Who designed the cover of the album The Velvet Underground & Nico?
"replaced them with garbage cans brought in from outside. Her rhythms, at once simple and exotic (influenced by the likes of Babatunde Olatunji and Bo Diddley records), became a vital part of the group's music, despite Cale's initial objections to the presence of a female drummer. The group earned a regular paying gig at the Café Bizarre and gained an early reputation as a promising ensemble. In 1965, after being introduced to the Velvet Underground by filmmaker Barbara Rubin, Andy Warhol became the band's manager and suggested they use the German-born singer Nico (born Christa Päffgen) on several songs. Warhol's"
"mobile discothèque business (STOY, Inc.), he became involved in New York's vibrant art scene. Andy Warhol mentioned to Dolph that he had discovered a rock band he thought should make a record. That band was The Velvet Underground. Dolph bought studio time and oversaw the recording and the remix of the album that went on to become ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’. The album jacket features a banana picture created by Andy Warhol, and is one of the most recognized album jackets of all time. The album however, was not initially destined for fame. It was originally presented by Dolph"
"to the attention of Andy Warhol. One of Warhol's first contributions was to integrate them into the Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Warhol's associates inspired many of Reed's songs as he fell into a thriving, multifaceted artistic scene. Reed rarely gave an interview without paying homage to Warhol as a mentor. Warhol pushed the band to take on a chanteuse, the German former model and singer Nico. Despite his initial resistance, Reed wrote several songs for Nico to sing, and the two were briefly lovers. ""The Velvet Underground & Nico"" reached No. 171 on the charts. ""Rolling Stone"" listed it as the"
"documents of the pop art era. In 2001, the United States Postal Service used one of Billy Name's portraits of Warhol when it issued a commemorative stamp of the artist. Name also collaborated with Shepard Fairey with his photograph of Nico, singer with the Velvet Underground and part of the social circle of Warhol's Factory. He photographed the covers for the Velvet Underground's ""White Light/White Heat"" and their eponymous third album as well as the photographs in the gatefold sleeve for ""The Velvet Underground and Nico"" (in collaboration with fellow Warhol associate Nat Finkelstein). The origin of Linich's assumption of"
"crucial element of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia performance art show. Warhol, with Paul Morrissey, acted as the band's manager, introducing them to Nico (who would perform with the band at Warhol's request). While managing The Velvet Underground, Andy would have them dressed in all black to perform in front of movies that he was also presenting. In 1966 he ""produced"" their first album ""The Velvet Underground & Nico"", as well as providing its album art. His actual participation in the album's production amounted to simply paying for the studio time. After the band's first album, Warhol and band leader"
"was made by fashion photographer Ellen von Unwerth, who stated that Rihanna was looking to create ""something a bit new for the look of the album."" Von Unwerth, who has also shot other album covers such as ""The Velvet Rope"" (1997) by Janet Jackson, ""Back to Basics"" (2006) by Christina Aguilera, and ""Blackout"" (2007) by Britney Spears, went on to say that Rihanna was involved in every aspect of the shoot and was ready to push content boundaries. The album cover was released on October 27, 2009 and features Rihanna in a moody, contemplative pose wearing a leather top with"
"Verse"", and an earlier working title of ""Sappy""—before eventually settling on ""In Utero"". The final title was taken from a poem written by Courtney Love. The art director for ""In Utero"" was Robert Fisher, who had designed all of Nirvana's releases on DGC. Most of the ideas for the artwork for the album and related singles came from Cobain. Fisher recalled that ""[Cobain] would just give me some loose odds and ends and say 'Do something with it.'"" The cover of the album is an image of a Transparent Anatomical Manikin, with angel wings superimposed. Cobain created the collage on"
"Nico Christa Päffgen (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, musician, model, and actress. She had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's ""La Dolce Vita"" (1960) and Andy Warhol's ""Chelsea Girls"" (1966). With the insistence of Warhol, she recorded vocals for three songs of the Velvet Underground's debut album ""The Velvet Underground & Nico"" (1967). At the same time, she started a solo career and released ""Chelsea Girl"". Nico's friend Jim Morrison suggested that she start writing her own material. She then composed songs on an harmonium, a"
"Endless River"" and overseeing the cover for Pink Floyd member David Gilmour's solo album ""Rattle That Lock"". Aubrey Powell (designer) Aubrey ""Po"" Powell (born 23 September 1946) co-founded the album cover design company Hipgnosis with Storm Thorgerson in 1967. The company ran successfully for 15 years until 1982. Hipgnosis created some of the most innovative and surreal record cover art of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for many of the most famous rock bands of the era including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Yes, Genesis, 10cc, Peter Gabriel, Bad Company, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Scorpions, Styx, Syd Barrett, and"
"have been thought to be a reference to the cover art of ""The Velvet Underground & Nico"", designed by Warhol. Guilbert also noted that during this particular scene, Stefano looked like ""a cross between Andy Warhol's fetish actor Joe Dallesandro and Iggy Pop""; Dallesandro himself was allegedly approached by Madonna's people to do a cameo but declined the offer. Guilbert also pointed out the scenes of Madonna driving the Mercedes as a direct reference to Visconti's works; ""She likes Visconti so much (even more than Fellini) that it is possible to wonder whether her tributes to Marlene Dietrich are not"
"to describe his music as ""punk rock"".<ref name=""Essor-Winston (Sanders/Punk)""></ref> The Velvet Underground, whose roster included Lou Reed, are now generally considered the foremost experimental rock group of the period. At the time of recording their first album, they were involved with Andy Warhol, who produced some its tracks, and his assemblage of ""scenesters"" at the Factory, including model-turned-singer Nico. She briefly accompanied them on the resulting album, ""The Velvet Underground & Nico"". The album's lyrics, though generally apolitical, depict the world of hard drugs in songs such as ""I'm Waiting for the Man"" and ""Heroin"", and other topics considered taboo"
"18,000 entrants, he won first prize in a highly lucrative competition for the front page photo of the ""Frankfurter Illustrierten Zeitung"". After moving to Berlin he had his first solo exhibition, in November 1954, and was praised by the critic Friedrich Luft. Also in Berlin he discovered the singer Nico, later famous with The Velvet Underground, and launched her career as a photographic model. Through publication of his work in many high-class magazines Herbert Tobias had become by 1956 an established figure in German fashion. His contacts in the worlds of fashion and film led in the following years to"
"the Mountain label depicted almost certainly as ""spacemen"" or possibly religious figures in the typical early Petagno style, fabulously exotic outfits and suits or armour. Joe Petagno Joe Petagno (born January 1, 1948) is an American artist known principally for creating images used on rock album covers for bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Nazareth, Sweet, Motörhead, Roy Harper, Marduk, Bal-Sagoth, Autopsy, Attick Demons, Illdisposed and Sodom. Petagno was born in Portland, Maine and left the United States in 1972. He worked with Hipgnosis before meeting Motörhead's Lemmy in 1975, he designed ""War-Pig"" (a.k.a. Snaggletooth, The Iron Boar, The"
"credits from members of the band. The song ""I'll Keep It with Mine"", which is included on the album, was written by Bob Dylan; the album contains three songs by Jackson Browne, who contributes guitar to the album. After collaborating as a singer with the Velvet Underground on their debut ""The Velvet Underground & Nico"" (recorded during 1966, released in March 1967), Warhol superstar Nico toured with the band in Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable (EPI) multimedia roadshow. Before the EPI came to an end in 1967, Nico took up residence in a New York City coffeehouse as a solo"
"of B-sides, demos, remixes and rarities from the era. The album sleeve was designed by Mark Farrow and Pet Shop Boys. The tick on the cover is made up of eleven coloured squares. It was inspired by German artist Gerhard Richter (who is referenced in the album's opening track, ""Love Etc.""), specifically his 4900 exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery and the stained glass window in Cologne Cathedral. The album's cover was nominated in the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards shortlist in the Graphics category. Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Yes"". Additional personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes"
