowicz’s “Buffalo” is one of the most haunting artistic responses to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Made in the wake of his own HIV-positive diagnosis, evoking feelings of doom and hopelessness. #RIP
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Used by U2 on the 1992 release 'One'
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David Wojnarowicz’s “Buffalo” is one of the most haunting artistic responses to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Made in the wake of his own HIV-positive diagnosis, evoking feelings of doom and hopelessness. #RIP
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Used by U2 on the 1992 release 'One'
The Art of Album Covers .
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Fête Forain, Zurich, 1980.
Photo by René Burri.
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Used by The Chemical Brothers on the single "Leave Home", released 1995.
First single released from their album Exit Planet Dust.
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Fête Forain, Zurich, 1980.
Photo by René Burri.
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Used by The Chemical Brothers on the single "Leave Home", released 1995.
First single released from their album Exit Planet Dust.
The Art of Album Covers.
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The Red Ceiling, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1973.
Photograph by William Eggleston.
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Used by Big Star on Radio City, released 1974.
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The Red Ceiling, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1973.
Photograph by William Eggleston.
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Used by Big Star on Radio City, released 1974.
The Art of Album Covers
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Handcuffed, New York City, 1978.
Photo by Leonard Freed.
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Used by George Michael on Outside (The Mixes), released 1998.
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Handcuffed, New York City, 1978.
Photo by Leonard Freed.
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Used by George Michael on Outside (The Mixes), released 1998.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Soirée mariage Drissa Balo, 1967.
Photo Malick Sidibé
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Used by Orchestra Baobab on Pirates Choice, released 2015.
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Soirée mariage Drissa Balo, 1967.
Photo Malick Sidibé
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Used by Orchestra Baobab on Pirates Choice, released 2015.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A young protester with “Vote” painted on his forehead walking in the Selma March, 1965
Photo Bruce Davidson.
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Used by Father Father on
We Are All So Very Happy, released 1991.
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A young protester with “Vote” painted on his forehead walking in the Selma March, 1965
Photo Bruce Davidson.
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Used by Father Father on
We Are All So Very Happy, released 1991.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Boys Escaping C.S. sas fired by British soldiers, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1971
Photo Don McCullin
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Used by Killing Joke on their debut studio album, released on 5th October 1980.
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Boys Escaping C.S. sas fired by British soldiers, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1971
Photo Don McCullin
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Used by Killing Joke on their debut studio album, released on 5th October 1980.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Masks ca. 1930–1939.
By Emmanuel Sougez
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Used by Bauhaus on 4AD, released 1983.
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Masks ca. 1930–1939.
By Emmanuel Sougez
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Used by Bauhaus on 4AD, released 1983.
The Art of Album Covers.
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The Specials photographed in Coventry, 1979.
Photos Chalkie Davies
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Used by the The Specials on their debut album, Released October 1979.
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The Specials photographed in Coventry, 1979.
Photos Chalkie Davies
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Used by the The Specials on their debut album, Released October 1979.
The Art of Album Covers
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Fleeing A Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936.
Photo by Arthur Rothstein
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Used by Woody Guthrie on Dust Bowl Ballads, released 1940.
#ThisMachineKillsFascists
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Fleeing A Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936.
Photo by Arthur Rothstein
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Used by Woody Guthrie on Dust Bowl Ballads, released 1940.
#ThisMachineKillsFascists
The Art of Album Covers.
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Girls dancing at a club in Wolverhampton, 1978.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Used by on the Wanted Soul compilation, released 2017.
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Girls dancing at a club in Wolverhampton, 1978.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Used by on the Wanted Soul compilation, released 2017.
The Art of Album Covers. .
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Da Nang, South Vietnam, 21st Sep 1967.
Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn, 20, of Columbus, Ohio during Operation Ballistic Charge.
Image © Bettmann Archive
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Used by The Smiths on Meat Is Murder, released 1985.
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Da Nang, South Vietnam, 21st Sep 1967.
Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn, 20, of Columbus, Ohio during Operation Ballistic Charge.
Image © Bettmann Archive
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Used by The Smiths on Meat Is Murder, released 1985.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A photograph of a tornado near Jasper, Minnesota in 1927.
Photo by Lucille Handberg.
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Used by Siouxsie & The Banshees on Tinderbox, released 1986.
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A photograph of a tornado near Jasper, Minnesota in 1927.
Photo by Lucille Handberg.
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Used by Siouxsie & The Banshees on Tinderbox, released 1986.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Coeurs Volant (Fluttering Hearts) by French painter, Marcel Duchamp 1961.
