The Art of Album Covers.
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A Buck Rogers XZ-38 Disintegrator Pistol, manufactured in 1935 by Daisy.
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Used by Foo Fighters on their self titled debut studio album, released on July 4th, 1995
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A Buck Rogers XZ-38 Disintegrator Pistol, manufactured in 1935 by Daisy.
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Used by Foo Fighters on their self titled debut studio album, released on July 4th, 1995
The Art of Album Covers
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Photographer Robert Freeman was showing the Beatles potential images for the Rubber Soul album. He was projecting a portrait against cardboard when the cardoard fell back distorting the image.
McCartney said, “we felt that image fitted perfectly.”
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Photographer Robert Freeman was showing the Beatles potential images for the Rubber Soul album. He was projecting a portrait against cardboard when the cardoard fell back distorting the image.
McCartney said, “we felt that image fitted perfectly.”
The Art of Album Covers
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A page from the March 1978 issue of National Geographic.
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Part of which was used by Pavement on the 1994 release, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
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A page from the March 1978 issue of National Geographic.
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Part of which was used by Pavement on the 1994 release, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
The Art of Album Covers.
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A Neal Boenzi photo of the smoggiest day in New York's history, the air pollution is estimated to have killed at least 169 people. The Smog covered the city from Nov 23 to 26, 1966.
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Used by Vampire Weekend on Modern Vampires Of The City, released 2013
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A Neal Boenzi photo of the smoggiest day in New York's history, the air pollution is estimated to have killed at least 169 people. The Smog covered the city from Nov 23 to 26, 1966.
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Used by Vampire Weekend on Modern Vampires Of The City, released 2013
The Art of Album Covers
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A composite with the head coming from Greuze’s The Souvenir c1787, and the body coming from Raphael’s Saint Catherine of Alexandria c. 1507.
Composite done by John Craig
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Used by The Smashing Pumpking on Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, 1995
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A composite with the head coming from Greuze’s The Souvenir c1787, and the body coming from Raphael’s Saint Catherine of Alexandria c. 1507.
Composite done by John Craig
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Used by The Smashing Pumpking on Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, 1995
The Art of Album Covers.
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Ian MacKaye onstage during a Fugazi show in Washington, D.C. Photo taken by Jim Saah.
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Used by Fugazi on Repeater, released 1990
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Ian MacKaye onstage during a Fugazi show in Washington, D.C. Photo taken by Jim Saah.
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Used by Fugazi on Repeater, released 1990
The Art of Album Covers
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An Arthur Sarnoff painting entitled "Fido and the Clowns".
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Used by Butthole Surfers on Locust Abortion Technician, released 1987
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An Arthur Sarnoff painting entitled "Fido and the Clowns".
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Used by Butthole Surfers on Locust Abortion Technician, released 1987
The Art of Album Covers
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Neville Watson, High Wycombe, UK circa 1984.
Photo Gavin Watson
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Used by The Shoes on Crack My Bones, released 2011.
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Neville Watson, High Wycombe, UK circa 1984.
Photo Gavin Watson
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Used by The Shoes on Crack My Bones, released 2011.
The Art of Album Covers.
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Derry, Northern Ireland, 1979.
Photo Peter Marlow
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Used by The Passage on
“Troops Out”, released 1981.
H/T @clevelandbeyond
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Derry, Northern Ireland, 1979.
Photo Peter Marlow
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Used by The Passage on
“Troops Out”, released 1981.
H/T @clevelandbeyond
The Art of Album Covers
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A photo of a French airship taken during the 1st World War.
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Used by The Prodigy on Invaders Must Die, released 2009.
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A photo of a French airship taken during the 1st World War.
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Used by The Prodigy on Invaders Must Die, released 2009.
The Art of Album Covers
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'Dude 72' - adventure playground in London, 1972
Photo Mick Rock
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This was going to be the original cover photo for the Mott the Hoople's All The Young Dudes, It was replaced before release.
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Used by Third Eye Blind on Out of the Vein, released 2003
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'Dude 72' - adventure playground in London, 1972
Photo Mick Rock
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This was going to be the original cover photo for the Mott the Hoople's All The Young Dudes, It was replaced before release.
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Used by Third Eye Blind on Out of the Vein, released 2003
The Art of Album Covers
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An old postcard found in a drugstore in Athens, Georgia.
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Used by The Allman Brothers Band on Eat a Peach, released 1972
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An old postcard found in a drugstore in Athens, Georgia.
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Used by The Allman Brothers Band on Eat a Peach, released 1972
The Art of Album Covers
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Chris McClure, a friend of the band taken in the early hours of the morning in Korova bar, Liverpool.
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Used by Arctic Monkeys on Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, released 2006
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Chris McClure, a friend of the band taken in the early hours of the morning in Korova bar, Liverpool.
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Used by Arctic Monkeys on Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, released 2006
The Art of Album Covers
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Outtakes from the photoshoot for the New York Dolls debut album cover, released by Mercury Records, 1973.
Photos by Toshi Matsuo
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Outtakes from the photoshoot for the New York Dolls debut album cover, released by Mercury Records, 1973.
Photos by Toshi Matsuo
The Art of Album Covers
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"La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses' (The Chimera Regarded All Things with Terror) - 1886.
By French artist Odilon Redon
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Used by Magazine on 'Shot By Both Sides' released 1978
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"La Chimère regarda avec effroi toutes choses' (The Chimera Regarded All Things with Terror) - 1886.
By French artist Odilon Redon
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Used by Magazine on 'Shot By Both Sides' released 1978
The Art of Album Covers
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'Nurse of Greenmeadow' by artist Richard Prince
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This series by Richard Prince influenced Sonic Youth for the 'Sonic Nurse' artwork, released 2004.
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'Nurse of Greenmeadow' by artist Richard Prince
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This series by Richard Prince influenced Sonic Youth for the 'Sonic Nurse' artwork, released 2004.
The Art of Album Covers
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Wales, 1965
Photo Bruce Davidson
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Used by Soul Asylum on Let Your Dim Light Shine,
Released, 1995
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Wales, 1965
Photo Bruce Davidson
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Used by Soul Asylum on Let Your Dim Light Shine,
Released, 1995
The Art of Album Covers
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A photo taken by Peter Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle.
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Used by Everything but the Girl on Angel, released 1985.
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A photo taken by Peter Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle.
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Used by Everything but the Girl on Angel, released 1985.
