The art of the LP - Johnny Morgan & Ben Wardle

Sexy, provocative, playful, beautiful: from their earliest days, LP covers have been objects of art and fascination. This celebration of album artistry presents more than 350 of the best covers and departs from the usual approach by organising the images by visual theme. Many remember the iconic album-cover images that defined collective and individual histories - such as the smouldering pinup girl on the Cars? Candy-O, the plaintive baby following a dollar bill through water on Nirvana?s Nevermind and Andy Warhol?s controversial zippered pants on the Rolling Stones? Sticky Fingers. From perennial classics to lesser-known gems, here is the LP art that shook, rattled and rolled through music?s early formative years.