KMFDM + Aidan "Brute!" Hughes



KMFDM, an industrial rock band, has a long-standing relationship with commercial artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes, who creates the artwork adorning almost all of the band's albums and singles, which has been called "one of rock music's most memorable cover art collections".
All of his work, which has been called "striking", shares a distinct visual style inspired by Golden Age comic artists, Russian Constructivists, Italian Futurists, and woodcut artists. In an interview with Sherwin, Hughes stated, "KMFDM have cornered the market in industrial post-modern angst and so my work reflects that." Hughes said that initially he based his work on the music, which caused "artistic block". Later, however, Konietzko gave him more freedom to use whatever themes he wished.

Suede - Suede (1993)

Before the album was released, the band half seriously considered titles of Half Dog, Animal Lover and I Think You Stink, all were rejected in favour of Suede.The gender-ambiguous cover art provoked some controversy in the press, prompting Anderson to comment, "I chose it because of the ambiguity of it, but mostly because of the beauty of it." The cover image of the androgynous kissing couple was taken from the 1991 book Stolen Glances: Lesbians Take Photographs edited by Tessa Boffin and Jean Fraser. The photograph was taken by Tee Corinne and in its entirety shows a woman kissing an acquaintance in a wheelchair.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)

The album's iconic cover was a collaboration between Mangum and R.E.M.'s staff designer, Chris Bilheimer. The general design reflects the taste of Mangum: Bryan Poole said that "Mangum was always into that old-timey, magic, semi-circus, turn-of-the-century, penny arcade kind of imagery." One particular piece Mangum showed to Bilheimer was an old European postcard with an image of people bathing at a resort, which was then cropped and altered for the cover. Bilheimer also designed a broadsheet-style lyrics sheet for the album.

The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

Maybe it was youthful exuberance or perhaps it was the fact that the band itself was not pulling all the strings, Three Imaginary Boys is not only a very strong debut. The Cure leader Robert Smith has voiced many times over his mixed feelings about the record, most notably the cover art (the three "representative" appliances on the cover, the lack of a real track listing -- all the songs are represented with arty type pictures -- and in no real order) and the production, which at times is admittedly a little muddy, but even that lends it a certain youthful charm.

The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)

For a limited time period, Things Fall Apart was made available with a choice of five different front covers. One such cover displays a photograph taken during a riot in the Civil Rights Movement era. In the stark black-and-white photo, riot police are seen chasing two black teenagers on the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 1961. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford-Stuyvesant#1960s_and_1970s )

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Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation (2008)

Radio Retaliation is the fifth studio album of electronica band Thievery Corporation. The album was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Recording Package. The album cover shows a photograph of the Mexican rebel Subcomandante Marcos.

Co takhle trochu Francie? Air a jejich třetí studiovka 10 000 Hz legend.



Retro sci-fi atmosféra obrazu; hravý a dekorativní, ale přesto stále dobře čitelný popis. Dělali to Åbäke a Ora-Ïto.

Queen - News of the world (1977)

The album's cover was a painting by American sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas. Roger Taylor had an issue of Astounding Science Fiction (October 1953) whose cover-art depicted a giant intelligent robot holding the dead body of a man. The painting inspired the band to contact Freas, who agreed to alter the painting for their album cover, by replacing the single dead man with the four "dead" band members (Taylor and Deacon falling to the ground). The inner cover (gatefold) has the robot extending its hand to snatch up the petrified fleeing audience in the shattered auditorium where the corpses were removed.

How To Destroy Angels - How To Destroy Angels (2010)

The artwork for the release was created by Mark Weaver, under art direction by Rob Sheridan. Sheridan stated that the choice for Weaver was to make the release as visually distinct as possible from Nine Inch Nails.

The Black Keys - Brothers (2010)

The album was designed by Michael Carney, the brother of drummer Patrick Carney. In 2011, Michael won the Grammy Award for Best Album Package. The album is littered with messages that identify everything, such as the front saying, "This is an album by The Black Keys. The name of this album is Brothers". This was to pay homage to the front cover design of Howlin' Wolf's 1969 album, The Howlin' Wolf Album, which reads, "This is Howlin' Wolf's new album..."

V roce 2009 u X Production vyšlo comebackové album Ave Agony české kapely Vanessa. Jeho obal kompletně řešil Adolf Lachman.



Vanessa vždy tematizovala zlo a na této desce to není jinak. Znetvořená ruka v gestu "viktorky" získává zajímavé konotace zejména, když si uvědomíme, že obal byl k vidění ve veřejném prostoru přesně dvacet let po sametové revoluci.