Instead, there was album art. In the 1970s, designers were treated as rock stars–album cover designers, that is. “You were regarded almost like the fifth member of the band,” says Aubrey Po ...

The cover of London Calling features Clash bassist Paul Simonon ... King of Rock and Roll Graphic designer Ray Lowry was the one who put the London Calling album cover together.

In 2003, VH1 named Who's Next the second greatest album cover of all time ... made for a vivid combination on the Clash's breakthrough album. Designer Ray Lowry acknowledge the design's ...

The album is the best invention of the ... card to salute the Brooklyn Zoo. Many of these covers come from legendary photographers, designers, and artists, like Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz ...

Aubrey Powell of legendary design collective Hipgnosis dishes on the making of classic album covers, from “Houses of the Holy” to “Melt.” From 1972 to 1986, London-based photography and ...

But music label designers are working to raise the album cover back up to an art form. They're experimenting with new tools and hatching plans to reinvent album art for the digital age ...

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The idea for the 6 Feet Covers campaign, which has been spreading across social media in recent weeks, came while designers Paco ... like The Clash's Combat Rock. Again, Conde said, they had ...

In 2003, VH1 named Who's Next the second greatest album cover of all time ... made for a vivid combination on the Clash's breakthrough album. Designer Ray Lowry acknowledge the design's ...