Cover Stories, Old and New

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 19 May, 2008 to the music subset

Cover Stories, Old and New
It’s not only the quality of music that can decline the longer a recording artist’s career spans, but also the artwork on their album covers.
Early career album covers of Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, U2, and Madonna, are compared with their latest releases, and yes, there’s a definite pattern visible.
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Extending album art

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 16 May, 2008 to the design and art subset

Extending album art
Clever album cover graphics showing what’s happening outside the border of the cover image.
This puts the cover of Oasis’ What’s The Story Morning Glory into an all too obvious context. Bigger than Abbey Road hey?

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Vintage classical album cover graphics

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 15 May, 2008 to the design and art subset

Vintage classical album cover graphics
A very cool, and colourful, collection of vintage, old skool, album cover art.

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