Best Art Vinyl 2009 top 50
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Artist
Muse
Title
The Resistance
Record Label
Helium 3 / Warner Bros
Designer
La Boca
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Artist
Manic Street Preachers
Title
Journal For Plague Lovers
Record Label
Columbia
Designer
Design Steve Stacey & Nicky Wire, Original Painting 'Stare' by Jenny Saville courtesy of The Broad Art Foundation Santa Monica.
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Artist
Fever Ray
Title
Fever Ray
Record Label
Mute Records
Designer
Design and illustration: Martin Ander
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Artist
Massive Attack
Title
Splitting the Atom
Record Label
The Vinyl Factory
Designer
Design Tom Hingston, Artwork Robert del Naja, aka 3D
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Artist
Green Day
Title
21st Century Breakdown
Record Label
Reprise / Warner
Designer
Design & Photography Chris Bilheimer
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Artist
Pet Shop Boys
Title
Yes
Record Label
Parlaphone
Designer
Design Farrow Design
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Artist
White Lies
Title
To lose my life
Record Label
Fiction
Designer
Art Direction and Design: Mat Maitland and Gerard Saint AT Big Active, Photography: Simon Mills
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Artist
Editors
Title
In this light and on this evening
Record Label
Kitchenware
Designer
Cover Art Liliane Lijn. Design & Art Direction Tom Hingston Studio
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Artist
La Roux
Title
La Roux
Record Label
Polydor
Designer
Design Alexander Brown & Traffic
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Artist
Depeche Mode
Title
Sounds of the Universe
Record Label
Mute Records
Designer
Art Direction & Design Anton Corbijn
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Artist
Animal Collective
Title
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Record Label
Domino
Designer
Design Rob Carmichael at Seen, image courtesy of Akiyoshi Kitaoka
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Artist
Bat For Lashes
Title
Two Suns
Record Label
EMI
Designer
Art direction, concept: Natasha Khan. Design: Andrew Murabito. Cover photography: David Benjamin Sherry. Set design: Tony Hornecker.
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Artist
The xx
Title
xx
Record Label
Young Turks / XL
Designer
Design Phil Lee / The xx
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Artist
Weezer
Title
Raditude
Record Label
DCG Records?
Designer
Photography Jason Neely
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Artist
Thee Vicars
Title
Back on the Streets
Record Label
Dirty Water Records
Designer
Art & Design Niels Ejnar Rust
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Artist
Florence & the Machine
Title
Lungs
Record Label
Island Records
Designer
Art Direction Tabitha Denholm, Layout design Hugh Frost, Photography Tom Beard, Illustrations Orlando Weeks
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Artist
Yo La Tengo
Title
Popular Songs
Record Label
Matador
Designer
Art by Dario Robleto
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Artist
Kelpe
Title
Microscope Contents
Record Label
DC Recordings
Designer
La Boca
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Artist
Jarvis Cocker
Title
Further complications
Record Label
Rough Trade
Designer
Photography Rankin, design Ian Anderson at Designers Republic and Jarvis
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Artist
The Hours
Title
See the Light
Record Label
Is Good
Designer
Artwork Damien Hirst
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Artist
Jamie T
Title
Chaka Demus 12"
Record Label
EMI
Designer
Design & Art Direction, Andrew Murabito @ We Art You.
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Artist
Fuck Buttons
Title
Tarot Sport
Record Label
ATP Recordings
Designer
Design Benjamin John Power
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Artist
Wallpaper
Title
Doodoo Face
Record Label
eenie meenie
Designer
Photography Sterling Andrews, art design Eric Frederic
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Artist
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Title
It's Blitz
Record Label
Interscope Records
Designer
Art Direction Seb Marling. Photography David Belisle
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Artist
Flaming Lips
Title
Embryonic
Record Label
Warner Bros.
Designer
George Salisbury
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Artist
Mastodon
Title
Crack The Skye
Record Label
Warner Bros.
Designer
Artwork by Paul Romano
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Artist
Loko
Title
In Love
Record Label
Buzzin' Fly
Designer
John Gilsenan IWANT
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Artist
Grizzly Bear
Title
Veckatimest
Record Label
Warp
Designer
Design Ben Wilkerson Tousley, Drawings William J O'Brien, Text Amelia Bauer
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Artist
The Mars Volta
Title
Octahedron
Record Label
RLPE
Designer
Design Sonny Kay
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Artist
Wild Beasts
Title
Two Dancers
Record Label
Domino
Designer
Design Matthew Cooper, Artwork Fiona Morley
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Artist
Horrors
Title
Primary Colours
Record Label
XL
Designer
Artwork Ciarán O'Shea
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Artist
Skunk Anansie
Title
Smashes Trashes
Record Label
One Little Indian
Designer
Design & Illustration: Shotopop, Photography: Derrick Santini
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Artist
Jay Z
Title
The Blueprint 3
Record Label
Roc Nation
Designer
Not Known
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Artist
Dirty Projectors
Title
Bitte Orca
Record Label
Domino
Designer
Design Rob Carmichael at Seen, Photography Jason Frank
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Artist
Art Brut
Title
Art Brut vs Satan
Record Label
Cooking Vinyl
Designer
Design Jeff Lemire
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Artist
Volcano Choir
Title
Unmap
Record Label
JAGJAGUWAR
Designer
Design And Layout Thomas Wincek, Photography Adrienne DeBoer, Nonmap Illustration Dave Godowsky
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Artist
Headless Heroes
Title
Headless Heroes Ep
Record Label
Designer
Illustrations Irana Douer
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Artist
Duke Garwood
Title
The Sand That Falls
Record Label
Designer
Photography Steve Gullick
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Artist
The Prodigy
Title
Invaders Must Die
Record Label
Take me to the hospital
Designer
Sleeve art Luke Insect
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Artist
The Rakes
Title
Klang
Record Label
V2
Designer
Design Rob Crane
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Artist
Atlas Sound
Title
Logos
Record Label
Kranky
Designer
Art direction/design Brian Cox, photography Edith Cox
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Artist
Bill Callahan
Title
Sometimes I wish we were an eagle
Record Label
Drag City
Designer
Photo Chris Taylor, lettering and drawings B.C
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Artist
The Nextmen
Title
Join the dots
Record Label
Universal Records
Designer
Design Joe Pilbeam for Filthy Media
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Artist
Clark
Title
Growl's Garden
Record Label
Warp
Designer
Design and Illustration Matt Burden
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Artist
Basement Jaxx
Title
Scars
Record Label
Designer
TBC
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Artist
Maccabees
Title
Wall Of Arms
Record Label
Designer
TBC
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Artist
Peter Doherty
Title
Grace Wastelands
Record Label
Designer
TBC
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Artist
U2
Title
No Line On The Horizon
Record Label
Designer
Photography Hiroshi Sugimoto
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Artist
Sonic Youth
Title
The Eternal
Record Label
Designer
TBC
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Artist
Piano Magic
Title
Ovations
Record Label
Designer
TBC
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