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

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This album spent 741 consecutive weeks on the Charts and its Hipgnosis designed cover, with an assist from writer/bassist Roger Waters had a significant influence on that run. 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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How many know the story behind the photo on the cover of Rage's eponymous debut album? That a photo taken one day in 1963 became the cover of an album almost 30 years later is a story you'll want to hear. Grab a copy and listen along with us. We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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Paul Simonon made rock and roll history at the New York Palladium in September 1979 when he expressed his rage by smashing his London Calling Precision Fender at precisely 9:50 PM. This is the story of one of rock's most famous album covers. Grab a copy and listen along with us. We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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blink 182 is the only band to ever violate the Geneva Convention and they did it with this album cover. Grab a copy and listen along with us. We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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Is this a resurrection, an escape or an execution? Whatever your answer, it is undeniably one of the more striking album covers of this still young century. 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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Likely the best artist to ever do a Stones album cover got panned by the fans and loved pissing them off. Learn the story of the Kong-like ape on the cover of a greatest hits album by the silverbacks of rock and roll. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to https://iorr.org/albums/grrr-2.pdf We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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This is the story of the most famous vagrant in rock and roll. Is it really Ian Anderson? Did the artist get a fair shake? Grab a copy and listen along with us. We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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Prince grabbed an available piece of paper and made a list of the things he wanted to see on the cover of this album. A Purple Rain Tour carpenter who also videotaped the shows brought his list to life on this album. Grab a copy and listen along with us. We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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The first album was a joy, the second was painful, said Crosby, who also kinda sorta named this album. You'll want to hear about the dog.  Grab a copy and listen along with us. We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]

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Ever wonder who did the firsst album cover art? we did. Here's the story. Grab a copy and listen along with us. We'd love to hear from you at [email protected]