Beck

1 album cover in our archive

Beck is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 1990s. Released on DGC Records, the artwork sits in the alternative tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering photography, found photograph, pre existing artwork, typographic, conceptual. Below you'll find the full story behind each Beck cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.

Odelay (1996)

A shaggy Hungarian sheepdog frozen mid-leap over a hurdle became one of the strangest album covers of the 1990s. Beck picked the 1977 dog-show photo one day before deadline, and the record company's only reaction was relief the album would ship on time. Here's how a bundle of flying noodles ended up on Odelay.

Label: DGC Records
Designer: Robert Fisher
Photographer: Joan Ludwig
Genre: Alternative
Decade: 1990s

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