By Jenna Dreisenstock
An album’s artwork is what makes the first impression of a new release, even though it’s definitely unfair to ‘judge a book by its cover’. We can’t assume what the tracks of the album sound like just by it’s album art, however the artwork is the most eye-catching part of the release. The artwork doesn’t determine the quality of the album – the visual art of the music world plays an integral part of catching a listener’s eye though: and can often lead to new discoveries for those who have a keen eye for different art styles.
We have collected just a few of our favourite album artworks from this year; showing the 20 eye-catching pieces we personally find intriguing. If we are unable to find an artists credit, please let us know if you recognise the work and can give us the artist’s name.
Daedelus – ‘Taut‘
Artwork Credit: Debbie Cho
Iglooghost – ‘Steel Mogu‘
Artwork Credit: Seamus Malliagh
Chrome Sparks – ‘What’s It Gonna Take‘ single
Artwork Credit: Tonje Thilesen
Cruel Diagonals – ‘Disambiguation‘
Artwork Credit: Unknown Artist
Ground Tactics – ‘Imaterial Breath‘
Artwork Credit: Unknown Artist
Masayoshi Fujita – ‘Book of Life‘
Artwork Credit: Photography by Karl Blossfeldt.
Design by Bernd Kuchenbeisern. Portrait by Patricia Haas.
Son Lux – ‘Brighter Wounds‘
Artwork Credit: The Made Shop
Laurel Halo – ‘Raw Silk Uncut Wood
Artwork Credit: Jill Mulleady
Deadly Avenger – ‘The Girl With The White Orchid‘
Artwork Credit: Unkown Artist
Lotic – ‘Power‘
Artwork Credit: Matt Lambert
Kimbra – ‘Primal Heart‘
Artwork Credit: Unknown Artist
Peggy Gou – ‘Once‘
Artwork Credit – Jee-ook Choi
Lykke Li – ‘so sad so sexy‘
Artwork Credit: Unknown Artist
VHS Dreams – ‘Lost World‘
Artwork Credit: George Dervenagas
SOPHIE – ‘Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides‘
Artwork Credit: Unknown Artist
OKZharp and Mathe Ribane – ‘Closer / Apart‘
Artwork Credit: Unknown Artist
Let’s Eat Grandma – ‘I’m All Ears‘
Artwork Credit: Unknown Artist
CECILIA – ‘Descente Ferme‘
Artwork Credit: Stefan Schwartzman
Syclops – ‘Pink Eye‘
Artwork Credit: Karo Brandi
Simian Mobile Disco – ‘Murmurations‘
Artwork Credit: Unknown Artist
It was more of a struggle than expected to find the names of the artists responsible for these amazing album covers – if anyone has knowledge of any of the artists we’ve missed please let us know! I hope you enjoyed our list.
