Two designers help rock stars exhibit model behavior for once. The Designer Of The Most Iconic Indie Albums Of The ’90s Gets A Book Vaughan Oliver designed album art for the bands that defined a ...

We may be taught not to judge books by their covers, but are we always so kind to albums? In a sea of iconic cover art designed by prolific artists, the importance of release presentation can’t be ...

Recently a shopper at the Chevy Chase DC record store art sound language was chatting with owner PJ Brownlee about a book for sale. It tells the story of Arlington’s Inner Ear studio, and the customer ...

He keeps some of the originals in a drawer underneath the TV. Others, his ex-wife got in the divorce, but after she died they're tied up in her estate. The first cover art Wes Freed created for ...

As Rush's art director since 1975, Hugh Syme was one of the prog-rock trio's closest collaborators. His vivid designs — decrepit puppet kings, fireball jugglers, dalmatians next to fire hydrants — ...

Variety got Corbijn and Powell on a Zoom together to discuss the film, their appreciation for each other’s very different approaches, and why album art mattered. Do you find, hearing from people who ...

For the first time in 50 years, the Grammys are honoring outstanding album art. By Lina Lecaro When Sabrina Carpenter unveiled the cover this past summer for her latest album, Man’s Best Friend, she ...

Over 40 years later, Rob Reiner sees signs of This is Spinal Tap everywhere — even Sabrina Carpenter albums. The title of his book references a line of dialogue in the original film, in which the ...

She was in the vanguard of female designers who looked to the past to upend the cool modernism of the ’70s with a style that became prominent in the ’80s. By Penelope Green Carin Goldberg, a ...

With Godsmack's self-titled debut album celebrating another anniversary today (Aug. 25), it's time to revisit the album's cover art and specifically the flame-haired pierced beauty that graced the ...

Rarely is an album cover’s quality defined solely by what is printed on that square of cardboard, 12 inches high by 12 wide. Often a listener’s feelings about the cover are shaped by the music that ...