New Music Releases - December 10, 2013

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - And Anyway It's Christmas (7")
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2xLP)
7 Days of Funk (Dam-Funk and Snoop Dogg) - 7 Days of Funk
Arthur's Landing - Miracle 2 (remixes) (vinyl)
Asian Women On the Telephone - Ivan (vinyl)
Audion - Audion X
Badfinger - Icon
Bassnectar - Freestyle / Wildstyle
Bassnectar - Timestretch / Take You Down
Beastmilk - Climax
Ben Sims - Fabric 73
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (reissue) (vinyl)
Billie Joe and Norah - foreverly
BJ Nilsen - Eye of the Microphone
Bjorn Torske - Kok EP (12")
Bloodgroup - Disquiet EP (12")
Blue Sky Black Death - Glaciers (vinyl)
Bonde Do Role - Tropicalbacanal (Deluxxxe Version)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Art of War III
Booka Shade - Love Inc (12")
Bosnian Rainbows - Live at Clouds Hill (10")
Brendan Benson - You Were Right (vinyl)
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland Volume 1 (2xLP)
Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte Fontaine Est...Folle (vinyl)
Brigitte Fontaine - Comme à la Radio (vinyl)
Bryan and the Haggards feat. Dr. Eugene Chadbourne - Merles Just Want to Have Fun (vinyl)
Cabaret Voltaire - #8385 (Collected Works 1983 –1985) (6xCD)
Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-phonies (vinyl)
Cabaret Voltaire - The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (vinyl)
Cabaret Voltaire - The Crackdown (vinyl)
Carmen Villain - Sleeper Remixes (12")
Caspian - Hymn for the Greatest Generation (vinyl)
Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker with Strings (vinyl)
Cheap Time - Exit Smiles (vinyl)
Childish Gambino - Because The Internet
Chuck Berry - After School Session: The Deluxe Edition (vinyl)
Cliff Martinez - Solaris OST (picture disc)
Cocoanut Grove - How to Build A Maze (vinyl)
Connan Mockasin - Caramel (vinyl)
Count Basie - April In Paris (reissue) (vinyl)
Crown The Empire - The Fallout (deluxe edition)
Cybotron - Enter (2xLP)
Dance Chapter - Chapters (vinyl)
Danny and the Darleans - Danny and the Darleans (vinyl)
Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk (vinyl)
David Ackles - David Ackles (vinyl)
Dead Meadow - Warble Womb (vinyl)
Detroit Emeralds - Let's Get Together
Disfiguring The Goddess - Deprive
DJ KAOS - Swoop EP (12")
DJ Nu-Mark - Oya (7")
DJ Red - Eyes Are Blind (12")
DOA - Welcome to Chinatown: DOA Live (2xLP)
Drexciya - Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller Volume IV
DTCV - Hilarious Heaven
E-40 - Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil Vol. 4
E-40 - Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil Vol. 5
E-40 - Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil Vol. 6
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz (10xCD)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (vinyl)
Eric Clapton - Give Me Strength: The '74/'75 Recordings (3LP)
Evergreen Terrace - Dead Horses
Everything In Slow Motion - Phoenix
Farhot - Kabul Fire Vol.1 (vinyl)
Faust and Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Live at Clouds Hill (10")
Flume - Flume (deluxe reissue)
Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat (reissue) (2xLP)
Gallon Drunk - Live at Clouds Hill (10")
Gary War | Purple Pilgrims - Split LP (vinyl)
George Benson - Giblet Gravy (vinyl)
Glaxo Babies - Nine Months to the Disco (vinyl)
Glaxo Babies - Put Me on the Guest List (vinyl)
Good Old War - Live from the City of Brotherly Love
Grateful Dead - Dick’s Picks Vol. 5 (5xLP)
Guerilla Toss - Gay Disco
Gunter Schickert - Kinder in der Wildnis
Harold Budd - Budd Box (7xCD)
HIEROGLYPHICS - The Kitchen
Holger Czukay - On the Way to the Peak of Normal (picture disc)
Honour Crest - Spilled Ink
Howard Shore - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug OST (2xCD)
In Camera - IV + II (vinyl)
J. Rocc - J. Rocc Enjoyed the Experience (12")
Jay Ferguson - All Alone in the End / Thunder Island / Real Life
Jellyfish - Radio Jellyfish (vinyl)
Jeremiah Jae - Dirty Collections Vol. 3 (7")
Jerry Garcia Band | Bob Weir and Rob Wassermann - Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound (6xCD)
Jimmy Smith - The Cat (vinyl)
John Mellencamp - 1978-2013 (box set)(19xCD)
Josh Rouse - 1972 (reissue) (vinyl)
JTC - Valley Road (We Are 1) (12")
Katy Perry - PRISM (vinyl)
Keith Jarrett - Concerts: Bregenz Munich
Kele - Heartbreaker
Kleer - I Love to Dance (expanded edition)
Kowloon Walled City / Batillus - split 7"
Krystal Keith - Whiskey & Lace
Lawrence - Films and Windows Remixed (12")
Lee Bannon - Alternate/Endings
Les Vampyrettes - Les Vampyrettes (boxset) (3x10")
Logos - Cold Mission
Lou Reed with Nico and John Cale - Le Bataclan, Paris. Jan 29, '72 (vinyl)
Mass - Labour of Love (vinyl)
Mass Production - Turn Up the Music - Straight Album
Mastodon - Live at Brixton
Maybeshewill - Not For Want of Trying
Maybeshewill - Sing The World In 4-part Harmony
Mexican Summer - Mexican Summer: Five Years (10")
Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins - Dig (vinyl)
Milosh - Jetlag (vinyl)
Moan - Think About Forgotten Days
Moderat - Bad Kingdom EP (12")
Morphine - Good (vinyl)
My Epic - Behold
Mykestro - Set Precedent (12")
Negative Trend - Negative Trend (7")
Neil Young - Live at the Cellar Door (vinyl)
Nick Drake - Tuck Box
Nils Frahm - Spaces (2xLP)
Norman Connors - Dance of Magic / Dark of Light
Oiseaux-Tempete - Oiseaux-Tempete (2xLP)
Onyx - Bacdafucup (2xLP)
Orchestra of Spheres - Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music (vinyl)
Oscar Peterson - Night Train (reissue) (vinyl)
Parmalee - Feels Like Carolina
Paul McCartney - New (vinyl)
Peshay - Generation
Pleasure - Special Things
Polkadot Cadaver - From Bethlehem To Oblivion
Polly Scattergood - Arrows (vinyl)
Post Louis - This Could Be A Bridge EP (12")
Pyrolator - Pyrolator's Wunderland (vinyl)
Quincy Jones - Big Band Bossa Nova (vinyl)
R Kelly - Black Panties
Rangda - Live in Krefeld
Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul (vinyl)
Ricardo Donoso - As Iron Sharpens Iron (12")
Robert Pollard - Blazing Gentlemen (vinyl)
Rocky Sharpe and the Replays - If You Want To Be Happy: The Polydor & RAK Masters & More
Rogue Wave - Nightingale Floors (vinyl)
Shelby Lynn - Thanks
Shuko - Cookies and Cream 3 (vinyl)
Slayer - Christ Illusion (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - Decade Of Aggression: Live (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - Diablous In Musica (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - Divine Intervention (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - God Hates Us All (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - Reign In Blood (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - Undisputed Attitude (reissue) (vinyl)
Slayer - World Painted Blood (reissue) (vinyl)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (2xLP)
Sniff "N" the Tears - No Damage Done
Snoop Dogg and Dam Funk - 7 Days of Funk (2xLP - 8x7")
SOKO - I Thought I Was An Alien (vinyl)
Stained Glass - A Scene In-Between 1965-1967
Stan Getz - Big Band Bossa Nova (vinyl)
Teengenerate - Get More Action (vinyl)
Tennis - Small Sound (vinyl)
The Heliocentrics - Quatermass Sessions 1 (12")
The Len Bright Combo - The Len Bright Combo
The Lucksmiths - Cartography for Beginners
The Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul (vinyl)
Thee Oh Sees - Singles Collection 3 (vinyl)
Their / They're / There - Analog Weekend (12")
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (reissue) (vinyl)
Tiga Vs Audion - Let's Go Dancing EP (12")
Todd Terje - Spiral (12")
Too Much Joy - Cereal Killers (vinyl)
Toy - Join The Dots
Tuxedomoon - No Tears (12")
Tuxedomoon - Scream With a View (12")
Two Two - Bikini Atoll
Various Artists - 20 Jahre Kompakt/Kollektion 2 (2xLP)
Various Artists - Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes
Various Artists - Angola Soundtrack 2: Hypnosis, Distortions & Other Sonic Innovations 1969-1978 (2xLP)
Various Artists - Boysnoize Presents: A Tribute to Dance Mania (2xLP+CD)
Various Artists - Complete Motown Singles - Vol 12b: 1972
Various Artists - Crystallized - Celebrating 15 Years of Rocket Recordings (2xLP)
Various Artists - I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label, 1951-1983 (4xCD)
Various Artists - L.I.E.S. Presents Music for Shut-Ins (2xCD)
Various Artists - Rainy City Punks (Manchester Punk and Post-Punk Indie Singles) (vinyl)
Various Artists - Rebita 74 (vinyl)
Various Artists - The Best of Jefree's Vol. 1 (2xCD)
Various Artists - The Decca Sound - The Analogue Years (6xLP)
Various Artists - The Music Of Nashville, Season 2, Vol. 1
Various Artists - The Recordings of the Harisis Group from Northern Greece 1933 (7")
Various Artists - Verve: The Sound Of America - The Singles Collection
Various Artists - Young Turks 2013
Vatican Shadow - When You Are Crawling (vinyl)
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (2LP - 45th Anniversary Edition)
Who - Tommy (2xLP)
Workout - Rockit Science
Xasthur - Telepathic With the Desceased (2xLP)

