Sugestão de Livro: The Art of the LP: Classic Album Covers 1955-1995

abduzeedo qua, 05/09/2012 - 11:59

A sugestão de livro dessa semana é realmente inspiradora, especialmente para aqueles que são fãns de LPs. O livro se chama The Art of the LP: Classic Album Covers 1955-1995 e mostra uma bela variedade de estilos designs de capas de punk rock a pop, tudo dividido em capítulos temáticos.

Sexy, provocativo, divertido, bonito: desde os seus dias de glória, capas de LP são objetos de arte e fascinação. Essa celebração de artes de álbuns apresenta mais de 350 das melhores capas. Muitos de nós lembram de capas iconicas que definiram nossa história - tanto coletiva quanto individual.

Os capítulos temáticos incluem:

Art: Ornette Coleman, Empty Foxhole; The Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks; Santana, Abraxas
Death: Otis Redding, History of Otis Redding; Frank Zappa, Hot Rats; Ice Cube, Kill At Will; Metallica, Master of Puppets
Drugs: The Beatles, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band; The Monkees, Head; Thelonious Monk, Underground; Peter Tosh, Bush Doctor
Ego: Frank Sinatra, No One Cares; Astrud Gilberto, Nothing Better To Do; Joni Mitchell, Clouds; LL Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out; Bjork, Debut
Escape: Johnny Cash, Orange Blossom Special; Bob Dylan, Freewheelin’; Peter Gabriel, 1 (car)
Identity: The Jackson 5, ABC; Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon; Blondie, Parallel Lines
Politics: Funkadelic, America Eats Its Young; Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA
Rock & Roll: Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano; Clash, London Calling
Sex: The Ohio Players, Honey; Robert Palmer, Double Fun; Pulp, This Is Hardcore
Real World: The Allman Brothers, Brothers & Sisters; Bob Marley, Catch A Fire; Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

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