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Album cover of the week: Fair Warning

Chris Holmes
posted on September 22, 2008February 10, 2015
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One look at the grim and violent imagery on 1981’s Fair Warning, and you know that this isn’t your typical Van Halen album. In truth, Eddie Van Halen almost quit the band prior to its

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Album cover of the week: Aja

Chris Holmes
posted on September 8, 2008February 10, 2015
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(March 2011 update — Greetings Reddit users! Feel free to stick around, just remember to use a coaster.) Steely Dan consistently suffered from some of the ugliest artwork of the ’70s, but

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Album Cover of the Week: Peter Gabriel (Car)

Chris Holmes
posted on September 1, 2008February 10, 2015
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This week's album cover spotlight shines on the debut album from former Genesis frontman Peter

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Album cover of the week: Down on the Upside

Chris Holmes
posted on August 25, 2008February 10, 2015
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Chris Holmes looks at one of his favorite album covers, the 1996 Soundgarden release "Down on the

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Album cover of the week: Equinox

Chris Holmes
posted on August 18, 2008February 10, 2015
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Although Styx is now shorthand among music snobs for cheesy ’70s arena rock (heavy on the syrupy ballads, please), there was a time that this wasn’t so. Released before they broke big

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Album cover of the week: Tiptoe Tapdance

Chris Holmes
posted on August 11, 2008February 10, 2015
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While he doesn’t get the widespread acclaim of jazz pianists like Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, or Dave Brubeck, Hank Jones has nonetheless been producing music of a high caliber for decades.

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Album cover of the week: Go 2

Chris Holmes
posted on July 28, 2008February 10, 2015
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Our friends at Hipgnosis return with another memorable entry. But whereas their last appearance here was all about a striking and surreal image, this week is just the opposite – no image at

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Album Cover of the Week: Leviathan

Chris Holmes
posted on July 21, 2008February 10, 2015
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The cover to Mastodon's Leviathan album takes its rightful place among the best in metal. And among the best covers showing killer sea

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Album cover of the week: A Day in the Life

Chris Holmes
posted on July 14, 2008February 10, 2015
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An album cover doesn’t have to be pretty to be great. And that’s certainly the case with jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery’s A Day in the Life, released in 1967. I’m not

Album cover of the week: Fair Warning

Album cover of the week: Aja

Album Cover of the Week: Peter Gabriel (Car)

Album cover of the week: Down on the Upside

Album cover of the week: Equinox

Album cover of the week: Tiptoe Tapdance

Album cover of the week: Go 2

Album Cover of the Week: Leviathan

Album cover of the week: A Day in the Life

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