The Lawn They Built
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.
Deep Dive
Long form explorations of iconic and fascinating album covers. The full story, properly told.
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I See Us
Horses by Patti Smith - A Salvation Army shirt. A Frank Sinatra gesture. Twelve photographs. One afternoon in a New York apartment. And one important album cover.
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The Disco Ball Horse
A woman on a horse. A silver bodysuit. The whole thing glowing and otherworldly.
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Fifty Pounds
Klaus Voormann spent three weeks creating one of the most celebrated album covers in history. He was paid fifty pounds.
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The Phoenix, The Harpy, The Pixels
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West - I thought it was just Kanye being Kanye. It was.
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The Night Ziggy Landed
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie - He doesn't fill the frame. He's small, almost lost in the street.
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Screaming From The Earth
Maggot Brain by Funkadelic - The cover disturbed me. The music surprised me.
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Those Lines
Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division - The iconic cover isn't abstract art. It's a signal from a dead star.
