The Man On Fire
Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine - The stillness of this cover. A man on fire. No screams. Completely still.
Category
Alternative
The album art of guitar bands who never quite fit the mainstream mould. Covers as moody and hard to pin down as the music itself.
Stories
White Noise
Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson - The cover that turned a rock star into an alien, then hid a message in plain sight.
The Dog Book
Odelay by Beck - A stranger's old dog photo, a girlfriend's tip, and a cover chosen in a last-minute scramble to beat a deadline.
Almost Looks Like It Means Something
OK Computer by Radiohead - A road. Some blurred figures. White space. Here's what it all means and the hotel window it was photographed from.
The Dream She Gave Me
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
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.
Fifteen Seconds
Nevermind by Nirvana - The shoot lasted fifteen seconds. The baby was four months old. Thirty years later he sued the band that made him famous.
10050 Cielo Drive
A look at the controversy behind the cover of The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails