Elliott Smith

1 album cover in our archive

Elliott Smith is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 2000s. Released on DreamWorks Records, the artwork sits in the indie, pop tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering photography, portrait, psychedelic, typographic, conceptual. Below you'll find the full story behind each Elliott Smith cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith — album cover art

Figure 8 (2000)

A young man stands dwarfed by a swirling black, red, and white mural on a Los Angeles sidewalk. Autumn de Wilde chose that wall because she'd loved it since childhood, calling it the ugliest mural she'd ever seen and then the most beautiful. After Elliott Smith's death in 2003, it became a shrine.

Label: DreamWorks Records
Photographer: Autumn de Wilde
Genre: Indie, Pop
Decade: 2000s

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