Over the last 67 years, the Grammys have tweaked the rules and names of art-driven categories to reflect shifts in music ...
As vinyl sleeves grew into larger creative canvases, musicians in the 1970s increasingly turned to visionary photographers, ...
There’s something about these 80s album covers that just sticks with us. Whether it’s their sex appeal, their boundary-breaking nature, or their trend-setting illustrations, these covers would look ...
Considering their peerless reputation among rock aficionados, The Band released a relatively small amount of original music in their prime era together. Considering one of their albums was given over ...
What makes an album cover controversial? In the classic 1984 rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, record industry executive Bobbi Flekman (played by the great Fran Drescher) finds herself embroiled ...
It doesn't happen often, but there are some cases where different albums have had the same, or at least very similar, artwork on their covers. While some bands have artwork designed specifically for ...
When Kiss suited up to shoot the iconic cover of the band’s 1975 album “Dressed To Kill” on the southwest corner of 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, there were no stylists or tailors ...
This is a stellar Kate Bush album with a notably interesting album cover. On the cover of this 1982 classic, a sepia-toned bush holds the head of a chained-up man, looking away from the camera with a ...
They say don’t judge an album by its cover, but for artists and fans alike, sometimes it’s just impossible not to obsess over the packaging. Whether it’s an intimate portrait, abstract illustration, ...
If you opened Spotify (or any other music streaming service) on Sept. 9, 2025, and pulled up a Pink Floyd album, you might’ve thought something was broken. Instead of the band’s iconic visuals — like ...