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This was a cover we wanted to like, but let’s just say it didn’t exactly knock us off our Broadway seats. Black-and-white, enigmatic, and full of art school ambition — it’s either a conceptual masterpiece or a poster for a freshman philosophy club. Still, there's no denying the ambition behind the album (or the band). We dig into the art, the myth, and the maze of meaning. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We’d love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com or check our Spotify Song List with a song from each album we have covered:
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Michael Jackson wanted Dangerous to last forever—and with Mark Ryden’s mind-bending cover, he may have done just that. Painted by hand over six months, the artwork is a surreal circus of mystery, mythology, and self-mythologizing. You’ll find P.T. Barnum, Botticelli, Bosch, Bubbles, and Ben the rat. This is Neverland by way of Hieronymus Bosch, and MJ’s eyes—borrowed from Bad—watch you as you look. Grab a copy and listen along with us. Questions, comments, recommendations? We'd love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com or check our Spotify Song List with a song from each album we have covered: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NrDU39yE9CJcHU6YJT8jj?si=Y1JAE4LWTDmKEDE9QGlB2A&pi=ly2xwE-ERRu-2

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What do you get when you mix Eric Clapton, a photographer haunted by his last shoot, and a spaceship that might be a metaphor—or something far weirder? You get Blind Faith—a band, an album, and an album cover that still makes people squirm. In this episode, we tell the story of how a chance subway encounter, an unrealized promise of a horse, and a very different 1969 sensibility led to one of rock’s most infamous images. It’s a lot. Questions, comments, recommendations? We’d love to hear from you at Albumartthecoverstories@gmail.com, or check out our Spotify Song List with a track from each album we’ve covered:
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