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A baby boy swims under cool, blue water, a one dollar bill dangling on a fish hook just in front him. If this image sounds vaguely familiar, it’s because you very well might have seen it before.

There’s something about these 80s album covers that just sticks with us. Whether it’s their sex appeal, their boundary-breaking nature, or their trend-setting illustrations, these covers would look ...

When it came time to decide the cover image for Wet Leg's sophomore album, the British indie rock band packed items that might provide inspiration — velvet worms sewn by guitarist Hester Chambers, an ...

Award-winning singer and songwriter Taylor Swift doesn’t just release iconic hits; her artistic flair stretches to her album cover art too. Unsurprisingly, cover art plays a part in the marketing of ...

Cover Me is a column highlighting the stories behind great album covers, as told to Grant Sharples by the artists and bands who made them. Nearly every one of Joyce Manor’s album covers contains what ...

At latest count, there were 11 different CD editions and eight different vinyl editions released of the album. The number of exclusive digital-download deluxe versions, meanwhile, grew by the day ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...