Album Artwork Archive
We thought we’d share a recently designed PDF of some of our favourite Album covers from Jonathan’s archive. We hope you like them.
Cicada
Jonathan has just shot the latest album cover for Cicada. Sunburst is such a stunning album, with its blend of indie/dance/pop. Jonathan and designer David Bowden really embraced the sound, creating a ‘studio landscape’ image to visually represent the music.
David Bowden at StudioBowden
The London Quartet – Songs Of Cricket
Our good friends The London Quartet (formerly known as Cantabile) have produced an album based around the Songs of Cricket, which also happens to be the CD’s title. It’s an eclectic tribute to the very British obsession that is cricket, bringing together works from the turn of the century (school songs from Harrow and Eton) to the present day (‘Jiggery Pokery’ from the Ivor Novello nominated album The Duckworth-Lewis Method). Jonathan feels partially responsible for the project as it emerged as an idea in a late night cab ride with Mike, after a concert in the Long Room at Lord’s. We had great fun attending the recordings at Air Studios in Hampstead, and shooting the group on location at Lord’s; as well as producing the images for the cover and the disk itself. There is a great list of guest talent on the album, including Rory Bremner, Richard Stilgoe and Tim Rice.
Ministry of Sound Disco
Enter a boogie wonderland, relive the good times and play that funky music!
With such an amazing track list, the latest Ministry of Sound Album cover deserved some serious sparkle. Jonathan shot this bespoke MOS logo, built by Asylum, based on a classic disco glitter ball. So if you’re wondering what to get your wife / girlfriend for a Christmas stocking filler, this is it!
Design and art direction was by Simon Moore at Baby
The Ministry Of Sound Chilled II
Jonathan has shot his eleventh album sleeve for the Ministry of Sound. We hope you agreed, it’s still life photography at its best.
The Ministry has released Chilled II 1991 – 2009, the long awaited sequel to 2008’s Chilled, which is another fantastic and truly comprehensive round up of classic chillout tracks from Groove Armada, Coldplay and many others.
Jonathan shot the new image, featuring the Ministry logo submerged in water, and provides The Ministry of Sound with another iconic album sleeve.
The Creative Director was Simon Moore and the designer was Simon Helm. Retouching was by Jack Lowe.
Cream Ibiza Paul Van Dyk
Cream is preparing for another momentous summer in Ibiza with a world beating line up of parties with Paul van Dyk returning to Amnesia as exclusive resident. The Global DJ & producer has mixed this year’s Cream Ibiza album released by New State Music.
Jonathan shot the album sleeve image, and poster advertising which will run for the club on the island, featuring the iconic Cream logo within shafts of light. The design was by David Bowden and James White at Zip.
Ministry Of Sound Chilled 1991 – 2008
Jonathan has shot his tenth album sleeve for the Ministry of Sound.
Following the success of the Anthems album, which went double platinum in six months, the Ministry of Sound have released Chilled 1991 – 2008. Jonathan shot the new sleeve along the same theme as Anthems, featuring the Ministry logo, with more chilled coloring as the background. The track listing includes all the iconic chillout music from the era of the club’s existence. The album entered the compilations chart at No. 1, and has already been there for several weeks.
The designers were Simon Helm and Neil Simpson, under the Creative directorship of Simon Moore.
Make Model – The LSB
Jonathan has shot the latest single sleeve for Make Model, released by EMI. The design and art direction was by David Bowden at Zip Design, and the set was designed by Lyndsay Milne.
A tip of the cap to the ASBO generation. the LSB is about kids who used to hang out near group member Lewis Gayle’s childhood home. They drew “The LSB” on the wall with graffiti pens and would talk about how they were ‘well hard and carried knives etc.’ The broken glass structure is symbolic of that time.
Ministry of Sound Anthems 1991 – 2008
Recently, Jonathan has shot the sleeve image for the Ministry of Sound Anthems 1991-2008 Album. Looking back on the history of the UK’s love affair with dance music, Anthems 1991 – 2008 spans almost two decades of momentous musical moments, going back to the birth of Ministry of Sound in 1991 as the UK’s first super club.
This is already one of the best selling Ministry albums ever and has gone double-platinum. We now have our commemorative disc on the wall!