Research Catalog

Title

100 best album covers / compiled and written by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell ; design Richard Evans, Storm Thorgerson and Peter Curzon ; research Jill Wetton and Polly Thomas.

Author

Thorgerson, Storm, 1944-

Publication

London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, 1999.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Powell, Aubrey

Description

160 p. : col. ill., ports; 31 cm.

Summary

Depicts innovative album covers and includes details on the stories behind each image.

Alternative Title

One hundred best album covers

Subject

• Sound recordings > Album covers
• Rock music > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Abraxas -- The Amazing Adventures Of Simon Simon -- Agharta -- Aoxomoxoa -- Appare -- Bang Up To Date With The Popinjays -- Bettenchi -- Between Tides -- Big Science -- Blind Faith -- Brain Salad Surgery -- Bossanova -- Breakfast In America -- Special Packaging / Storm Thorgerson -- A Broken Frame -- Bummed -- Candy-O -- Celestial -- Cheap Thrills -- Chrome -- Closer -- Country Life -- Crush -- The Dark Side Of The Moon -- A Different Kind Of Tension -- Power, Respect, And Lunch / John Berg -- Distinguishing Marks -- The Division Bell -- Doc At The Radar Station -- Do It Yourself -- Dragon Fly -- Down On The Farm -- The Edgar Winter Band With Rick Derringer -- The End Of The Beginning -- The Fat Of The Land -- Fear Of Music -- Free -- Gamma 2 -- Designing A Cover / Storm Thorgerson -- Goodbye Jumbo -- Hank Mobley -- Hapshash And The Coloured Coat -- The Hissing Of Summer Lawns -- Home Is In Your Head -- Horses -- How To Be A Zillionaire! -- Houses Of The Holy -- Hub-Tones --^
• In No Sense? Nonsense! -- Invisible Storm -- Drawing Boards For Sale / Rob O'Connor -- It's A Beautiful Day -- Kings Of Noise -- The Last Testament -- Lenox Avenue Breakdown -- Liquid Love -- Licensed To Ill -- Little Johnny C -- Look Sharp! -- London Calling -- Love -- Lovesexy -- Mahler -- 9th Symphony -- Mermaid Boulevard -- Box Sets ... With Albums Too! / Richard Evans -- Modern Life Is Rubbish -- Music For Pleasure -- Music Of Quality And Distinction, Vol. 2 -- Never A Dull Moment -- Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols -- Nevermind -- Nightclubbing -- Night Dreamer -- Nothing's Shocking -- Odelay -- Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake -- House Style / Jon Wozencroft -- The Original Soundtrack -- The Pacific Age -- Peter Gabriel -- Pin Ups -- La Pistola y El Corazon -- Post -- Power Corruption & Lies -- Presence -- The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators -- Remote Control -- Road Song -- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- See Jungle! See Jungle! ... --^
• Self Portrait -- Seven Seven Seven -- Some Girls -- The Annual Grammy Awards / Aubrey Powell -- Sticky Fingers -- Strange Days -- Tales From Topographic Oceans -- Their Satanic Majesties Request -- This Is Hardcore -- Trans-Europe Express -- Tribute -- Two Virgins -- The Velvet Underground & Nico -- Wish You Were Here -- Weasels Ripped My Flesh -- Wow -- You Never Know.

ISBN

• 0751307831
• 0751307068 (pbk)

OCLC

• 41925647
• SCSB-12095100

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library