I t’s exactly what I was looking for Karen O told Pitchfork in 2009. Fischer-Swiss, but based in New York-fit the bill. Inspired by Sonic Youth, who has worked with artists from Gerhard Richter to Mike Kelley for their covers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs wanted to collaborate with an artist from New York City for their album art. It took just a handful of eggs to get this crisp-yet-messy photograph right, according to lead singer Karen O (whose hand is featured).
URS FISCHER’S IT’S BLITZ! BY THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS As a broader metaphor, the drowning Statue of Liberty, a revered icon of the U.S, symbolizes the imminent demise of many of the ideals upon which the nation was founded. I think global warming is an issue that is currently relevant, time-sensitive, and a symptom of the shortsightedness of the U.S. Wanting to make a political statement on climate change, the artist created a black-and-red image of the Statue of Liberty about to be submerged underwater. Street artist Shepard Fairey designed the album art for The Smashing Pumpkins’ seventh studio album, 2007’s Zeitgeist. THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ ZEITGEIST BY SHEPARD FAIREY Several of his Black Flag album covers, as well as a whole slew of promotional posters for the group, are now held in the collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art. In some ways, it was a family affair-as the brother of Black Flag’s frontman, Greg Ginn, Pettibon created a number of covers for the band, including this early EP. Now an established artist with a New Museum retrospective under his belt, Pettibon got his start designing punk rock album covers in the 1970s and ’80s. RAYMOND PETTIBON FOR BLACK FLAG BY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN While visiting the museum, Saville picked up a postcard of the Fantin-Latour work, and his girlfriend joked that he should use it as the cover, which he then realized was a good idea.
Peter Saville, the art director for the post-punk band, had originally planned to use a Renaissance portrait of a dark prince to tie in with the Machiavellian theme of the title but failed to find anything he liked. HENRI FANTIN-LATOUR FOR POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES BY NEW ORDERįantin-Latour’s A Basket of Roses is part of the National Gallery’s permanent collection in London. If it’s something you actually believe in, doing something commercial doesn’t turn it to sh*t just because it’s commercial. I think that’s a really important distinction to make. “It was a good record and quite a lot of money.
I’ve done a few things to pay the bills, and I did the Blur album,” Banksy said. The original piece later sold at auction for £75,000 (about $110,000) in 2007. Although Banksy usually doesn’t create commercial art, he made the decision to work with Blur because he was a big fan of their sound.
He created a couple embracing, as they both wore deep sea diving helmets. BLUR’S THINK TANK BY BANKSYīlur enlisted enigmatic street artist Banksy to design the album art for 2003’s Think Tank. From Banksy and Blur to Gerhard Richter and Sonic Youth, here are 15 of them. From The Velvet Underground to Radiohead, some of the world’s most talented musicians have enlisted the help of famous artists to create some truly memorable album covers. The right imagery can help create a totally immersive experience. An album cover is much more than a place for a musician to stamp his or her name.
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