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Album wrapper6/14/2023 For the iconic album cover design was responsible Acy R. What they were interested in was on the periphery, under the skin of the dominant, over-optimistic vision of the world. Their debut album entitled Velvet Underground & Nico is a raw playing, full of dirt fascination – not only the sonic one. Musically and in terms of image, Lou Reed and company did not fit the summer of love vibe. But neither the album itself nor the hype around it made an impression on the sad young men from NYC. ![]() Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in May, is a good example of it. The cover design of the Beatles‘ album Sgt. The year 1967 in Western pop culture was an era of exuberant, colourful, and overloaded hippie baroque. ![]() One thing is clear: when writing about iconic album cover designs, I have to start with this one. ![]() When did album covers (or at least some of them) stop being banal dust jackets in 33 × 33 cm format (later 12 × 12 cm), and started to function as manifestos, comments on everyday life, symbols of political or moral opposition? It’s difficult to pinpoint one specific moment.
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