Thursday, April 18, 2013

Storm Thorgerson RIP



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22210378

Not that I have ever been so connected with artwork, as the music itself, but among the well-known Rock artists I do think of, he is certainly one of them. And Pink Floyd's artwork is iconic. RIP

look at his Credits (per Wikipedia)


Album cover designs
10cc:
Mirror Mirror (1994)

Anthrax
Stomp 442 (1995)

Audioslave
Audioslave (2002)

Catherine Wheel:
Chrome (1993)
Happy Days (1995)
Like Cats and Dogs (compilation) (1996)
Adam And Eve (1997)
Wishville (2000)


Biffy Clyro:
Puzzle (2007)
"Saturday Superhouse" (2007)
"Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" (2007)
"Folding Stars" (2007)
"Machines" (2007)
Only Revolutions (2009)
"That Golden Rule" (2009)
"The Captain" (2009)
Opposites (2013)

The Cranberries:
Bury the Hatchet (1999)
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
The Cult:
Electric (1987) (credited on the picture sleeve as "Art Direction by Storm Thorgerson")

Bruce Dickinson
Skunkworks (1996)
Disco Biscuits:
Planet Anthem (2010)



Dream Theater:
A Change of Seasons (1995)
Falling into Infinity (1997)
"Once in a LIVEtime" (1998)
"5 Years in a Livetime" (1998)

Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Mr. Love Pants (1998)

Ellis, Beggs, & Howard
Homelands (1989)

Ethnix
Home Is Where The Head Is (2002)

Europe
Secret Society (2006)


Peter Gabriel:
Peter Gabriel (1977)
Peter Gabriel (1978)
Peter Gabriel (1980)

Genesis
...And Then There Were Three... (1978)

David Gilmour
About Face (1984)
David Gilmour in Concert DVD (2002)

Helloween
Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991)


Led Zeppelin
Presence (1976)
In Through the Out Door (1979)


The Mars Volta:
De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
"Inertiatic ESP" single (2003)
"Televators" single (2003)
Frances the Mute (2005)
"The Widow" single (2005)

Megadeth:
Rude Awakening DVD (2002)
Steve Miller Band:
Bingo! (2010)
Let Your Hair Down (2011)


Muse:
Absolution (2003)
"Butterflies and Hurricanes" single (2004)
Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
"Uprising" single (2009)

The Offspring
Splinter (2003)

Alan Parsons:
Try Anything Once (1993)
On Air (1996)
The Time Machine (1999)
A Valid Path (2004)

Pendulum
Immersion (2010)

Phish
Slip Stitch and Pass (1997)

The Pineapple Thief
Someone Here Is Missing (2010)


Pink Floyd:
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
Ummagumma (1969)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Picture of factories with tall chimneys  pouring out black smoke.
Animals (1977)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)[3]
Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
Shine On (1992)[3]
The Division Bell (1994)
P*U*L*S*E (1995), including the blinking LED light that was featured in early CD packaging.[7]
Relics re-release (1996)
Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 (2000)
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001)
Oh, by the Way (2007)

The Plea
The Dreamers Stadium (2012)[8]

Powderfinger
Golden Rule (2009)

Program the Dead
Program The Dead (2005)

Rainbow
Bent Out of Shape (1983)

Rival Sons
Pressure & Time (2011)

Shpongle
Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland (2009)

Styx
Cyclorama (2003)

Thornley
Come Again (2004)
Tiny Pictures (2009)

Thunder
Laughing On Judgement Day (1992)


Umphrey's McGee
Safety In Numbers (2006)
The Bottom Half (2007)

Villainy
Mode. Set. Clear. (2012)

Ween
The Mollusk (1997)

The Wombats:
This Modern Glitch (2011)

Rick Wright
Broken China (1996)

Younger Brother
Last Days of Gravity (2007)
Vaccine (2011)

Yourcodenameis:milo
Rapt. Dept. (2005)
17 (2005)
Ignoto (2005)


Music videos
Paul Young – "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" (1983)
Rainbow – "Street of Dreams" (1983)
Robert Plant - "Big Log" (1983)
Yes – "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (1983)
Nik Kershaw - "Wouldn't It Be Good" (1984)

"The Riddle" (1984)
"Wide Boy (1984)
"Don Quixote" (1985)

David Gilmour – "Blue Light" (1984)
"All Lovers Are Deranged" (1984)
Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" (1987)
"The Dogs of War" (1987)
"High Hopes" (1994)
Bruce Dickinson – "Tattooed Millionaire" (1990)
"All the Young Dudes" (1990)