"releases of the album included the additional tracks ""Hard Times"" and ""Non Stop"". The cover art and other album artwork is based on a concept that Oakey wanted, that the album should look like an edition of ""Vogue"" magazine. The final design is a joint effort between Philip Adrian Wright (also the band's director of visuals) and graphic designer Ken Ansell. Oakey is solo on the front cover with Sulley and Catherall on the internal gatefold, and the whole band on the reverse. The artwork has been reproduced in numerous forms for the various re-releases and sold as posters. Explaining"
"called one of the greatest album covers of all time. Designed by Thorgerson and Hipgnosis, the artwork for the cover itself was drawn by George Hardie, a designer at NTA Studios. Many of Thorgerson's designs are notable for their surreal elements. He often places objects out of their traditional contexts, especially with vast spaces around them, to give them an awkward appearance while highlighting their beauty. To quote Thorgerson, ""I like photography because it is a reality medium, unlike drawing which is unreal. I like to mess with reality ... to bend reality. Some of my works beg the question[sic]"
"George Hardie (artist) George Hardie (born 1944) is an English graphic designer, illustrator and educator, best known for his work producing cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands with the British art design group Hipgnosis. After attending St Martin’s and the Royal College of Art in London, Hardie partnered in Nicholas Thirkell Associates (NTA Studios) collaborating with Bob Lawrie, Bush Hollyhead and Malcolm Harrison, as well as Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis. His work includes the cover artwork for Led Zeppelin's debut album, ""Led Zeppelin"" (1969), as well as that for Pink Floyd's ""The Dark"
"member and main songwriter Zach Anderson commented on the artwork of the album: ""The design comes from the dutch artist Marijke Koger-Dunham who already worked with us for the first album cover. We are super proud to have the opportunity to work again with such a legendary artist who has even worked with The Beatles, Cream and many more. The original design was made by her 50 years ago. We worked together to adapt the colors to fit the mood of the album. Hopefully our fans will like it as much as we do."" All songs written and composed by"
"the album's title stating that anti is ""a person opposed to a particular policy, activity or idea."" Following the exhibition, Rihanna took to social media to confirm the album's title along with an explanation of its meaning. The explanation stated, ""By continuing to follow her own instincts, her work strives to make an impact by doing the very antithesis of what the public expects."" The artwork was designed by Israeli artist Roy Nachum, and was described by Rihanna as her ""favorite album cover"". The album's front cover shows an image of Rihanna, which was taken on her first day of"
"Norman Dolph Norman Dolph (born April 1, 1939) is an American songwriter, painter, and a former music industry executive and entrepreneur. He is most known for reputedly producing the first recordings of American rock band The Velvet Underground while a sales executive at Columbia Records. Dolph reportedly received an original painting from Andy Warhol in payment for his work. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dolph is a graduate of Yale (1960), with a degree in electrical engineering. While working for Columbia Records as an account representative in the Custom Pressing Division in 1967, and moonlighting as a DJ for his own"
"Chelsea Girl (album) Chelsea Girl is the debut solo album and second studio album by Nico. It was released in October 1967 by Verve Records, also home to the Velvet Underground. The name of the album is a reference to Andy Warhol's 1966 film ""Chelsea Girls"", in which Nico starred. The sixth track of the album (or first on Side B on vinyl) is titled ""Chelsea Girls"". Many of the songs on the album have instrumental work from The Velvet Underground, whom Nico had previously collaborated with the year before on ""The Velvet Underground & Nico"", as well as song-writing"
"my best album."" The album's cover was designed by Milestone Media Founder/Creative Director and chief artist Denys Cowan, according to the album's liner notes. Cowan's black and white line art was inked by Inker Prentis Rollins. Milestone's Color Editor, Jason Scott Jones created the cover color art digitally at a time when digital coloring was emerging in comic art eventually becoming the standard. GZA's personal manager Geoffrey L. Garfield, commissioned Cowan. Garfield, an avid comic book fan, said the cover art was supervised under the auspices of GZA GrafX, a subsidiary company of GZA Entertainment owned by GZA and Garfield."
"Plath, Sojourner Truth, Terry Gilliam, Tom Waits, Thom Yorke, Toni Morrison, and Tony Kushner. Books Exhibition catalogues Jann Haworth Jann Haworth (born 1942) is an American pop artist. A pioneer of soft sculpture, she is best known as the co-creator of The Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover. Haworth is also an advocate for feminist rights especially for women representation in the art world. Haworth was born in 1942 and raised in Hollywood, California. Her mother Miriam Haworth was a distinguished ceramist, printmaker, and painter. Her father, Ted Haworth, was an Academy Award-winning art director. Since Haworth"
"be available side by side in stores, so consumers may choose which one they want. The artist, Kadir Nelson told MTV, ""Drake wanted a signature painting, he didn't want something that looked like a hip-hop album cover. He wanted something that was a little bit more artsy and had more weight to it, so I did a number of sketches, and when we picked out what he liked, I sculpted it together."" He said he listened to Drake's music in the studio to gain inspiration and he also gave Drake a full sized painting of the album cover. The album"
"in the back of a car, with the woman's right breast exposed and connected to the man's hand by stretched bubblegum. The back cover featured the same man and woman, but holding a photograph of the band, and with the woman's left breast completely exposed without any gum. It was created by Storm Thorgerson of the design firm Hipgnosis. It caused some controversy in the US upon the album's release, with later pressings of the album bearing a simple design of a blue scorpion on a black background. The original uncensored art was restored for the remaster series. Recalling the"
"The cover design which featured a variety of mannequins (a concept also used for the covers of the singles from the album), was created by Bryan Ferry with fashion designer Antony Price and American Tv Actrees Hilary Thompson amongst others. The picture disc version of the album featured a version of the design in which the mannequins are unclothed. The cover's typography, as well as the album's title, were inspired by the first edition of Wyndham Lewis's literary magazine ""Blast"". On the original vinyl release, side one was labelled ""East Side"" and side two was labelled ""West Side"". After the"
"album ""The Velvet Underground & Nico"" while the cover of the Nirvana side resembles ""White Light/White Heat"". Nirvana's cover later appeared on the Velvet Underground tribute album ""Heaven & Hell – A Tribute to The Velvet Underground"", and on the 2004 Nirvana box set, ""With the Lights Out"". This version also appears on the 2011 ""Nevermind"" 20th Anniversary Deluxe edition. While on their European tour in November 1991, they recorded an acoustic rendition for Dutch station VPRO which remains unreleased but appears on bootlegs and in trader's circles. Here She Comes Now / Venus in Furs ""Here She Comes Now""/""Venus"
"Aubrey Powell (designer) Aubrey ""Po"" Powell (born 23 September 1946) co-founded the album cover design company Hipgnosis with Storm Thorgerson in 1967. The company ran successfully for 15 years until 1982. Hipgnosis created some of the most innovative and surreal record cover art of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for many of the most famous rock bands of the era including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Yes, Genesis, 10cc, Peter Gabriel, Bad Company, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Scorpions, Styx, Syd Barrett, and Black Sabbath. Hipgnosis was nominated five times for Grammy Awards. Powell was born in Sussex. His parents"
"by Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell), well known as designers of album covers for Pink Floyd and other progressive rock bands. The front and back covers show a Sahara desert scene with a line of fifty red footballs (credited to Mettoy Playcraft) receding towards a distant dune. The inside of the cover shows, in the distance, a mesa or plateau; in front is a gravelly landscape strewn with memorabilia of the Nice such as older album covers, publicity shots, press releases and a scrapbook of press cuttings. Elegy (The Nice album) Elegy was the final official album release by"
"album cover was designed by Hipgnosis, the fifth album cover the design group designed for Led Zeppelin. It was also the last album cover Hipgnosis designed before disbanding in 1983. The main four letters CODA are from an alphabet typeface design called ""Neon"" designed by Bernard Allum in 1978. In a contemporary review for ""Rolling Stone"", Kurt Loder hailed ""Coda"" as ""a resounding farewell"" and ""marvel of compression, deftly tracing the Zeppelin decade with eight powerful, previously unreleased tracks, and no unnecessary elaboration"". Robert Christgau wrote in his capsule review for ""The Village Voice"": According to Julian Marszalek of ""The"
"or they would be in violation of the Geneva Convention, and thus, the third iteration of the album cover features a plain white nurse's hat. This third version is the only version to bear a Parental Advisory label for profane lyrics in ""Dumpweed"" and ""Dysentery Gary."" Hoppus said the controversy some had with the cover was exaggerated as ""it is just a picture of a girl."" Art direction for the album was headed by Tim Stedman, with Stedman and graphic designer Keith Tamashiro designing the package. The album cover has since been called iconic by many publications. In 2015, ""Billboard"""
"to commission Norman Rockwell to create a painting, but retracted the offer when he heard that Rockwell would need at least six months to do the job. The album's cover photo was eventually taken in Los Angeles on August 30, 1974, by Eric Stephen Jacobs. Bowie's apparent inspiration for the cover photograph came from a copy of ""After Dark"" magazine which featured another of Jacobs' photographs of Bowie's then choreographer Toni Basil. The cover itself, as well as the cover type was designed in New York at RCA by Craig DeCamps. In a contemporary review for ""the Village Voice"", Robert"