Storm Thorgerson
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Storm Thorgerson (born 1944 in Potters Bar, Middlesex) is an English graphic designer. He was a key member of the British graphic art group Hipgnosis, and designed many of their most famous single and album covers. Perhaps his most famous designs are those for Pink Floyd.[1] His design for Dark Side of the Moon has been called one of the greatest album covers of all time.[2][3] Many of his designs are notable for their surreal elements. He often places objects out of their traditional contexts, especially with vast spaces around them, to give them an awkward appearance while highlighting their beauty. Several books have been devoted to surveying Thorgerson's work over three-plus decades.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Album covers
[edit] Work with Hipgnosis
- 10cc:
- How Dare You! (1975)
- Deceptive Bends (1977)
- AC/DC
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1981)
- Black Sabbath
- Technical Ecstasy (1976)
- Brand X
- Moroccan Roll (1975)
- Peter Gabriel:
- Peter Gabriel (I) (1977)
- Peter Gabriel (II) (1978)
- Peter Gabriel (III) (1979)
- Led Zeppelin:
- Houses of the Holy (1973)
- Presence (1977)
- In Through the Out Door (1979)
- Nick Mason
- Fictitious Sports (1981)
- The Nice
- Elegy (1971)
- Pink Floyd:
- A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
- Music from the Film More (1969)
- Ummagumma (1969)
- Atom Heart Mother (1970)
- Meddle (1971)
- Obscured by Clouds (1972)
- The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
- Wish You Were Here (1975)
- Animals (1977)
- A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981) (under the pseudonym of TCP - Thorgerson, Christopherson and Powell)
- Quatermass:
- Quatermass (1970)
[edit] Solo work
- Anthrax
- Stomp 442 (1995)
- Audioslave
- Audioslave (2002)
- Catherine Wheel:
- Chrome (1993)
- Happy Days (1995)
- Like Cats and Dogs (compilation) (1996)
- Adam And Eve (1997)
- Wishville (2000)
- Biffy Clyro:
- Puzzle (2007)
- Saturday Superhouse single, (2007)
- The Cranberries:
- Bury the Hatchet (1999)
- Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
- Bruce Dickinson
- Skunkworks (1996)
- Dream Theater:
- Falling Into Infinity (1997)
- "Once In A LIVEtime" (1998)
- "5 Years in a LIVEtime" (1998)
- Ian Dury and The Blockheads
- Mr. Love Pants (1998)
- Ellis, Beggs, & Howard
- Homelands (1989)
- Ethnix
- Home Is Where The Head Is (2002)
- Europe
- Secret Society (2006)
- David Gilmour
- David Gilmour in Concert DVD (2002)
- The Mars Volta:
- De-Loused In The Comatorium (2003)
- Frances The Mute (2005)
- Muse:
- Absolution (2003)
- "Butterflies And Hurricanes" single (2004)
- Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
- Absolution (2003)
- Alan Parsons:
- Try Anything Once (1993)
- On Air (1996)
- The Time Machine (1999)
- Phish
- Slip Stitch and Pass (1997)
- Pink Floyd:
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
- Learning To Fly music video (1987)
- Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
- Shine On (1992)
- The Division Bell (1994)
- High Hopes music video (1994)
- P*U*L*S*E (1995)
- Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
- Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001)
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
- Program The Dead
- Program The Dead (2005)
- The Offspring
- Splinter (2003)
- Thornley
- Come Again (2004)
- Umphrey's McGee
- Safety In Numbers (Umphrey's McGee Album) (2006)
- "The Bottom Half (Umphrey's McGee Album)" (2007)
- Safety In Numbers (Umphrey's McGee Album) (2006)
- Ween
- The Mollusk (1997)
- Rick Wright
- Broken China (1996)
- Yourcodenameis:milo:
- Rapt. Dept. (2005)
- 17 (2005)
- Ignoto (2005)
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Article on Storm Thorgerson", Q magazine, 1992
- ^ The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd's Iconic Album, BBC, 17th September 2004
- ^ Seventies' Greatest Album Covers
[edit] External links
Categories: 1944 births | English designers | English film directors | English graphic designers | English music video directors | Music-related visual artists | English-language film directors | Albums with cover art by Storm Thorgerson | Pink Floyd | People from Potters Bar | Alumni of the University of Leicester | Alumni of the Royal College of Art | Living people
