Below, read our conversation about the story behind every Deafheaven album cover, which (ahem) covers typography, photography, motion graphics, fine art, and more. Roads To Judah (2011) ...

A room full of people had to go back in, delete aspects of the pool, add in the dollar bill, and add the typography. It was an ambitious album cover idea. The workload reflected it. 2.

The typography, the tracklisting on the cover, and the stark white borders all give a sense of a classic album cover while the music inside was incredibly forward-thinking. — Dale Eisinger 40.

2. De La Soul – Three Feet High And Rising. Hip-hop in 1989. EPMD, LL Cool J, Ice-T and Big Daddy Kane released albums with covers featuring, among other things, guns, panthers, jacuzzis ...

Sparks rank their most museum-worthy album covers, including the one where they’re dressed as husband and wife: ... But then we destroy it, anyway, by having this typography obscuring our faces.

When musicians were using bold colors, trippy typography and kaleidoscopic images for their ’ 60s album covers, Dylan used photos of himself dressed like a guy who lived alone in a cabin.

Most notable of the era's typography trends was the rise of the International Typographic Style, a movement originating in ...

The album is the best invention of the past century, hands down — but the music isn’t the whole story. The album cover has been a cultural obsession as long as albums have. Ever since 12-inch ...

Four years ago, before Mihailo Andic designed album covers for the likes of Lil Yachty, Lil Baby, and Quavo, he was a 22-year-old college graduate who just landed his first job as a junior art ...

Secrets behind the most iconic ‘70s rock album covers revealed in new doc By . Chuck Arnold. Published June 7, 2023. Updated June 7, 2023, 7:21 p.m. ET. Explore More ...