May162008
Cover Stories, Old and New »
Khoi Vinh looks at album covers from early and late in various artists’ careers. Contains gems like his commentary on the cover of U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb:
Four aging rock ’n’ roll multi-millionaires who can’t even be bothered to stand up for their cover shoot? It’s a far cry from the urgent, direct and still riveting portrait that adorned their 1983 album “War.” Based on this, I expect the art for their next release will show them all napping, fully reclined in diamond-studded La-Z-Boy chairs.
Reblogged from whitneymcn on tumblr.