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Bellringer
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Topic: Cover Art for prog albums Posted: March 25 2010 at 16:46 |
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Quote from The Science Fiction Encyclopedia ed. by Peter Nicholls (1979):
"With SF motifs pervading certain strata of popular music, SF and fantasy art has made formidable appearances on record album sleeves. Here the name of Roger Dean commes immediately to mind; his striking compositions of machine, insect, animal and bone have convincing power."
I've tried this topic before, many moons ago, but didn't get much response, so I'll try again. Dean aside, who are the best prog album cover artists (for artwork, not photography)? Aside from Dean, Rodney Matthews, Patrick Woodroffe and Dave Rowe usually get my vote.
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Epignosis
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Posted: March 25 2010 at 16:51 | |
Paul Whitehead and Storm Thorgerson will definitely get a mention.
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sleeper
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: March 25 2010 at 17:03 | |
Any way, Travis Smith is excellent. Edited by sleeper - March 25 2010 at 17:06 |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: March 25 2010 at 17:36 | |
What do you mean by "best"?
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The Sleepwalker
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 03 2009 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 15141 |
Posted: March 25 2010 at 17:40 | |
Paul Whitehead (Genesis, VDGG, PH) and Alex Gray (Tool).
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Zombywoof
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Posted: March 25 2010 at 18:42 | |
How about Cal Schenkel? (Zappa)
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chefrobb
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Posted: March 25 2010 at 18:53 | |
Paul Whitehead, hands down. He illustrated at least three of the greatest prog albums of all time! Pawn Hearts, Nursery Cryme, and Foxtrot....not to mention Fools Mate, and the sadly lost Shaun Guerin albums.
He is the illustrator of my growing up years....gotta soft spot for his stuff!
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zappaholic
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Posted: March 25 2010 at 19:38 | |
Photography can be considered art.
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Mellotron Storm
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 27 2006 Location: The Beach Status: Offline Points: 13409 |
Posted: March 25 2010 at 22:25 | |
I think my favourite album cover is ALPHATAURUS' debut,especially when you open up the gate fold sleeves and see the whole thing.Incredible ! I don't know who did it though.
I just read Andrea's review of this album and he says it was a painting done by Adriano Marangoni. And come to think of it there are a number of album covers that are from actual paintings. Edited by sinkadotentree - March 25 2010 at 22:33 |
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NJCat_11
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Posted: March 25 2010 at 22:31 | |
Mark Wilkinson has done many album covers, especially for Marillion.
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InfiniteWake
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Posted: March 25 2010 at 22:36 | |
Jef Bertels gets a vote for me. He does the Ayreon artwork, which I think is rather stellar.
http://www.jefbertels.be/ |
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A Person
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Posted: March 25 2010 at 23:29 | |
I thought photography was an art. I think the OP meant hand drawn artwork. |
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tszirmay
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Posted: March 26 2010 at 00:29 | |
Peter Cross did some fine work for Anthony Phillips
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progkidjoel
Prog Reviewer Joined: March 02 2009 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 19643 |
Posted: March 26 2010 at 00:32 | |
Mark Wilkinson did Marillion's early albums and Fish's solo albums, some of his are amazing:
Toby Driver from Kayo Dot has also made some amazing art: Edited by progkidjoel - March 26 2010 at 00:33 |
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yanch
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Posted: March 26 2010 at 06:22 | |
H.R. Gigiers cover for ELP's Brain Salad Surgery is amazing. It's only one cover, but it is one of the all time classics.
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sleeper
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: March 26 2010 at 06:52 | |
I know that, but if you read the OP you will notice he said "not photography".
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Raff
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Posted: March 26 2010 at 06:59 | |
I have a particular liking for the work of Jeff Jordan, who did the covers for the last three Mars Volta albums. Though I understand it can be a bit of an acquired taste, I find his brightly-coloured, surrealistic style very intriguing.
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friso
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 24 2007 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 2506 |
Posted: March 26 2010 at 10:48 | |
I totally agree! I've got a vinyl reissue with the double gate fold sleeves and the work looks amazing! The colors are better then on the PA preview. |
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Gerinski
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Barcelona Spain Status: Offline Points: 5154 |
Posted: March 26 2010 at 16:18 | |
For those interested in the Roger Dean artwork, in this site you can find a nice collection, they are downloadable and in a size and resolution good enough for wallpaper.
(it's not me who put them there)
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The Quiet One
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 16 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 15745 |
Posted: March 26 2010 at 16:37 | |
Despite how much I dislike the music of Mastodon, these done by Paul Romano are some of the best 00's cover artwork I've ever seen.
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