The Decade the Sleeve Went Synthetic - The 1980s
The 1980s was the decade when album sleeves went fully synthetic: Xerox, airbrush, early CGI and MTV logic. Here are the ten greatest covers of the era, ranked.
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The 1980s was the decade when album sleeves went fully synthetic: Xerox, airbrush, early CGI and MTV logic. Here are the ten greatest covers of the era, ranked.