2 cover stories in our archive
Behind the Covers' archive includes 2 album covers documented under the "warhol" design theme, spanning the 1960s, 1970s. These covers sit within the rock tradition and feature work by The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground. 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.
Andy Warhol's close-up of a man's crotch in tight jeans featured a real functioning zipper on the original LP — when unzipped, it revealed white underwear. The album also debuted the iconic tongue-and-lips logo by John Pasche.
Andy Warhol's simple screen-printed banana on a white background became one of the first interactive album covers — the original pressing featured a peelable sticker revealing a flesh-pink banana underneath.