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Inspiration for Buzzcocks, Ever Fallen in Love...
Released 1978
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Coeurs Volant (Fluttering Hearts) by French painter, Marcel Duchamp 1961.
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Inspiration for Buzzcocks, Ever Fallen in Love...
Released 1978
The Art of Album Covers.
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A still from the D. W. Griffith film 'The Sorrows of Satan', released 1926.
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Used by Bauhaus on 'Bela Lugosi’s Dead', released 1979.
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A still from the D. W. Griffith film 'The Sorrows of Satan', released 1926.
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Used by Bauhaus on 'Bela Lugosi’s Dead', released 1979.
The Art of Album Covers
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Mike Wells' tragic image of a severely malnourished kids hand resting in a Catholic monk’s hand in Uganda, 1980.
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Used by Dead Kennedys on 'Plastic Surgery Disasters' released 1982.
As per previous releases, the album commentary bled onto its cover art
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Mike Wells' tragic image of a severely malnourished kids hand resting in a Catholic monk’s hand in Uganda, 1980.
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Used by Dead Kennedys on 'Plastic Surgery Disasters' released 1982.
As per previous releases, the album commentary bled onto its cover art
The Art of Album Covers.
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Neil Young passing an elderly woman at 3rd & Sulllivan as Graham Nash looks on, New York City, June 1970.
Photo Joel Bernstein
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Used on Neil's “After The Gold Rush” live album, released 1970.
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Neil Young passing an elderly woman at 3rd & Sulllivan as Graham Nash looks on, New York City, June 1970.
Photo Joel Bernstein
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Used on Neil's “After The Gold Rush” live album, released 1970.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A postcard titled 'End of the Trail'
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Used by The Clash on 'Give 'Em Enough Rope' released 1978.
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A postcard titled 'End of the Trail'
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Used by The Clash on 'Give 'Em Enough Rope' released 1978.
The Art of Album Covers.
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English Bull Terrier, Spike.
Photographed in London by Welsh photographer Simon Larbalestier, 1989.
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Used by the Pixies on 'Here Comes Your Man'.
Released 1989 .
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English Bull Terrier, Spike.
Photographed in London by Welsh photographer Simon Larbalestier, 1989.
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Used by the Pixies on 'Here Comes Your Man'.
Released 1989 .
The Art of Album Covers
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Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Steve Turner in mid-song collision.
Photo Charles Peterson
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Used by Mudhoney on their debut E.P. Superfuzz Bigmuff, released 1988
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My opinion, this recording was the seminal grunge recording, nobody came close to bettering this
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Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Steve Turner in mid-song collision.
Photo Charles Peterson
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Used by Mudhoney on their debut E.P. Superfuzz Bigmuff, released 1988
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My opinion, this recording was the seminal grunge recording, nobody came close to bettering this
The Art of Album Covers.
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Girl playing at the side of a car in New York, 1980.
Photo by Helen Levitt.
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Used by Buffalo Tom on the 1993 release - Sodajerk.
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Girl playing at the side of a car in New York, 1980.
Photo by Helen Levitt.
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Used by Buffalo Tom on the 1993 release - Sodajerk.
The Art of Album Covers
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Teenage girls at dusk in Salford, Manchester, 1969.
Photo Nick Hedges
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Used by @SteveMasonKBT on the 2019 release, About the Light.
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Teenage girls at dusk in Salford, Manchester, 1969.
Photo Nick Hedges
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Used by @SteveMasonKBT on the 2019 release, About the Light.
The Art of Album Covers.
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'Humanly Impossible' - Self-portrait by Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer, 1932.
Bauhaus-Archive.
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Used by Tanit on Can An Actor Bleed, released 1983.
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'Humanly Impossible' - Self-portrait by Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer, 1932.
Bauhaus-Archive.
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Used by Tanit on Can An Actor Bleed, released 1983.
The Art of Album Covers.
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A Limbo competition at a festival in Brixton, 1974.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Used on the Wanted Afrobeat compilation, released 2017.
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A Limbo competition at a festival in Brixton, 1974.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Used on the Wanted Afrobeat compilation, released 2017.
The Art of Album Covers
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'It was taken in pitch black in my bathroom with a flash' - Maria Mochnacz on her image of PJ Harvey which was used on PJs 2nd album 'Rid of Me', released 1993.
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'It was taken in pitch black in my bathroom with a flash' - Maria Mochnacz on her image of PJ Harvey which was used on PJs 2nd album 'Rid of Me', released 1993.
