“surrealist”

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "surrealist" design theme, all from the 1980s. The cover sits within the rock, alternative tradition and features work by Pixies. 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.

Doolittle by Pixies (1989)

Simon Larbalestier's heavily manipulated photograph of a macaque — distorted through multiple exposures and analog techniques — captures the Pixies' surrealist sensibility, connecting to the album's themes of nature, primitivism, and the relationship between humans and animals.

Label: 4AD / Elektra
Photographer: Simon Larbalestier
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Decade: 1980s

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