The Art of Album Covers
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David Wojnarowicz’s “Buffalo” is one of the most haunting artistic responses to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Made in the wake of his own HIV-positive diagnosis, evoking feelings of doom and hopelessness. #RIP
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Used by U2 on the 1992 release 'One'
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The Art of Album Covers
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Photo of the B52s that once hand colored, was used on their self titled debut album, released 1979.
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Taken by photographer George DuBose on 12th December 1977 in NYC
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The Art of Album Covers
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Our Lily / Arum Lily, 1937.
By Stefan Lorant
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Used by Cocteau Twins on Lullabies, released 1982
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The Art of Album Covers
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Cuban Actress, Rose Lemoine pictured in the late 1800s.
Her image was also used in Dear Dead Days: A Family Album, by Charles Addams, 1959.
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Used by Siouxsie and the Banshees on Hong Kong Garden, released 1978
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The Art of Album Covers.
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Boys Escaping C.S. gas fired by British soldiers, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1971
Photo Don McCullin
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Used by Killing Joke on their debut studio album, released on 5th October 1980.
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The Art of Album Covers
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Skeleton orchestra, from an exhibit in a health museum in Brussels, undated photo.
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Used by The Specials on Ghost Town, released 1981.
Designed by David Storey
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The Art of Album Covers
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Jones Beach, Long Island, 1978.
Photo by Joe Szabo.
Used by Dinosaur Jr on Green Mind, released 1991.
The girl remains unidentified.
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