![]() ![]() The art conveys the groups we don’t give a fuck attitude it shows the self-described World’s Most Dangerous Group standing over the viewer, as Eazy-E brandishes a gun and prepares to finish off the listener. Nothing instills fear in rightwing white America as much as seeing a group of armed angry black men. The artwork also marked the end of Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust persona to him being born again into the schizophrenic Aladdin Sane.Ĭompton, California’s N.W.A did not hold back with their debut album art – it was revolutionary to say the least. ![]() Taken from a Mati Klarwein painting the art was inspired by the Biblical story of the Annunciation, it shows a naked, black Virgin Mary surrounded by images of fertility, a winged and tattooed Gabriel depicted sitting a conga drum, pointing towards a Hebrew Aleph symbol (signifying beginning), and the chanting of the Wodaabe african tribe in the top left corner perhaps representing the Three Kings, and an image of Mati himself.Īladdin Sane, finds a shirtless David Bowie, embracing his rock god status, featuring his iconic lightning bolt representing the duality of mind, and his red mullet – this is Bowie in all his glam glory. The cover for Santana’s Abraxas album is a hypnotic, surreal, psychedelic wet-dream. Album art often became as important as the music it was protecting itself. Overtime album art evolved from just a simple tool used to protect a record, to a beautiful form of expression that was not only aesthetically pleasing, or used to convey an album’s feeling but pure and simply magnificent, high-concept art. From David Bowie to Kendrick Lamar, here are the 10 greatest album covers of all time. ![]()
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