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Wilco
Sky Blue Sky Released in May 2007
The cover artwork of Sky Blue Sky is a photograph by Manuel Presti titled "Sky Chase". The photograph was taken in Rome, Italy, and helped Presti win the 2005 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The same photograph is featured in the July 2007 issue of National Geographic. Nathaniel Murphy provided several illustrations for the liner booklet, which include a tree on a hill, a hand, and a flock of birds.
Santana
Santana Debut studio album released in 1969
The cover of Santana’s debut record was adapted (at Santana’s request) from a poster design originally done for a concert performance at Bill Graham’s legendary San Francisco venue, the Fillmore West. This iconic image was created in pen and ink by the artist/illustrator Lee Conklin. It is certainly one of the best examples of early psychedelic art.
Sonic Youth
Washing Machine Released in 1995
The album cover consists of a cropped polaroid shot of two unidentified fans taken at a Sonic Youth show in Amherst, MA in April of 1995, during a short tour undertaken while the album was still in production. The two are shown wearing t-shirts that were sold as merchandise during that tour. Visible on the left-hand shirt are signatures by Thalia Zedek and Chris Brokaw of the tour's opening band Come. According to Sleevage.com, the polaroid was found on the floor of the venue and presented to the band. Geffen Records attempted to identify and obtain clearance from the pictured individuals via an MTV News bulletin, but as they could not be identified, their faces were cropped out for the album cover.
Pat Metheny Group
Imaginary Day Released in 1997
Pat Metheny's 12th album was designed by the NY based design firm Sagmeister. Every piece of text, except for the album credits, was replaced by an image code, even the track listing on the back. The images represent the mood and songs of the album. The actual CD was used as the image cipher, with the CD’s design cut into segments and transparent part of the CD showing the alphabet. You rotate the CD in the case to reveal the different codes. By lining up the arrow with one of the three coloured segments (red, green blue), the cipher is revealed.
The Smashing Pumpkins
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Released October 24, 1995
The cover image is the work of illustrator John Craig. Craig made other illustrations that appear throughout the album's packaging — animals smoking pipes, celestial bodies with faces, wayward children walking eerie dreamscapes. The cover image, a girl adrift on a celestial raft, was inspired by the French painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze's painting The Souvenir (Fidelity), 1787-1789.
David Bowie
The Next Day Released on 8 March, 2013
The cover art for the album is an adapted version of Bowie's 1977 album Heroes. Designed by Jonathan Barnbrook, who also designed packaging for Heathen and Reality, the obscuring of the photograph connotes "forgetting or obliterating the past". The original cover image was shot by Masayoshi Sukita.
David Bowie
Heroes Released in 1977
The cover photo, taken by Masayoshi Sukita, was inspired by German artist Erich Heckel's Roquairol, as was that of The Idiot, one of Bowie's collaborations with Iggy Pop that was released the same year.
Willie Nelson
Stardust
Released April 1978 10 million sales
Moby
Play
Released May 17, 1999 10 million sales Play was the first album ever to have all of its tracks licensed for use in movies, television shows, or commercials and this proved a major contributor to the album's success.
Pink Floyd
The Wall
Released 30 November 1979
The cover design is one of Pink Floyd's most minimal—a white brick wall and no text (the logo and band name is presented on a sticker).
Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run
Released August 25, 1975 The photo for the cover was taken by Eric Meola. It shows Springsteen holding an electric guitar, a cross between a Fender Telecaster (body and pickups) and a Fender Esquire (neck), while leaning against saxophonist Clarence Clemons.
Janis Joplin
In Concert
Released May 1972 A live album by Janis Joplin released in 1972 after her death. It contains performances with Big Brother and the Holding Company, recorded at various locations in 1968 and 1970, and performances with the Full Tilt Boogie Band.
The Who
Tommy
Released 23 May 1969 Over 20 million sales The cover is presented as part of a triptych-style fold-out cover. All three of the outer panels of the triptych are spanned by a single pop art painting by Mike McInnerney. The drawing is a sphere with diamond-shaped cutouts and an overlay of clouds and seagulls rendered with a figure-ground ambiguity.
Green Day
21 Century Breakdown
Released May 15, 2009 Over 4 million sales
Michael Jackson
Dangerous
Released November 26, 1991 Over 32 million sales The album is well known for its elaborate artwork created by the artist Mark Ryden.
Patti Smith
Horses
Released November 1975 The cover photo was taken by Robert Mapplethorpe using natural light in a penthouse in Greenwich Village. The triangle of light on the wall was the product of the afternoon sun. The record company wanted to make various changes to the photo, but Smith overruled such attempts.
Gary Moore
Bad for You Baby
Released 22 September 2008