One of the great things about vinyl is that you have a 12×12 palette on which to create artwork that says something about the release.
For example, everyone knows the cover for Nirvana’s Nevermind with the naked baby underwater in a pool chasing a dollar bill on a fishing hook. What’s the message? The designer Robert Fisher wanted to make a punk rock statement about the evils of late 20th-century capitalism mated with the cynicism felt by the Gen Xers of the day.
Nirvana loved the concept because it captured their anti-corporate feelings. It has become one of the most famous album covers of all time.
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