I͟v͟an G͟r͟aziani - I lupi (Full Album) 1977
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The cover is by Tanino Liberatore, from Abruzzo like Ivan and a great comic book artist.
Some details clearly refer to tracks on the record: "Motocross," "I lupi," perhaps also "Lugano addio" in reference to the lake (albeit of blood).
Ivan's face is statue-like, from his eye emerges the motorcycle (cross), and some "hair" are branches: a great cover! And a great album!
 
Pink Floyd - The Endless River [Full Album Stream]
Perhaps the cover isn't really ugly, but many have pointed out that it looks like any of the "Watchtower" magazine covers of the Jehovah's Witnesses... they probably aren't entirely wrong!
 
PFM Passpartu
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The album might not be much, but Pazienza's touch is always noticeable.
 
1985 Canale34 TeleNapoli lsabella Teodosio 10 gennaio
They don't make films like this anymore...
 
Nirvana - Nevermind [full album 1991]
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The album certainly doesn’t need an introduction, nor does the cover.
I will say only this: the idea of Kurt Cobain represented on the cover was to summarize what society expects from each human being, that is, to spend their entire life chasing money, from birth to the grave.
The child in question, Spencer Elden, has since grown up, sued the band for sexual exploitation and child pornography, citing emotional distress, loss of earning capacity, as well as "loss of enjoyment of life": draw your own conclusions...
 
Aeroplanitaliani - Zitti zitti (Il silenzio è d'oro) {Sanremo 1992}
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And with this, I bid you goodnight from the time machine...
 
Led Zeppelin 1973 Houses Of The Holy
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When, on March 28, 1973, Led Zeppelin fans rushed into stores to buy the band's latest work, Houses of the Holy, they could only stand in awe and amazement at the cover — mystical, enigmatic, yet visually intuitive at the same time. But one couldn't expect anything less. It was designed by one of the most famous studios of all time, Hipgnosis.
When Led Zeppelin contacted the studio's partners, Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell (who was responsible for the cover, since Thorgerson was fired after a disagreement with the band), a creative process began that led to the development of one of the most famous album covers ever.
The initial ideas were actually three:
- sculpting the ZoSo symbol on the Nazca lines, the Peruvian plateau famous for its “drawings” in the desert;
- immortalizing an electromagnetic tennis court with a racket;
- drawing inspiration from the science fiction novel Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke, in which children emerge from the earth, heading toward space, enveloped in a shining light.
The latter idea appealed to the group, but to realize it, they needed children. Powell, who took charge of the operations, found a family with two young siblings (Stefan and Samantha Gates).
The album was set to be released in early 1973, so the process needed to be expedited. Led Zeppelin therefore gave the Hipgnosis studio a free hand and, importantly, established an unlimited budget.
However, the tight timelines forced Powell to change locations: from Peru to Ireland. The result remained astonishing. The chosen site had nothing to envy from the Peruvian landscape. The photo shoot took place at the Giant’s Causeway, a breathtaking formation of more than 40,000 basalt columns!
Legend has it that this path, located in County Antrim, was created by a giant named Finn McCool, who had to travel to Scotland to fight against his rival, the other giant Benandonner. In Scotland, there is a similar formation: Fingal’s Cave. For those who don’t believe in myths and legends, the explanation is a powerful volcanic explosion from tens of millions of years ago.
The photo shoot lasted ten days, with the weather not being very favorable for the photographer. The rain was incessant, so they decided to shoot in black and white. Later, color would be added. Today, the cover depicts the children painted in colors different from those initially imagined due to an error by the graphic designer, who accidentally spilled magenta color over their images, but this nonetheless found approval from the band.
What we see on the cover are thirty overlapping shots that create a single image of the