Soft porn, engorged limes, erect bananas – and an extra-special zebra print carpet courtesy of Kool and the Gang ... disco cover art is endlessly, brilliantly OTT
Patrick Nagel (November 25, 1945 - February 4, 1984) was an American artist. In his lifetime he created hundreds of illustrations on board, paper, and canvas, most of which emphasizes the simple grace of and beauty of the female form. Nagel was born in Dayton, Ohio but was raised and spent most of his life in the Los Angeles area. He attended the Choinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. Nagel's work is superficially reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints, with their unusual cropping and large fi
Cyndi Lauper talks about her seminal album She's So Unusual, plus the Annie Leibovitz-shot cover.
A deconstruction of the cover art for the Journey album Escape.
NPR's list of the greatest albums made by women, from 1964 to the present.
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Honoring Grace Jones, a true style icon, on her 67th birthday.
'Hotel California,' the 5th studio album by the Eagles is one of the greatest rock records. But what is the story behind its album cover? Find out here.
From Adam Ant to Julian Cope, the pop stars of the 80s were bold, brash and big-haired. Photographer Peter Ashworth realised their wildest visual fantasies
Originally released in two weights as Kaufmann Script and Kaufmann Bold (ATF, 1936). Swing 583 Bold is Lanston Monotype’s name for the latter, see Swing. Also available as Universal (TF) and as Ballpen Script (Kobundo). [Reichardt 2011]
The 100 greatest album covers of all time, from Elvis Presley to Public Enemy to Lana Del Rey.
Whether they're a household name or Euro-obscurity - these disco dollies and new-wave foxes definitely knew how to sex-up an album cover. Let's have a look...
The 100 greatest album covers of all time, from Elvis Presley to Public Enemy to Lana Del Rey.
The best album covers of the 80s range from the cartoonish to the absurd.
From Adam Ant to Julian Cope, the pop stars of the 80s were bold, brash and big-haired. Photographer Peter Ashworth realised their wildest visual fantasies
