Influential/ inspirational Album Covers

Below are a few album cover that, in my mind, have been very influential on the way album covers are used or have simply inspired me to think differently about the possibilities when it comes to designing an album cover:

 Mos Def - Black On Both Sides

I really like the simplicity of this album cover. Mos Def staring in a  rather emotionless manner at whoever lays upon the cover. It instantly draws attention and displays the humanity and talent behind the music, removing a layer of difference between the consumer and artist.

Lapalux - Nostalchic

This is a very unqie album cover. At first it just seems like a jumble of colours. but, at close inspection you notice that it's a collage of lots of cropped photos. You have to use your imagination to complete the photos which is similar to the same creative frame of mind that the consumer has to be in whilst listening to the album if they wish to get the most out of it.

The Streets - Original Pirate Material

This album cover will be instantly recognisable for anyone who lives in a British city. The album cover simply displays a block of council flats. These types of flats are usually associated with the gritty and dangerous lifestyle of poorer people living in some of the bigger cities in the UK. The picture also coincides quite nicely with the artist name "The Streets". Overall, this album cover emits a clear identity for not only the artist but their genre as well.

XXYYXX - XXYYXX

This album covers is arguably the most iconic of all for the electronic genre in the last couple of years. The album name is the same as the artist, allowing XXYYXX printed boldly on the bottom to be more than enough information for the consumer to deal with. The famous Eye of Providence is recognisable with a tear hanging from it. This adds an eerie and abstract element to the usually cold and emotionless world of ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphics.