2 cover stories in our archive
Behind the Covers' archive includes 2 album covers documented under the "landscape" design theme, all from the 2000s. These covers sit within the alternative, rock, electronic 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.
Stanley Donwood created this ethereal landscape using a revolutionary digital painting technique, layering translucent colors to mirror Radiohead's groundbreaking pay-what-you-want release strategy with equally innovative visual art that abandoned traditional album cover conventions.
Created during sleepless nights fueled by anxiety about Y2K and climate change, Stanley Donwood's ghostly landscape for Kid A was painted using a light box technique that mimics the ethereal, digitally processed sound of Radiohead's most experimental album.