Would Sgt. Pepper's be exactly the same without Peter Blake's cover ? At a time when full-length records do not mean much any longer and album covers even less, I found interesting to make a website on sleeve design. Long before videos, record covers were the visual embodiment of music, a way to put images on sound. I remember having spent hours as a teenager detailing the cover of records while listening to them. Later on, I realised that some of them had things in common in their design, revealing either a mere sign of the times or a more deliberate connection. Some records even obviously copied famous sleeves, as a tribute or as a mockery. Here is a collection of record covers I came across, which share some common visual features.
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Phil Collins
Face Value (1981) |
Phil Collins
Face Value (Deluxe) (2016) |
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Phil Collins
Hello, I Must Be Going ! (1982) |
Phil Collins
Hello, I Must Be Going ! (Deluxe) (2016) |
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Phil Collins
No Jacket Required (1985) |
Phil Collins
No Jacket Required (Deluxe) (2016) |
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Phil Collins
...But Seriously (1989) |
Phil Collins
...But Seriously (Deluxe) (2016) |
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Phil Collins
Both Sides (1993) |
Phil Collins
Both Sides (Deluxe) (2016) |
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Phil Collins
Testify (2002) |
Phil Collins
Testify (Deluxe) (2016) |
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Phil Collins
Going Back (2010) |
Phil Collins
The Essential Going Back (Deluxe) (2016) |
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Thelonious Martin
Colors (2012) |
New Order
Lost Sirens (2013) |
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Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow (1967) |
Electric Citizen
Higher Time (2016) |
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Marc Almond
Tenement Symphony (1991) |
Morrissey
Ringleader of the Tormentors (2016) |
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Jean-Michel Jarre Oxygène (1976) |
Jean-Michel Jarre Oxygène 3 (2016) |
