Album Art-The Stories Behind Music's Iconic Album Covers

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This is one you need to see. Dig out your CD or search out the images on discogs.com, grab a bottle of Kahlua, lace it with LSD and we'll see you when you get back. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected] or check our Spotify Song List with a song from each album we have covered https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NrDU39yE9CJcHU6YJT8jj?si=Y1JAE4LWTDmKEDE9QGlB2A&pi=ly2xwE-ERRu-2

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Thank god, they decided to take the piss instead of putting band members in lingerie drag on this cover. If the monolith was his headstone the cover could not scream Stanley Kubrick more clearly. This is a story you gotta hear. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected] or check our Spotify Song List with a song from each album we have covered https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NrDU39yE9CJcHU6YJT8jj?si=Y1JAE4LWTDmKEDE9QGlB2A&pi=ly2xwE-ERRu-2

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Elton was already a friend of Dorothy and he can be seen embracing his authentic self in the vibrant theatrical imagery of this album cover. This is the album that catapulted John into the stratosphere he still orbits in today as the world's 36th most streamed musical act. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected] or check our Spotify Song List with a song from each album we have covered https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NrDU39yE9CJcHU6YJT8jj?si=Y1JAE4LWTDmKEDE9QGlB2A&pi=ly2xwE-ERRu-2

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The Beastie Boys borrowed a lot more than props to make this album that only got better with age because it had to. They created and preserved the quintessential NYC corner store one day without permission, of course. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected] or check our Spotify Song List with a song from each album we have covered https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NrDU39yE9CJcHU6YJT8jj?si=Y1JAE4LWTDmKEDE9QGlB2A&pi=ly2xwE-ERRu-2

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You've waited 16 years for this and neither the cover art nor the music will disappoint. This is the cure for what ails you if you need to contemplate the other side of joy. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected] or check our Spotify Song List with a song from each album we have covered https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NrDU39yE9CJcHU6YJT8jj?si=Y1JAE4LWTDmKEDE9QGlB2A&pi=ly2xwE-ERRu-2

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The origins of this cover go back to 1899. The original round sleeve was the idea of the Stones' original manager, The Small Faces appear as Kings on the cover. Want the story of these East End oiks? We've got it right here. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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You saw Spinal Tap, right? Did you know they were doing a tribute to an actual album called Smell the Glove? Hear the story of the famous all-black album that inspired the Beatles, Metallica and others. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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Hendrix planned the album cover meticulously. At least four versions were used, none of them paid any attention to Jimi. One cover had 19 naked women and one of them may be your mom. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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Why did Axl pay such big bucks for images he could have had for free? What is that Raphaelite scribe on the cover writing? We'd still like to know the answer to that one, but all the rest of the story we have for you here. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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This is probably the kreepiest kover we have unkovered. Good news, the little girl is okay, we have found her alive and well. You want this story. Grab a kopy and listen along with us. Questions, komments, rekommendations? We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]