Behind the Covers

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1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "macro" design theme, all from the 1990s. The cover sits within the electronic tradition and features work by Massive Attack. 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.

Mezzanine by Massive Attack — album cover art

Mezzanine by Massive Attack (1998)

Nick Knight's extreme close-up of a stag beetle — rendered with scientific precision in high contrast — is simultaneously beautiful and menacing, perfectly matching the album's dark, claustrophobic, paranoid atmosphere.

Label
Virgin / Circa
Designer
Tom Hingston
Photographer
Nick Knight
Genre
Electronic
Decade
1990s
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