Aladdin Sane by David Bowie (1973)
A red-and-blue lightning bolt splits David Bowie's face, a single teardrop pools on his collarbone, and a brief commissioned to make a superstar turned into the most expensive album cover ever sold. Here's how a lipstick outline and an Elvis ring became the 'Mona Lisa of Pop.'
- Label
- RCA Records
- Designer
- Celia Philo
- Photographer
- Brian Duffy
- Genre
- Rock
- Decade
- 1970s