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  • The Music Was Always Better Than The Cover 6 min read

    The Music Was Always Better Than The Cover

    Craig
    • • Kylie Minogue • Nick Knight • Ellen Von Unwerth

    Kylie Minogue - Eighty million records sold. Number ones in five consecutive decades. One of pop's greatest ever careers. So why are some of her album covers so forgettable?

  • Da Inner Sound, Y'all 5 min read

    Da Inner Sound, Y'all

    Craig
    • • Deep Dive • De La Soul • Toby Mott

    3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul - I came to this album backwards. Through De La Soul Is Dead, back to the beginning. I didn't know any of the songs. And then I pressed play. Here's the story behind the cover that changed hip hop.

  • The Dream She Gave Me 5 min read

    The Dream She Gave Me

    Craig
    • • Deep Dive • Smashing Pumpkins • Billy Corgan

    Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins - My wife introduced me to the Smashing Pumpkins. Before her I only knew the rat in a cage song.

  • That Was On Purpose 5 min read

    That Was On Purpose

    Craig
    • • Controversial • Jarvis Cocker • Pulp

    This Is Hardcore by Pulp - I was a young man in 1998. I saw the cover and noticed a semi-naked woman. I was mesmerised.

  • The Decade The Sleeve Became An Art Form - The 1970s 8 min read

    The Decade The Sleeve Became An Art Form - The 1970s

    Craig
    • • Pink Floyd • Joy Division • Meat Loaf

    The 1970s was the decade when the album sleeve stopped being packaging and became a full blown art form. Here are the ten greatest covers of the decade.

  • Everyone Said No 4 min read

    Everyone Said No

    Craig
    • • Sleeve Notes • Charli XCX • Brent David Freaney

    Brat by Charli XCX - A disgusting shade of green. Blurry Arial font. Four letters. Nothing else. Her manager said no. Her creative director said no. Her friends said no.

  • The Cover Nobody Saw 4 min read

    The Cover Nobody Saw

    Craig
    • • Controversial • Guns N' Roses • Robert Williams

    Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses - The cross and skulls design is the cover everyone knows. But there was another one. Most of the world never saw it.

  • Absence 5 min read

    Absence

    Craig
    • • Deep Dive • Pink Floyd • Hipgnosis

    Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd - Two businessmen. One of them is on fire. And, did you know about the invisible man?

  • Nothing 5 min read

    Nothing

    Craig
    • • Controversial • Kanye West • Rick Rubin

    Yeezus by Kanye West - A clear plastic case. A piece of red tape. Nothing else. I looked at it and moved on. I was wrong.

  • Cover To Cover 5 min read

    Cover To Cover

    Craig
    • • The Clash • The Beatles • Gorillaz

    Eight album covers in conversation with another album cover. Some are deliberate tributes. Some are knowing winks. Some are coincidences so perfect they feel impossible.

  • Eight Covers. One Secret Pattern 6 min read

    Eight Covers. One Secret Pattern

    Craig
    • • Mark Hoppus • Tom DeLonge • Travis Barker

    Eight studio albums. Eight covers. And hiding across most of them, a secret that nobody noticed for years.

  • The Lawn They Built 5 min read

    The Lawn They Built

    Craig
    • • Deep Dive • Kendrick Lamar • Denis Rouvre

    To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar - I heard King Kunta on Triple J and bought the album for the music. I never really looked at the cover. I should have.

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