The cover for Def Leppard 's breakthrough 1983 album, Pyromania, came about because their manager wanted to move away from typical hard-rock album art.

Many of the rapper’s album covers have been inspired by what their parents listened to during their childhood. Many of the covers interpolate popular jazz or R&B albums from the ‘70s and ‘80s.

An artist known for creating some iconic album covers is paying tribute to the brand logos that inspired him as a designer. His work is being shown in a new exhibition in Chelsea called &#34 ...

That happened a few years back, when Chronicle Books put out Blue Note: The Album Cover Art, edited by Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham. Now, a second volume has been released. Judging from the albums ...

But a new 2 volume set of album cover art has raised the bar much higher. It’s called Jazz Covers: From the 1940s to the 1990s Taschen, the high-end art publisher, has a reputation for first class ...

Def Leppard revealed artwork and track Listing for 2015's self-titled album.

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This extends to album cover art, which leads to finished covers that never get used as highlighted here. Hip-hop's direct ties to the art world have only strengthened over the last decade.

In the age of albums— before streaming and singles became all the rage—artists put a lot of work into what their album covers looked like.