MARC AYRES

MY TOP ILLUSTRATIVE ALBUM COVERS

Illustration is actually what I graduated in way back in the year 2000. Art is a huge passion of mine and that leans onto album artwork. Illustrative artwork on album covers serves as a mesmerising portal to the sonic world that lies within. With vivid strokes and imaginative designs, these artistic masterpieces capture the essence of an album's music, offering a visual representation of the emotions and themes it embodies.

Levellers
Levelling the Land

Released on September 1991

Jeremy Cunningham, the bassist for the band, illustrated the album cover for Levelling the Land.

Sick Of It All
Wake The Sleeping Dragon

Released on 2 November 2018

Elton John
Captain Fantastic

Released on 19 May 1975

Alan Aldridge is the artist who designed the album cover for Elton John's 1975 album.

Kate Bush
Never For Ever

Released on 8 September 1980

Nick Price is the artist who illustrated the pencil drawing on the cover of Kate Bush's 1980 album Never for Ever.

Baroness
Gold & Grey

Released on 14 June 2019

John Dyer Baizley, the frontman for the band, illustrated the cover art for the Baroness album Gold & Grey.

Rival Sons
Feral Roots

Released on 25 January 2019

Martin Wittfooth illustrated the cover of Rival Sons' album Feral Roots with his painting Wildmother.

Queen
News Of The World

Released on 28 October 1977

Frank Kelly Freas was the science fiction artist who illustrated the cover of Queen's 1977 album News of the World.

AYS
Worlds Unknown

Released on 10 March 2017

Whitesnake
LoveHunter

Released on September 1979

Showing a naked woman straddling a large snake, this cover was created by fantasy artist Chris Achilleos.

Kula Shaker
K

Released on 16 September 1996

Comic-book artist Dave Gibbons created the album cover. It consists of various images related to the letter K.

Iron Maiden
The Number Of The Beast

Released on 22 March 1982

Derek Riggs illustrated the cover art for Iron Maiden's 1982 album The Number of the Beast. He also created Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie.

Miles Davis
Bitches Brew

Released on 30 March 1970

Mati Klarwein was the artist who created the Miles Davis’ 1970 album Bitches Brew.