Hipgnosis

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Hipgnosis was a British art design group that formed in 1968 which specialized in creating cover art for rock albums, most notably for Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin & Black Sabbath. Hipgnosis consisted primarily of Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell and Peter Christopherson. The group dissolved in 1983, but Thorgerson still works on Pink Floyd and other album designs.

One notable fact was that Hipgnosis did not have a set fee for designing an album cover but instead asked the artists to "Pay what they thought it was worth" a policy that only occasionally backfired according to Thorgerson in his book on album cover design.

(Partial) catalogue of album covers

A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)

• A Saucerful of Secrets, Pink Floyd, 1968
• Ummagumma, Pink Floyd, 1969
• Cochise, Cochise, 1970
• The Madcap Laughs, Syd Barrett, 1970
• Atom Heart Mother, Pink Floyd, 1970
• Relics, Pink Floyd, 1971
• Meddle, Pink Floyd, 1971
• Electric Warrior, T. Rex, 1971
• Elegy, The Nice, 1971
• House on the Hill, Audience (band), 1971
• Obscured by Clouds, Pink Floyd, 1972
• Lunch, Audience (band), 1972
• Argus, Wishbone Ash, 1972
• Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin, 1973
• The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd, 1973
• Past, Present and Future, Al Stewart, 1974
• Thunderbox, Humble Pie, 1974
• The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Genesis, 1974
• A Nice Pair, Pink Floyd, 1974
• Phenomenon, UFO, 1974
• Uno, Uno, 1974
• Bad Company, Bad Company, 1974
• Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd, 1975
• Force It, UFO, 1975
• The Original Soundtrack, 10CC, 1975
• Straight Shooter, Bad Company, 1975
• Modern Times, Al Stewart, 1975
• Savage Eye, Pretty Things, 1975
• Cunning Stunts, Caravan, 1975
• HQ, Roy Harper, 1975
• Venus and Mars, Wings, 1975
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, AC/DC, 1976
• Tales of Mystery and Imagination, The Alan Parsons Project, 1976
• Jump On It, Montrose, 1976
• The Song Remains the Same, Led Zeppelin, 1976
• Wings At the Speed of Sound, Wings, 1976
• Wings Over America, Wings, 1976
• Year of the Cat, Al Stewart, 1976
• How Dare You!, 10cc, 1976
• Presence, Led Zeppelin, 1976
• A Trick of the Tail, Genesis, 1976
• Technical Ecstasy, Black Sabbath, 1976
• I Robot, The Alan Parsons Project, 1977
• I, Peter Gabriel, 1977
• Burnin' Sky, Bad Company, 1977
• Sammy Hagar, Sammy Hagar, 1977
• Animals, Pink Floyd, 1977
• Deceptive Bends, 10CC, 1977
• Wind and Wuthering, Genesis, 1974
• Pyramid, The Alan Parsons Project, 1978
• II, Peter Gabriel, 1978
• ...And Then There Were Three..., Genesis, 1978
• Wet Dream, Richard Wright, 1978
• David Gilmour, David Gilmour, 1978
• Pieces of Eight, Styx, 1978
• Tormato, Yes, 1978
• Bloody Tourist, 10CC, 1978
• Time Passages, Al Stewart, 1978
• A Song for All Seasons, Renaissance, 1978
• Back to the Bars, Todd Rundgren, 1978
• Go 2, XTC, 1978
• Never Say Die!, Black Sabbath, 1978
• Eve, The Alan Parsons Project, 1979
• Live Herald, Steve Hillage, 1979
• In Through the Out Door, Led Zeppelin, 1979
• Love Drive, Scorpions, 1979
• Desolation Angels, Bad Company, 1979
• Freeze Frame, J. Geils Band, 1979
• Danger Money, UK, 1979
• III, Peter Gabriel, 1980
• Difficult to Cure, Rainbow, 1980
• Do They Hurt?, Brand X, 1980
• A Collection of Great Dance Songs, Pink Floyd, 1981
• Fictitious Sports, Nick Mason, 1981
• Fun in Space, Roger Taylor, 1981
• 4, Foreigner, 1981
• Sakuban oai shimasho, Yumi Matsutoya, 1981
• Tug of War, Paul McCartney, 1982
• Eye in the Sky The Alan Parsons Project, 1982
• Rough Diamonds, Bad Company, 1982
• Coda, Led Zeppelin, 1982
• Tightly Knit, Climax Blues Band
• Toe Fat, Toe Fat
• Alphabet City, ABC, 1987
• The Division Bell, Pink Floyd, 1994

References

• [The Pink Floyd who's who]
• [Partial List of Hipgnosis Works]

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