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ANNOUNCING THE 2013 INDUCTEES INTO THE ALBUM COVER HALL OF FAME

as a proud voting member of the Album Cover Hall Of Fame, it is my pleasure to post this.  Mike has done tons of work to the Album Cover Hall of Fame website, please, if you are a fan of album cover art, check out all the links provided and learn more about the medium and the people behind the phenomenon

PRESS RELEASE - DECEMBER 5, 2013

ANNOUNCING THE 2013 INDUCTEES INTO THE ALBUM COVER HALL OF FAME 

SOPHOMORE CLASS OF HONOREES IN THE 7 MAJOR CATEGORIES - AS VOTED ON BY A WORLD-WIDE PANEL OF MUSIC, ART AND MARKETING EXPERTS IN THE AREA OF ALBUM COVER ART 

Portland, OR - based organization selects the designers, illustrators, photographers, art directors and patrons whose works were released between the years 1976 - 1990.

Since officially launching the site last year based on the results from the group's initial survey (album cover designers whose initial efforts were released between the years 1960 - 1975), nearly new 200 biographies were added for consideration by the esteemed panel of writers, music industry leaders and curators of galleries (retail and online) that focus on album cover imagery and, after a research, nominating and voting process that began in August and ended in late November with our final vote, the ACHOF Voting Panel has selected a list of individuals and companies that very clearly represent the best examples of a large number of talented men, women and teams who’ve created and published a huge portfolio of memorable album cover images. This year's Class consists of people who BEGAN their careers in the field during the period we're focusing on this time - 1976 - 1990.

Going forward, the Nominating Panel – currently consisting of experts in the fields of packaging design, illustration, photography and music product marketing – will continue the process each year (beginning in Summer 2014 to nominate the third class of Inductees representing those whose works were published during the period of 1991 – present) by selecting nominees in each of the featured categories for consideration by both that voting body and, ultimately, by registered fans of the ACHOF, and those nominees that receive the most total votes in their respective categories will be inducted.

Once we’ve caught up to present time (i.e., after next year's class is inducted), qualified individuals become eligible for induction 10 years after the publication of their first record album, CD, DVD or digital album cover image.

We’ve divided the Inductees into their respective categories so that you, the fans, can get to know each winner individually and within their group of peers. Please note that some names will be seen in more than one category, as it is that certain individuals serve in more than one role in a project. Inductees are listed alphabetically:


Album Cover Photographers  

Anton Corbijn - notable album cover credits include – Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion, Exciter and Sounds of the Universe; U2 - War, The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree; Bee Gees - One Night Only, Still Waters and Number Ones; Fine Young Cannibals - FYC; REM - Automatic For The People; Art of Noise - Who's Afraid Of? www.corbijn.co.uk

BOB GRUEN - Notable examples of album cover work - KISS - Dressed To Kill; John Lennon John Lennon - Mind Games; Raspberries - Raspberries; Labelle - Labelle; The Clash - Live at Shea Stadium; Roy Buchanan - Roy Buchanan  www.bobgruen.com

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ - Notable album cover credits include - Peter Tosh - Mystic Man; Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual and True Colors; Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. and Tunnel of Love; Patti Smith - Gone Again; Laurie Anderson - In Our Sleep; Tony Bennett - The Art of Excellence; Judy Collins - Portrait of an American Girl; J. Geils Band - Best of the J. Geils Band; Lucinda Williams - West; Paul Anka - Duets www.contactpressimages.com

