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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.
  2. Pentangle – Sweet Child (1968). Photo. Model (pentagram).
  3. Chris Jagger – The Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist (1974). Photo and collage. Portrait of Jagger holding ventriloquist’s dummy.
  4. Roger McGough – Summer with Monika (1974). Painting. Bedroom scene.
  5. The Who – Face Dances (1981). Paintings. Series of portraits.
  6. Landscape – Manhattan Boogie Woogie (1982). Collage. Abstract cityscape after Piet Mondrian. (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.
  8. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (1984, 1985). Collage.
  9. David Sylvian – A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil (1986). Appropriated print. Religious iconography.
  10. Ian Dury – Apples (1989) Painting apples.
  11. Ian Dury — Apples / Byeline Brown (1989). Paintings. Apples.
  12. The Fall – I’m Frank (1990). Appropriated painting (Nadia).
  13. Eric Clapton – 24 Nights (1991) Peter Blake drawings.
  14. Eric Clapton — Wonderful Tonight (1991). Drawings.
  15. Paul Weller – Stanley Road (1995). Painting & collage. