A stunningly designed review of the greatest album cover designs, spanning the classic period from the 1950s to the 1970s, Album Cover Album first hit the bestseller charts in 1977. This led to the release of six follow-up hits, inspired a host of imitations, and generated a long-playing sub-genre in art and design publishing.
Album Cover Album is edited and compiled by two designers who were among the most innovative pioneers of the work that it celebrates. Storm Thorgerson's Hipgnosis earned world renown for the epic photo shoots and iconic designs that went so perfectly with the music of Pink Floyd. Meanwhile, Roger Dean's dreamscapes and unique typography became as much a part of the rock generation as the Yes albums they adorned. Album Cover Album features their selection of more than 600 sleeves in full color, and showcases the astonishing diversity and excellence of design that the medium produced in its first three decades.
This new edition retains the lavish 12-inch format of the original and replays the ingeniously themed compositions of each page. The album is given a fresh spin by a new preface from Peter Gabriel and new forewords by Storm Thorgerson and John Wetton, plus a 21st-century typographic facelift. The result is a celebration of the enduring appeal of vinyl.

Album Cover Album

Arts & Photography

DEAN, Roger

Thorgerson, Storm

Music

Harper

The Photo designs of Hipgnosis: The goodbye look

Powell, Aubrey

Christopherson, Peter

Sedgwick, Nick

Hipgnosis (Design studio)

Photography & Video

Vermilion

100 Best Album Covers

Children's Books

DK Pub.

A collection of 200 full-color illustrations of the very best record covers from the 60's decade.Beatles,Greatful Dead,Pink Floyd.An art collection in itself,thebest in graphic design.

Classic Album Covers of the 60s

Graphic Design

GALLERY BOOKS

Eye of the Storm: The Album Graphics of Storm Thorgerson

Following the success of Mind Over Matter , Storm's latest book features a collection of his work over the past fifteen years and includes some of the most stunning, evocative and resonant images he has ever produced.

Eye of the Storm: The Designs & Photographs of Storm Thorgerson

Sanctuary Pub. Ltd.

Album cover album

Dean, Roger (eds)

Dragon's World Ltd.

The Work of Hipgnosis: Walk Away Rene

Paper Tiger

Minimal signs of wear. Ships direct from Amazon!

Album Cover Album Two (Album Cover Series, Vol 2)

Avery Pub. Group

Riding Along in My Automobile: The American Cars of Cuba

Riding Along in My Automobile: The American Cars of Cuba

De Milo and StormStudios

Hipgnosis was the biggest and best graphic design firm for the biggest and best bands of the 60s and 70s. Formed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell in London in 1968 (with the addition of Throbbing Gristle's Peter Christopherson in 1974), Hipgnosis specialized in creative photography for the music business, making classic album covers for bands and musicians like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Electric Light Orchestra, Genesis, 10cc, Yes, Peter Gabriel, The Gods, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Paul McCartney, Syd Barrett, Scorpions and Styx, among others. Over the course of its 15 year existence, Hipgnosis produced timeless rock iconography--everybody knows at least one Hipgnosis cover, thanks to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. The firm's inventive takes on the themes or titles of any given album opened up a new visual language in album cover art, one in which theatrical tableaux, trick photography and logo design played notable roles. For the Love of Vinyl is the first book to survey Storm and Powell's output in detail, focusing on more than 60 package designs--from cover to label--described with entertaining detail by the team who created them. Also included are short essays by musicians (such as Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and artists (British Pop artist Peter Blake) and fellow designers (Paula Scher) on their favorite Hipgnosis covers, as well as previously unseen photographs and ephemera. Complementing all this material is a lengthy critical-historical text examining Hipgnosis and its legacy. For the Love of Vinyl is the rock book of 2008. Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell are award-winning graphic designers and the founders of Hipgnosis.

For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis

Scher, Paula

Mason, Nick

Blake, Peter

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