Covers Design

Similar Album: Dream Theater x Circus Maximus

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:43:00 +0000

This is old, but I did find this article at http://www.metalsucks.net/ and the Dream Theater album A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011) cover uses the same stock image (that costs around 15$) as the Circus Maximus (a Norwegian progressive metal quintet from Oslo) used in their album The 1st Chapter (2005).

As Circus Maximus tries to sound like Dream Theater, for me, there is no problem to use the same image. At least the Dream Theater cover looks much better. Of course, Hugh Syme was the man behind it. (If you don't know, he is the guy behind all the album covers from Rush and many other bands).

Beatles - Abbey Road

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 28 May 2013 08:22:00 +0000

The Beatles Abbey Road, maybe after Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon, is one of the most famous and appreciated album covers of all time. There is a lot of content surrounding the cover and the picture and the zebra crossing is one of the most visited spots in London.

In 2008 Paul Cole with 92 years old left this life and with him a curious fact. He was at the picture accidentally, never listened the album and thought that The Beatles were a bunch of kooks. As I was reading, we was with his wife in London vacations in 1969 and failed on recognize the world famous Beatles.

Me and my wife also have our moment on the zebra crossing and together with the visit on the John and Yoko Room at Hilton Amsterdam, were my moments as Beatles fan. =)

Some facts about the album cover (Wikipedia):

The sleeve was designed by Apple Records creative director Kosh. It is the only original UK Beatles album sleeve to show neither the artist name nor the album title on its front cover.

Check how it was the zebra crossing with EMI studios in the background on 25 September 1969.

The front cover design, a photograph of the group traversing a zebra crossing, was based on sketched ideas by McCartney, and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios on Abbey Road. At around 11:30 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given only ten minutes to take the photo whilst he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up the traffic.

McCartney Sketch

In the scene, the group walk across the street in single file from left to right, with Lennon leading, followed by Starr, McCartney, and Harrison. McCartney is barefoot. With the exception of Harrison, the group are wearing suits designed by Tommy Nutter.

To the left of the picture, parked next to the zebra crossing, is a white Volkswagen Beetle motor-car which belonged to one of the people living in the block of flats across from the recording studio. After the album was released, the number plate (LMW 281F) was stolen repeatedly from the car. In 1986, the car was sold at auction for £2,530 and in 2001 was on display in a museum in Germany.

Also you can check it out the TV commercial made fro Rock Band Beatles, lovely film.

Black Sabbath 13 Cover Making Of

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 27 May 2013 09:30:00 +0000

13 is the upcoming nineteenth studio album from the Gods of Heavy Metal Black Sabbath and It's very nice to see how the cover was done. Check the art and the making of video.

Album Covers That Are Better As Animated GIFs

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:36:00 +0000

Animated GIFs? Yes, please!

I love all the funny stuff around with animated gifs. So, I saw at Buzzfeed pick up a list of 25 album covers that are better as animated GIFs. I choose some and I also find few more at WTF Album Cover and Animated Albums blogs. Check it out.

Via (Buzzfeed)

Androgyny Albums

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:14:00 +0000

For me, one of the reasons the world is so nice is diversity. The most important thing is the be happy and that's all. Why not talk about album covers with artists who doesn't look like man or woman?

Of course the first one is when the genius Ziggy Stardust became Aladdin Sane in 1973.

According Bowie, he wanted to be up on the stage performing his songs but on the other hand not really wanting to be on those buses with all those strange people… So Aladdin Sane was split down the middle.

Patti Smith: Horses (1975)

An album that contains an opening with: “Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine” says for itself. She is the mother of the punk and the Norwegian black metal as well. .

Prince: Dirty Mind (1980)

Prince was everything. A purple rain, a symbol, a prince, a rock star but most importantly he was the Borat inspiration with strange bikinis.

Grace Jones: Nightclubbing (1981)

Grace was nothing related to grace at Conan the Destroyer.

Culture Club: Waking Up with the House on Fire (1984)

Boy George would be better called if his name was just George(a).

Poison: Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)

I know the importance of Glam rock for heavy metal, but I still don't get it. I wonder who had the idea: "Let's dress and look like "hot" women to get more women!"

