2 cover stories in our archive
Behind the Covers' archive includes 2 album covers documented under the "digital art" design theme, spanning the 1980s, 1990s. These covers sit within the electronic, alternative tradition and feature work by New Order, The Prodigy. Each entry below includes the cover artwork, the designers and photographers behind it, and a short story about the visual choices that defined the release.
Peter Saville's cover for New Order's Technique features a single lemon against stark white space, created using revolutionary computer imaging technology. The deceptively simple fruit became one of the most minimalist and mysterious album covers of the late 1980s.
The Prodigy's breakthrough album cover featured a controversial crab design that record stores initially refused to stock. Designer Alex Jenkins created the unsettling crustacean imagery that perfectly matched the band's aggressive electronic sound.