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Peter Blake’s Album Covers:

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A Chronological List

  1. Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Collage. Crowd scene. Typography: painteed drum / flowers.
  2. Pentangle – Sweet Child (1968). Photo. Model (pentagram). Typography: type.
  3. Chris Jagger – The Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist (1974). Photo and collage. Portrait of Jagger holding ventriloquist’s dummy. Typography: tiles & rubber stamp.
  4. Roger McGough – Summer with Monika (1974). Painting. Bedroom scene. Typography: type.
  5. The Who – Face Dances (1981). Paintings. Series of portraits. Typography: Blake’s handwriting.
  6. Landscape – Manhattan Boogie Woogie (1982). Collage. Abstract cityscape after Piet Mondrian. Typography: various typefaces. (Unused design.)
  7. Daniel Blumenthal – Gershwin / Grofé – Rhapsody in Blue / American in Paris / Piano Concerto in F (1983). Painting. Paris scene with portrait of Montgomery Clift. Typography: type.
  8. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984, 1985). Collage. Typography: type.
  9. David Sylvian – A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil (1986). Appropriated print. Religious iconography. Typography: type & stylised Sylvian’s signature.
  10. Ian Dury – Apples and Apples / Byeline Brown (1989). Paintings. Apples. Typography: type on LP, no text on single / none. (Covers 10 and 11.)
  11. The Fall – I’m Frank (1990). Appropriated painting (Nadia). Typography: type.
  12. Eric Clapton – 24 Nights and Wonderful Tonight (1991). Drawings. Typography: Blake’s handwriting.
  13. Paul Weller – Stanley Road (1995). Painting & collage. Portrait of Weller. Typography: tiles.
  14. A Stranger Shadow – Colours (1995). Collage. Typography: stencilled letters.
  15. Various Artists – Brand New Boots and Panties (2001). Painting. Commissioned portrait. Typography: type.
  16. Robbie Williams – Swing While You’re Winning (2001). Painting. Portrait of Williams. (Unused cover design.)
  17. Brian Wilson – Gettin’ in Over My Head (2004). Collage. California street scene. Typography: tiles & Blake’s handwriting.
  18. The Who – Live at Leeds 2 (2006). Limited edition print. Typography: type.
  19. Various Artists – John Peel: Right Time, Wrong Speed 1977–1987 (2006). Painting. Commissioned portrait of Peel. No text.
  20. Eric Clapton – Me and Mr. Johnson (2006). Painting. Portrait of Clapton as Johnson. No text.
  21. Oasis – Stop the Clocks and Champagne Supernova (2006). Collage / dartboard. Typography: Oasis logo. (Covers 22, 23 and 24.)
  22. The Blockheads – Staring Down the Barrel (2006). Collage. Typography: stencilled type.
  23. Brian Wilson & Peter Blake – That Lucky Old Sun (2009). Exclusive box set.*
  24. Madness – Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da (2009). Handwriting and collage. Barrel perspective. Typography: Blake’s handwriting.
  25. Paul Weller – Dragonfly (2009). Collage. Maritime scene. Typography: type.
  26. Eric Clapton – I Still Do (2012). Painting. Portrait of Clapton. No text.
  27. Eric Clapton – Madison Square Garden (2012). Portrait of Clapton. Typography: Blake’s handwriting and collaged letters.
  28. Eric Clapton – 70th Birthday Celebration (2012). Painting. Alternative portrait of Clapton. Typography: type.
  29. John Cooper Clarke – The Luckiest Guy Alive (2018). Painting. Commissioned portrait of Clarke. Typography: tiles.
  30. The Who – WHO (2021). Collage. Typography: type.
  31. Eric Clapton – The Definitive 24 Nights (2023). Drawings. Typography: Blake’s handwriting.
  32. Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes – Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) (2024). Collage. Typography: Blake’s handwriting. (Covers 36 and 37.)
  33. Paul Weller – 66 (2024). Painting. No text.
  34. Band Aid 40 – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (2024). Painting & collage. New version of “VALENTINE”. Typography: type.
  35. Hot Chip – Joy in Repetition (2025). Painting. Wind-up monkey. Typography: type.

Peter Blake has said he produced designs for a Steeleye Span and a Ray Davies album but these have been lost. I have included his unused designs for the Landscape and Robbie Williams albums.

* Box set containing 12 original Blake prints rather than a cover design; included as evidence of the Blake/Wilson artistic collaboration.

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