Reference: http://sleevage.com/top-10-gender-bending-covers-of-all-time/

RIP Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:14:00 +0000

Yesterday Jeff Hanneman the former member of Slayer died. Slayer is one of my favorite bands ever and this news is really sad. Jeff Hannemann it was the composer one of the best Slayer's song (for me) Angel of Death, the very controversial song talking about Auschwitz.

Talking about Slayer and their controversial relationship with religion nothing better to honor Hanneman's memories than talk about the album cover "God Hate Us All".

First of all, to be sold in some marketings they had to design a different cover, and this tells a lot. The cover is self explanatory and I don't need to talk about that here. This post is just to honor the memory if Jeff and Slayer.

The past 2 years of Hanneman weren't the best ones. A spider bite him and now the depression and alcoholism. Well, Tom Araya sang in Postmortem "Do you want to die!" and Hanneman unfortunately did want it.

Album Covers on Google Street View

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:23:00 +0000

Much more nice than just see where the pictures were made, is to see how it looks in the Google Street View today.

Check the location street view of some famous album covers. Enjoy! You can find the links for the Google Street View spots to explore the areas. ;)

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin (Google Street View Link)

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (Google Street View Link)

(What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis (Google Street View Link)

The Freewheelin' - Bob Dylan (Google Street View Link)

Animals - Pink Floyd (Google Stree View Link)

Abbey Road - The Beatles (Street view Here)

Dressed to Kill - Kiss (Google Street View Link)

461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton (Google Street View Link)

Album Cover without dead people

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:03:00 +0000

What about album covers without the dead guys? Well, the website I Seed Dead People figure out that. Check all the covers and probably there is more to come. http://liveiseedeadpeoples.tumblr.com/

40th anniversary of the Dark Side of The Moon.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:32:00 +0000

I know I'm over posting about the best album cover of all time again, but in the past weeks, the Dark Side of The Moon completed 40 years old! Yes! And the fantastic and genius designer Storm Thorgerson and the Pink Floyd official Facebook page, posted during couple of weeks other versions of the famous cover. Check the final result poster with all the pieces and some of them in details.

Check the album on the official Facebook page here:

Album Book Cover

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:20:00 +0000

How would look famous album covers as best-selling books covers instead? What is your favorite one? Check all the amazing covers by Christophe Gowans in the link at the end of the post.

All the arts made by Christophe Gowans, you can find and buy at http://ceegworld.com/the-record-books/

More comic book album covers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:23:00 +0000

Uwe de Witt, a german freelance-artist, have done a nice series of album cover parodies, featuring comic book characters from the Marvel and DC universes. Check some of them and enjoy it. I love it.

You can check out his work as painter and artist at his Website, DeviantArt or Blog.

All the Dark Sides

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:52:00 +0000

Funny to see how one famous cover can be "copied" or remade. Let's see what they have done inspired by the Dark Side of The Moon.

The Nitwitz - Dark Side of the Spoon.

This is a Dutch rock band and they launch this record in 1999. I have never listen that... I do not know if I want to. =)

Richard Cheese - The Sunny Side of the Moon

Richard Cheese is an American musician and comedian and he loves to make fun of famous albums, bands and so.. for example, his band is called Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine.

Scissor Sisters - K-Mart Disco

K-Mart Disco is an unofficial demo album by the Scissor Sisters, It features most of the tracks from their initial demo album as well as other tracks never released on their studio albums.

What else you have seen around? Please share if you know more covers like this =)

Cheers.

Iconic album covers recreated by Athletes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:01:00 +0000

Check this amazing project made the the ESPN magazine. Photographed by Mattias Clamer, 14 athletes recreates iconic album covers from the past few decades.

Below you can check the end result and the originals.

Olympic Gold Medal Sprinter Allyson Felix as Beyonce (Album: Dangerously In Love, 2003)

Olympic God Medal Swimmer Ryan Lochte as the baby on Nirvana's Nevermind Baby (Album: Nevermind, 1991):

Check the others side by side.

The Making of John Mayer's 'Born & Raised' Artwork

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:53:00 +0000

David A. Smith a great artist did an AMAZING work for John Mayer's Born and Raised album. Check it out the making of. This is definetely one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. Lovely and great artwork!

Comics Cover Art

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:20:00 +0000

Some artists created this series as part of the project Comic Book Resources. Please check it out some of those.

