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UB40 "Signing Off" Framed Album Sleeve - 1980
This framed piece comes from the first pressing of UB40’s debut album Signing Off, issued in 1980 by Graduate Records.
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From Birminghams unemployment offices to New Yorks underground clubs—six sleeves that defined the sound of alienation and reinvention.
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Nirvana "Bleach" Framed Album Sleeve - 1989
The original 1989 Sub Pop sleeve—Tracy Marander's inverted photograph capturing the band in a tiny Aberdeen rehearsal room. First pressing on white vinyl, limited to 1,000 copies. The moment before the avalanche.
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Lana Del Rey "Born to Die" Framed Album Sleeve - 2012
The blue sky portrait at the center of her early mythology. Stillness that hints at something more turbulent underneath—visual shorthand for an album balancing cinematic romanticism with the sharp edges of contemporary fame.
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The Clash "Cut the Crap" Framed Album Sleeve - 1985
This is the last transmission from The Clash—a band that defined British punk's political conscience.
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Devo "Oh, No! It's Devo!" Framed Album Sleeve - 1982
This framed sleeve for Devo's Oh, No! It's Devo! (1982) captures a moment when American music's machinery—fueled by Midwestern grit and corporate polish—bent new wave into something sharper, more synthetic.
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The Psychedelic Furs "Mirror Moves" Framed Album Sleeve - 1984
On the surface, it’s an artifact of major-label capitalism: CBS logos, matrix numbers, and manufacturing credits. Underneath, it’s the story of a British art-rock band wrestling with fame, alienation, and the emotional turbulence of the 1980s—pressed into cardboard and ink.
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The Shins "Port of Morrow" Framed Album Sleeve - 2012
Artist Jacob Escobedo—Vice President of Creative at Adult Swim, with a lineage in surreal, narrative-driven visuals—crafted this cover from James Mercer's prompts:
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