“Pop Art”

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "Pop Art" design theme, all from the 1960s. The cover sits within the rock tradition and features work by The Who. 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.

The Who Sell Out by The Who — album cover art

The Who Sell Out by The Who (1967)

The Who turned an album about pirate radio and pop commerce into a record sleeve that behaved like advertising itself: Pete Townshend sold deodorant, Roger Daltrey sat in a bath of cold Heinz beans, and the joke became one of rock's sharpest pieces of Pop Art.

Label
Track Records
Designer
David King and Roger Law
Photographer
David Montgomery
Genre
Rock
Decade
1960s
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