Any Major Dude With Half A Heart

I cannot claim to be highly original when I big up the cover of The Clash’s 1979 London Calling double-album. It appears to features in every list of best cover art in rock. Still, the series is about my favourite covers, the kind of LP sleeves I’d display on my wall. If my taste coincides with received wisdom, who am I to rebel against universal acclaim. Unlike the previous covers I discussed, the musical content of this one leaves me mostly cold. Oh, I do realise the significance and applaud the righteousness and all that. But I’m not a great Clash fan, and the album…hmmm…well, I don’t hate it. Read more…

The cover of The Nightfly is my default answer when the question of favourite LP sleeves comes up. I’m not sure whether it actually is my favourite (how can there be just one anyway), but it is not a false answer either. Read more…

A new year, and a new series. Here I plan to visit album covers which I like. I have no idea if they are the best ever — an entirely subjective game anyway — but the featured covers will have made some kind of impression on me. To limit things further, I think I’ll feature only cover art of albums I actually own. We kick things off with Johnny Cash. Read more…