NEAL PRESTON – Notable album cover credits include – Bruce Springsteen –Live 1975-85 and Streets of Philadelphia; Alice Cooper – Beast of Alice Cooper; Peter Frampton – Peter Frampton and A Day In The Sun; Heart –Passionworks; The Traveling Wilburys – The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1; Captain & Tennille – Song of Joy and Songs Of Joy; Tom Petty – The Live Anthology; Various Artists – Almost Famous and Elizabethtown soundtracks; Billy Joel – A Matter Of Trust; Patty Scialfa – Rumble Doll; Fleetwood Mac – Say You Will and Live In Boston; Stevie Nicks – Trouble In Shangri-La  www.prestonpictures.com

HERB RITTS – Notable album cover credits include – Olivia Newton-John –Physical; Gloria Estefan – Destiny, The Essential Gloria Estefan, Mi Tierra/Destiny; Billy Idol – Whiplash Smile; Warren Zevon – Sentimental Hygiene; Cher – Chronicles; Belinda Carlisle - Runaway Horses; Diana Ross – Love & Life; Madonna – True Blue; Tracy Chapman – Matters of the Heart; James Taylor – Hourglass; Prince – The Hits/The B-Sides www.herbritts.com

PENNIE SMITH – Notable album cover credits include – The Pink Fairies –What A Bunch Of Sweeties; The Clash – London Calling, Combat Rock, The Clash on Broadway and Essential Clash; Robyn Hitchcock – Kershaw Sessions; Andy White – Rave On; The Jam – Jam At The BBC; Various Artists -Sandanista! Project; The Slits - Cut; Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour


Album Cover Illustrators 

HUGH GILMOUR – Notable album covers include – Tony Iommi – Fused; Ian Gillan – Future Shock, Double Trouble and Singles + The Promo Videos; Glenn Hughes – This Time Around; The Bonzo Dog Band – New Tricks; Marillon – This Strange Engine; The Strangles – Sessions; Black Sabbath –Mob Rules, Live Evil and Seventh Star; Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Fear of the Dark; UFO - High Stakes & Dangerous Men; Motorhead - Protect The Innocent www.gilmourdesign.co.uk

PETER LLOYD – Notable album cover work examples – Jefferson Starship –Dragonfly; Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing; Kansas – Song For America and Audio Visions; Graham Central Station – My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me; Ronnie Laws – Pressure Sensitive http://overspraybook.blogspot.com

DAVE MCMACKEN – Notable album cover work – Frank Zappa – Over-nite Sensation and 200 Motels, AC/DC – Ballbreaker, Warrant – Dog Eat Dog, Weather Report –Black Market, The Beatles – Reel Music, Steve Miller – The Joker; Kansas – Leftoverture; Journey - Raised on Radio; The Beach Boys - Friends; Various Artists - Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless) www.mcmackengraphics.com

JAMIE REID – Notable album cover work examples – The Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks…Here’s The Sex Pistols, Anarchy in the U.K., The Great Rock and Roll Swindle and God Save The Queen; Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 1:Sound Magic, Volume 2:Release and Release Remixes, Vol.1; Billy Childish - Thatcher's Children

DEREK RIGGS – Notable album cover art credits include – Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden, Killers, Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Power Slave, Somewhere in Time, Live After Death, No Prayer For The Dying and Brave New World; Stratovarius – Infinite and Elements Pt. 1 & Pt. 2; Budgie – Nightflight; Bruce Dickinson – Accident of Birth; Gamma Ray – Power Plant derek.server311.com

HUGH SYME – Notable album cover credits include – Def Leppard –Retroactive; Megadeth – Countdown To Extinction and Youthanasia; Supertramp – Some Things Never Change; Celine Dion – Live A Paris; Aerosmith – Get A Grip; Rush – All album covers since 1975: Quiet Riot - QRIII; Whitesnake - World Trade, Slip of the Tongue and 1987; The Band - Jericho; Slaughter - Stick It To Ya; Alice Cooper - A Fistful of Alice www.hughsyme.com


Album Cover Designers

MARTYN ATKINS – Notable album cover credits include – Joy Division – Closer; Echo & The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here, Porcupine and Ocean Rain; Depeche Mode – A Broken Frame, Catching Up With Depeche Mode and Music For The Masses; Bee Gees – E.S.P. and One; Jeff Lynne – Armchair Theatre and Long Wave; Tom Petty – Wildflowers and A Higher Place; Johnny Cash – American Recordings and Unchained www.oishiiproductions.com

BARNEY BUBBLES – Notable examples of album cover work include – Hawkwind – Space Ritual; Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True, This Year’s Model, Armed Forces, Get Happy!, Imperial Bedroom and Punch The Clock; Ian Dury – New Boots & Panties and Do It Yourself; The Damned – Music For Pleasure; Graham Parker – Parkerilla; Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill and Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music; Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust www.barneybubbles.com

NICHOLAS (“Nick”) De VILLE – Notable album cover credits include – Roxy Music – The Complete Studio Recordings, The Best of Roxy Music, The Thrill Of It All, Siren, Country Life, Stranded and Roxy Music; King Crimson – USA and The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson; John Wetton – Arkangel and King’s Road 1972-80; Bryan Ferry – Frantic, As Time Goes By, Mamouna, Taxi, In Your Mind and These Foolish Things; Phil Manzanera – Nowomova: Wasted Lands, Live At The Karl Marx, Southern Cross and Guitarissimo; UK – UK www.gold.ac.uk

NICK EGAN – Notable album cover credits include – Bow Wow Wow – Last Of The Mohicans/See Jungle! See Jungle!...; Bob Dylan – Biograph; Ric Ocasek – This Side Of Paradise; Iggy Pop – Blah, Blah, Blah and The Complete A&M Recordings; Psychedelic Furs – Midnight To Midnight; INXS – Kick, X and Live Baby Live; Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album), Greatest and The Singles: 1986-95; The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Guitar Slinger; Tesla - Mechanical Resonance and Psychotic Supper; Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When Its Over; Belinda Carlisle - Live Your Life Be Free www.nickegan.com

MICK HAGGERTY – Notable album cover work examples – David Bowie – Let’s Dance, Never Let Me Down and Tonight, The Police – Ghost In The Machine; Dave Mason – Let It Flow; Jimmy Hendrix - Kiss The Sky; Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow; Gamma - Gamma 2; Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower; Styx - Cornerstone; Electric Light Orchestra - Face The Music; Supertramp – Breakfast In America. www.mickhaggerty.com

PETER SAVILLE – notable album cover credits include – Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures and Closer; New Order – Power, Corruption, Lies and Blue Monday; Pulp – This Is Hardcore and We Love Life; OMD – Dazzle Ships and History of Modern; King Crimson – Discipline; Peter Gabriel – So; Roxy Music – Avalon; David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts; Suede - Beautiful Ones, Coming Up and Head Music www.petersaville.com


Album Cover Art Directors 

MARTYN ATKINS – Notable album cover credits include – Joy Division – Closer; Echo & The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here, Porcupine and Ocean Rain; Depeche Mode – A Broken Frame, Catching Up With Depeche Mode and Music For The Masses; Bee Gees – E.S.P. and One; Jeff Lynne – Armchair Theatre and Long Wave; Tom Petty – Wildflowers and A Higher Place; Johnny Cash – American Recordings and Unchained www.oishiiproductions.com

BARNEY BUBBLES – Notable examples of album cover work include – Hawkwind – Space Ritual; Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True, This Year’s Model, Armed Forces, Get Happy!, Imperial Bedroom and Punch The Clock; Ian Dury – New Boots & Panties and Do It Yourself; The Damned – Music For Pleasure; Graham Parker – Parkerilla; Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill and Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music; Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust  www.barneybubbles.com

NICHOLAS (“Nick”) De VILLE – Notable album cover credits include – Roxy Music – The Complete Studio Recordings, The Best of Roxy Music, The Thrill Of It All, Siren, Country Life, Stranded and Roxy Music; King Crimson – USA and The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson; John Wetton – Arkangel and King’s Road 1972-80; Bryan Ferry – Frantic, As Time Goes By, Mamouna, Taxi, In Your Mind and These Foolish Things; Phil Manzanera – Nowomova: Wasted Lands, Live At The Karl Marx, Southern Cross and Guitarissimo; UK – UK www.gold.ac.uk

NICK EGAN – Notable album cover credits include – Bow Wow Wow – Last Of The Mohicans/See Jungle! See Jungle!...; Bob Dylan – Biograph; Ric Ocasek – This Side Of Paradise; Iggy Pop – Blah, Blah, Blah and The Complete A&M Recordings; Psychedelic Furs – Midnight To Midnight; INXS – Kick, X and Live Baby Live; Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album), Greatest and The Singles: 1986-95; The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Guitar Slinger; Tesla - Mechanical Resonance and Psychotic Supper; Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When Its Over; Belinda Carlisle - Live Your Life Be Free www.nickegan.com

MICK HAGGERTY – Notable album cover work examples – David Bowie – Let’s Dance, Never Let Me Down and Tonight, The Police – Ghost In The Machine; Dave Mason – Let It Flow; Jimmy Hendrix - Kiss The Sky; Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow; Gamma - Gamma 2; Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower; Styx - Cornerstone; Electric Light Orchestra - Face The Music; Supertramp – Breakfast In America. www.mickhaggerty.com

PETER SAVILLE – notable album cover credits include – Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures and Closer; New Order – Power, Corruption, Lies and Blue Monday; Pulp – This Is Hardcore and We Love Life; OMD – Dazzle Ships and History of Modern; King Crimson – Discipline; Peter Gabriel – So; Roxy Music – Avalon; David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts; Suede - Beautiful Ones, Coming Up and Head Music  www.petersaville.com


Individual Achievement Awards (given to people who’ve stepped out of their regular areas of expertise to create a notable record cover)

Included in this category are designers, illustrators, photographers and art directors who, while not working primarily in the music-packaging field, created a memorable album cover. In some cases, the nominee may have had his/her career cut short due to illness or death (a condition that seems to have plagued the burgeoning recorded music industry), while in other examples, an artist’s talents in one specialty were noted and they were then asked to apply those talents in some unique way to an album cover project. In more than one instance, the nominee was a friend/relative/business associate/guru of someone related to the featured musical act and, therefore, entrusted with this important responsibility. Regardless of the circumstances, each nominee has left an indelible mark on the art of the album cover.

CATHERINE KANNER (Illustrator) – Noted album cover work – Bob Dylan – Slow Train Coming (Columbia Records, 1979) www.kannerbook.com

KIRK WEDDLE (Photographer) – Noted album cover work – Nirvana – Nevermind (DGC Records, 1991) www.kirkweddle.com


Record Labels 

In as much as “pop” music in the early days of the Pop/Rock era included musical acts that easily crossed-over from jazz, R&B, country, folk and Rock & Roll to deliver music in many styles to a public hungry for their records, record companies were not eager to be classified and chose to make sure that their cover designs would appeal to a fairly broad audience.

However, many musical artists sought to team with like-minded art directors to create packaging for music that would best-represent their own feelings about how they’d like the buying public to perceive them and their music. Once shown to be effective marketing tools, trend-setting album cover design was embraced by certain record labels, who then – as a prelude to the big-budget video productions of the 1980s and 90s – put significant resources behind these promotional packages. It is the labels that showed this type of forethought that we look to honor in this category.

Name of Label 

CASABLANCA (KISS, Village People, Parliament, others) - www.casablanca-music.com

SIRE (Talking Heads, k.d. lang, Seal, others); now a sub-label of Warner Brothers Records) - www.warnerbrosrecords.com

SUB POP (Sonic Youth, The Postal Service, The Shins, others) - www.subpop.com


MUSICAL ACTS WITH A LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO GREAT ALBUM COVER IMAGERY 

Of course, without the patronage of musical acts and their record labels, there would be no great album cover art, but there were some acts that "got it" better than others and used their cover imagery to both help set the mood for the music packaged inside and build a deeper bond with their fans and potential fans. At times, a great album cover image could be a powerful enticement to shoppers browsing the racks at their favorite record store, whereas some fans of a band viewed them as rewards given to those who had waited patiently for an act's next release.

With the strong connection evident between the visual and aural arts, it only seems natural that musicians would find kindred spirits in the men and women tasked to produce the images for their recorded music.

NAME OF MUSICAL ACT & LINK TO DISCOGRAPHY AS LISTED ON THE ALLMUSIC.COM WEB SITE: 

BJORK

DEPECHE MODE

NIRVANA

THE RAMONES

THE SEX PISTOLS

TALKING HEADS


Please contact Mike Goldstein, Curator, AlbumCoverHallofFame.com with any questions or comments. News stories about album cover art and artists are added 5X per week on our site and on the site's Facebook page found at www.facebook.com/AlbumCoverHallOfFame

Contact(s) - Mike Goldstein, Curator, AlbumCoverHallofFame.com,
Portland, OR 
Email - curator@albumcoverhalloffame.com
Web site - www.albumcoverhalloffame.com
Phone - 971-645-8958 (West Coast)