LEGO Album Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:13:00 +0000

It is quite impressive what you can do with Lego. It's a dream to work with this brand before I die. Definitely, as the story says, it was done to open our minds and show our creativity.

Check what people can do with Lego, reproducing some famous album covers.

You can check all the collection on: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lego_album_covers/pool/

The Kitten Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:58:00 +0000

For those who love kitties and album covers... check this out.

http://thekittencovers.tumblr.com/ by the artist Alfra Martini

Suuuuper cute! =)

Pantone Album Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:29:00 +0000

Amazing work by the British Designer David Marsh. You can check it out more at: http://davidmarsh.sketch360.com/

Minimalistic Album Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:47:00 +0000

Is quite old, but is good to show up here again. Lovely work by the artist Ty Lettau.

Grammy Award for Best Recording Package 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:24:00 +0000

Check it out the list of Grammy's Best Recording Package 2012

The winner was:

Arcade Fire - Scenes From The Suburbs

Caroline Robert, Art Director

The other nominees were:

Todd Gallopo for Chickenfoot III (performers: Chickenfoot)

Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds for Good Luck & True Love (performer: Reckless Kelly)

Jonathan Dagan for Rivers and Homes (performer: J.Viewz)

Virgil Abloh for Watch The Throne (performers: Jay-Z & Kanye West)

So, what's your favorite?

Sleeveface: Album Sleeve Art

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:51:00 +0000

What a awesome project and idea. I think this is brilliant! Enjoy the images.

The best thing? You can do it by yourself with one iPhone app:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleevefacer/id471522760?mt=8

iTunes Commercial with Beatles Album Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:26:00 +0000

Video Using Some Album Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:09:00 +0000

Nice video using the lyrics and some famous album covers. Check this out.

Black Sabbath - Born Again

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:24:00 +0000

Much was said at the time that the cover was a copy of the album of Depeche Mode New Life from 1981, but was not it. So I read on the site Minuto do Heavy Metal (Heavy Metal's minute), that this cover was created by Steve 'Krusher' Joule and is a long story.

After confirming that Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) and also the return of Bill Ward (drums) for the album, Don decided to steal as much of the team that worked with Ozzy and Sharon.

Steve 'Krusher' Joule already made the covers of Ozzy and was asked to create sketches for the new album from Black Sabbath, the Born Again. But Steve did not want to lose the work and friendship with Ozzy, he decided to create this basic outline and ridiculous, to members from Sabbath saw it and disapproved his art, but it was not what happened.

Also according to the site of Heavy Metal Minute. Four ideas were sent to cover and one of which was based on the baby on the cover of a magazine called Alive Mind which was released in 1968. Steve made a copy in black and white, created the horns, hooves, teeth and used the oddest color combination that he thought possible.

Tony Iommi loved the cover and Geezer Butler looked at and said, "It sucks, but it is fucking great!". The manager Don not only loved but also decided to make a this baby costume for one dwarf use on tour.

Steve was suddenly forced to make that cover for a large amount of money. After rolling for a while, not wanting to make the cover, he along with his neighbor and a bottle of Jack Daniels, and into the night, quickly made the cover, including all the writing, to receive the combined.

Bill Ward has said he personally hated That's the album cover and According to him, Ian Gillan Told That the press he vomited When he first saw the cover. However, Tony Iommi approved the album cover.

Well, I like this cover and this album, but this cover has been considered one of the worst album covers ever. The British magazine, Kerrang!, ranked the cover in second place behind only, the Scorpions' Lovedrive, on their list of "10 Worst Album Sleeves In Metal/Hard Rock". The list was based on votes from the magazine's readers. Well, tell me your opinion. =)

RIP Peter Christopherson

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:54:00 +0000

Photographer, music video director, musician and former partner at design company Hipgnosis with Storm Thorgerson, Peter Christopherson, sadly passed away on Wednesday (December 1) in his home in Bangkok, Thailand, aged 55.

As well he worked as freelance photographer and contributor, then promoted to an assistant to Hipgnosis design studio, then became partner. After he officially left the Hipgnosis he continued to act and he also did art direction for some cover from Peter Gabriel.

Another cover art that was credited to him was, Pink Floyd's Nice Pair. A compilation album by Pink Floyd, re-issuing their first two albums,The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets, in a new gatefold sleeve.

Peter Christopherson, rest in peace and thank you for your contribution in cover artwork.