I'm a big fan of cover art, as many of my readers know, but something I talk about less is good music art. Whether it's vinyl album art or a CD case, or just promo art to go with streaming or Internet radio, concept art can be a powerful tool for conveying an artists ideas or mood. I find that ambient music and so- called New Age music is especially rich in awesome cover art, but progressive rock and other forms of music also have great examples.
So I thought I'd share some of my favorite pieces of album art, and while electronic music is well represented I tried to draw from as many diverse sources as I could. Let me know in the comments which are your favorites or share your own.
So there are two versions of this one. Censored and uncensored.
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This one I like for the cats jumping over floating rocks.
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Oh, some great art indeed! Of course, I am a fan of Missing Persons & Duran Duran!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Here's to Her Name is Rio and of course, Destination Unknown...and let's not forget Berlin's Metro which did inspire me to write a short story many moons ago.
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These are all so beautiful. I love them all, but espeically like Song of the Irish Whistle.
ReplyDeleteLooks good. Thanks for sharing. Have a good week :)
ReplyDeleteThat Yes cover is amazing, as are the Asia ones! Fun post. :D
ReplyDeleteThose are all very pretty. We still have many of our old vinyl albums and the covers are great.
ReplyDeleteGreat album covers! I have at least one of the Asia ones. I might have the Duran Duran one as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
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Great covers.
ReplyDeleteThose are fun. I don't even think about album covers anymore. The face of music has changed so much. Some of those are great albums too. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful art. I used to love looking at album covers when I actually bought real albums.
ReplyDeleteThese are all great. I especially love the Yes albums.
ReplyDeleteMe gustan las caratulas de la música celta. Están hermosas. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteThis post got me wondering...are you a graphic artist? You always highlight such interesting book/music art. Love all of these.
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wonderful album..... lovely images
ReplyDeleteBeautiful art! Thanks for sharing, Greg!
ReplyDeleteI own that Duran Duran CD. Ha! I like the earthy covers.
ReplyDeleteGreat White's cover looks painful. lol!
ReplyDeleteThese all look really nice! I do love the cats jumping over the floating rocks too.
ReplyDeleteWow - some really creative art. Somehow I never really considered the effort that goes into makinig album art - much like a book cover - the designer wants it to be eye catching and maybe evocative of the story/music within. These are certainly eye-catching!! I wonder how hard it is these days when fewer people buy actual CDs or albums....so much streaming. But, I guess even if it's a run of 100 CDs, you need good art. Glad you shared these!
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These are all great! I used to love Great White back in the day but I didn't remember that they had a censored cover.
ReplyDeleteAsia had some great covers. Very colorful. I like that Irish Whistle one too. I've seen Missing Persons in concert and they were good. Fun post, Greg!
ReplyDeleteI love these covers!
ReplyDeleteI always loved Yes's cover art. It's so psychedelic!
ReplyDeleteAwesome set of covers.
ReplyDeleteI love the third one, I am really fond of Celtic knots.
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The nekkid lady one lol
ReplyDeleteYeah I remember the last 2 album covers! I think I'm singing that Rio song now .... thanks a lot :-)
ReplyDeleteThey all look lovely. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove Celtic music covers. Regards.
ReplyDeleteI can't quite figure out why, but I keep scrolling back to the Duran Duran cover. It's that face -- it looks devilish!
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ReplyDeleteLoving all of the album covers. I remember having a cassette of Duran Duran's Rio so it's fun to see a larger image of that cover.
ReplyDeleteYou have to love a good Yes cover! 🙌🙌🙌
ReplyDeleteLove this post. I would say that I definitely take album art for granted now that most things are digitized. But I went into a record store the other day and really enjoyed looking through all the artwork.
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