Lord knows we enjoy the creativity of Album Covers. Some are amazing works of art, others are... less so. Until 1939 albums were packaged in generic sleeves. Alex Steinweiss pioneered the Album Art that is so standard today. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago tags steinweiss album cover history first records |
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One of my favorite Funk Bands and Great album covers to boot. Possibly NSFW(not safe for work) Due to the nature of some of the images. More here picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
In the sanitized world of Wal-Mart and iTunes, you’ll never see album cover images that are even remotely offensive. But it wasn’t always that way. The storied histories of rock and metal are filled with episodes in which sordid album art made its way out of record company art departments and onto store shelves, where it caused an outcry until the record company repackaged the album in... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
Cool collages using just a few album covers. If you speak french see source of collection here. picked by kairo 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
From the fantastic Flickr LEGO Album Covers pool comes The Beatle's "Lego It Be" by minifig and The White Stripes' "White Blood Cells by joanna saves the Earth. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
Add technology to classic album covers. I got an absolutely huge and awesome response, over 350 entries, which I whittled down to my favorite 50, including the top three winners. picked by bornbad 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
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Some of the most recognisable album covers of all time have been recreated in Lego by model-making music fans. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share entertainment |
A very cool and clever animation using album artwork. picked by thecritters 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Food hackers at Obacchi Jacket Lunch Box cut and arrange ordinary bento lunch box ingredients to recreate famous album covers. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
The beehive hairdos are gone, but they still work their hair and are as colorful on stage as they were a generation ago. They are releasing a new album, Funplex and are touring with Cyndi Lauper promoting tolerance. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share entertainment |
The concept couldn’t be simpler. Put a record sleeve or CD case in front of your face, make sure your body aligns with the person on the cover, get a friend to take a photo — then send it to www.sleeveface.com. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A total of four galleries that include such bizarre covers as Christmas with Colonel Sanders, and 60 French Girls Can't Be Wrong. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
Guaranteed for one case of the heebie-jeebies, or your money back. 4 comments edit related share plime.comRemember, once you see it, you can't not see it. picked by mahler87 2 years ago |
Four men stride across a zebra crossing. Three of them are wearing suits and one has jeans and a denim shirt on. One of them isn't wearing any shoes. Or at least that's what the original looked like. 1 comments edit related share artsThis most iconic of album covers has been recreated in numerous ways for numerous purposes, some of which are detailed here. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago |
Would I steer you wrong? These are great! picked by Bornbad 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Taking a cue from Radiohead's very successful plan, Steve Hofstetter, "The Thinking Man's Comic" is offering downloads of his new live album at whatever price you feel it is worth (minimum 1 cent). 2 comments edit related share entertainmentThe experiment has netted him more than triple what he would have gotten from a standard record contract. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
Some pics NSFW... picked by DemureArt 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share entertainment |
Some are accidentally whimsical, others grossly out of place, but they're all pretty bad. picked by coldbladed 3 months ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
A photo album created by an SS officer stationed at Auschwitz has been donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The unique album shows the life and activities of officers at the camp. Compare those officers to the prisoners. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Prince is to give away his new album for free with a British tabloid newspaper before its official launch, in a move that has caused dismay among music retailers. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
He was originally going to release an album under a Bahrain record label. He has cancelled that deal and has opened his own firm and will release an album in 2007. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |