Album Art-The Stories Behind Music's Iconic Album Covers

Send us Fan Mail Thank god, they decided to take the piss instead of putting band members in lingerie drag on this cover. If the monolith was his headstone the cover could not scream Stanley Kubrick more clearly. This is a story you gotta hear. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com or check o...

Send us Fan Mail Elton was already a friend of Dorothy and he can be seen embracing his authentic self in the vibrant theatrical imagery of this album cover. This is the album that catapulted John into the stratosphere he still orbits in today as the world's 36th most streamed musical act. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from...

Send us Fan Mail The Beastie Boys borrowed a lot more than props to make this album that only got better with age because it had to. They created and preserved the quintessential NYC corner store one day without permission, of course. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com or check our Spotify...

Send us Fan Mail You've waited 16 years for this and neither the cover art nor the music will disappoint. This is the cure for what ails you if you need to contemplate the other side of joy. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com or check our Spotify Song List with a song from each album...

Send us Fan Mail The origins of this cover go back to 1899. The original round sleeve was the idea of the Stones' original manager, The Small Faces appear as Kings on the cover. Want the story of these East End oiks? We've got it right here. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail You saw Spinal Tap, right? Did you know they were doing a tribute to an actual album called Smell the Glove? Hear the story of the famous all-black album that inspired the Beatles, Metallica and others. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Hendrix planned the album cover meticulously. At least four versions were used, none of them paid any attention to Jimi. One cover had 19 naked women and one of them may be your mom. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Why did Axl pay such big bucks for images he could have had for free? What is that Raphaelite scribe on the cover writing? We'd still like to know the answer to that one, but all the rest of the story we have for you here. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail This is probably the kreepiest kover we have unkovered. Good news, the little girl is okay, we have found her alive and well. You want this story. Grab a kopy and listen along with us. Questions, komments, rekommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Alf and his dwarf twin, a juggler, a strongman, Zazel Wild, a photographer, and an assistant pile into a limo. They head to Sniffen Court in New York City. There they stage a circus scene straight out of a Fellini movie with a cab driver they hailed along the way. The result? The only Doors album without a band member on it. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comment...

Send us Fan Mail You gotta hear the story behind the album cover for this Tod Rundgren produced parody of Bruce Springsteen designed by the comic book artist Richard Corben. It is a keeper. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail  Louisa Livingstone? Your photos are ready. Discover the story behind the album that gave birth to heavy metal—and the haunting album cover that helped bring it to life. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail C'est notre lettre d'amour à notre inexplicablement grand nombre d'auditeurs en France! When Gozilla says have Fortitude, everyone should listen. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive into the controversy surrounding AI-generated art and its role in the creation of Deicide's Banished by Sin album cover. We'll explore the tension between artistic tradition and emerging technologies, raising questions about creativity, authenticity, and the future of album art (ChatGPT). Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments,...

Send us Fan Mail A bowl of weed, not a pipe, a big bowl, led to this controversial toilet bowl cover-two and a half years before The Stones repeated that faux pas. The Mamas & Papas shenanigans make Fleetwood Mac look like Quakers. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Can you imagine handling an album off and on over about 25 years without knowing it was your face on the cover? It's true. It happened. Get the story of Rio. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail This cover has been called the Mona Lisa of Album Covers and that may be no exaggeration. And to think it is all owed to a rice cooker. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Here is the long-awaited second part of guest star Ken Orth's who's who on the cover of Sgt. Pepper. This you do not want to miss. We are in negotiation for third part on the making of the cover display. Click for image https://www.integral-domain.org/rgriffiths/sgtpepper/sgt.php Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love t...

Send us Fan Mail How long can a train wreck last? This one has been going on for 12,442 days at least. Hear our three-part story of this threesome cover art story as Jane's Addiction third break-up is in the news. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Okay, Swifties, it is your turn. This is the story of the cover where Taylor risked her country career and was born again as a popstar in this tribute to the 1980s. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Surprise, surprise, there is a big yellow tombstone where a seascape was supposed to be. We'd fix it but we're out of time. This is the cover story. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail They're getting the band back together, suspiciously timed to coincide with this podcast. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail This cover was a darling of the Parents Music Resource Center and the parents advisory was the best advertising that could have ever been invented for teens. Many suggest the cover predicted an event that occurred 6,809 days later. This is the cover story. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecove...

Send us Fan Mail American Idiot re-invented Green Day as one of the most important bands in the country and the cover was no small part in that do-over. It took 30 minutes to create, showing the world how punks do it and they owe it all to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail "Like I told you, what I said, steal your face right off your head."This equipment identifier became a Mt Rushmore band logo long before it was an album cover.  Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com