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Album Art-The Stories Behind Music's Iconic Album Covers
Album Art-The Stories Behind Music's Iconic Album Covers-takes a deep dive into the history of iconic album cover art. Images and additional information on Rolling Stones albums may be found at https://iorr.org/albums/. Find album art images at discogs.com by searching the album title. Look for a new episode each Friday.
Album Art-The Stories Behind Music's Iconic Album Covers
Load--Metallica
It looks like a lava lamp had a nervous breakdown. But the truth behind Load’s cover art is even weirder—it’s a cocktail of blood, semen, and photographic lightboxes courtesy of shock artist Andres Serrano. Metallica said yes to all of that and a redo of their look. This episode tells the story of an abstract controversial album cover that may take the back seat in controversy to a band photo on the rear cover. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We’d love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com, or check out our Spotify Song List with a track from each album we’ve covered:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NrDU39yE9CJcHU6YJT8jj?si=Y1JAE4LWTDmKEDE9QGlB2A&pi=ly2xwE-ERRu-2