Behind the Covers

“dystopian”

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "dystopian" design theme, all from the 1990s. The cover sits within the rock, alternative tradition and features work by Radiohead. 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.

OK Computer by Radiohead — album cover art

OK Computer by Radiohead (1997)

Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke created the disorienting collage of blurred highway imagery and distorted text during the album's recording sessions — a visual representation of information overload and anxiety about technology that proved remarkably prescient.

Label
Parlophone / Capitol
Designer
Stanley Donwood & Thom Yorke
Genre
Rock, Alternative
Decade
1990s
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