Album Art-The Stories Behind Music's Iconic Album Covers-takes a deep dive into the history of iconic album cover art. Images and additional information on Rolling Stones albums may be found at https://iorr.org/albums/. Find album art images at discogs.com by searching the album title. Look for a new episode each Friday.
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text 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 Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text Alf and his dwarf twin, a juggler, a strongman, Zazel Wild, a photographer, and an assistant pile into a limo. They head to Sniffen Court in New York City. There they stage a circus scene straight out of a Fellini movie with a cab driver they hailed along the way. The result? The only Doors album without a band member on it. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text You gotta hear the story behind the album cover for this Tod Rundgren produced parody of Bruce Springsteen designed by the comic book artist Richard Corben. It is a keeper. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text Louisa Livingstone? Your photos are ready. Discover the story behind the album that gave birth to heavy metal—and the haunting album cover that helped bring it to life. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text C'est notre lettre d'amour à notre inexplicablement grand nombre d'auditeurs en France! When Gozilla says have Fortitude, everyone should listen. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text In this episode, we dive into the controversy surrounding AI-generated art and its role in the creation of Deicide's Banished by Sin album cover. We'll explore the tension between artistic tradition and emerging technologies, raising questions about creativity, authenticity, and the future of album art (ChatGPT). Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com 4o...
Send us a text A bowl of weed, not a pipe, a big bowl, led to this controversial toilet bowl cover-two and a half years before The Stones repeated that faux pas. The Mamas & Papas shenanigans make Fleetwood Mac look like Quakers. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text Can you imagine handling an album off and on over about 25 years without knowing it was your face on the cover? It's true. It happened. Get the story of Rio. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text This cover has been called the Mona Lisa of Album Covers and that may be no exaggeration. And to think it is all owed to a rice cooker. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text Here is the long-awaited second part of guest star Ken Orth's who's who on the cover of Sgt. Pepper. This you do not want to miss. We are in negotiation for third part on the making of the cover display. Click for image https://www.integral-domain.org/rgriffiths/sgtpepper/sgt.php Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text How long can a train wreck last? This one has been going on for 12,442 days at least. Hear our three-part story of this threesome cover art story as Jane's Addiction third break-up is in the news. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text Okay, Swifties, it is your turn. This is the story of the cover where Taylor risked her country career and was born again as a popstar in this tribute to the 1980s. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text Surprise, surprise, there is a big yellow tombstone where a seascape was supposed to be. We'd fix it but we're out of time. This is the cover story. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text They're getting the band back together, suspiciously timed to coincide with this podcast. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text This cover was a darling of the Parents Music Resource Center and the parents advisory was the best advertising that could have ever been invented for teens. Many suggest the cover predicted an event that occurred 6,809 days later. This is the cover story. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text American Idiot re-invented Green Day as one of the most important bands in the country and the cover was no small part in that do-over. It took 30 minutes to create, showing the world how punks do it and they owe it all to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text "Like I told you, what I said, steal your face right off your head."This equipment identifier became a Mt Rushmore band logo long before it was an album cover. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text The Stones were never blacker or bluesier than they were on this album with photo art by David Bailey and liner note screed and controversy complements of Andrew Loog Oldham. Grab a copy and listen along with us. For a more complete story or to see the images go to www./https://iorr.org/albums/The-Rolling-Stones-Now.pdf Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text What do a graphic designer, a Star Trek fan who never saw the movie, a collaborator with a NASA scientist, and the creator of Public Enemy's logo all have in common? They are one man, Chuck D, who is largely responsible for the hip-hop master piece, Fear of a Black Planet. Grab a copy, the booklet too and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text Never has a cover image articulated an album's theme so well. A young woman, all alone in the middle of nowhere is only half a person and that half person is an amalgam of other people--angst and alienation in a collage. Grab a copy, the booklet too and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com...
Send us a text "He's not a friend, he's a psychopath." Here is the last or the latest story of a Slim Shady album cover. You choose. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
Send us a text It's a banana. That's it. Well, not exactly. When you peel it it is a people-colored fruit. Oh yeah, Andy Warhol thunk it up. It is one of the most popular album covers of all time and we've got the story. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com
