Behind the Covers

photocopy

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "photocopy" design theme, all from the 1970s. The cover sits within the rock, alternative tradition and features work by Talking Heads. 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.

Fear of Music by Talking Heads — album cover art

Fear of Music by Talking Heads (1979)

David Byrne created this stark, unsettling cover by photocopying his own face repeatedly until the image degraded into a haunting, pixelated portrait that perfectly captured the album's paranoid themes.

Label
Sire Records
Designer
David Byrne
Genre
Rock, Alternative
Decade
1970s
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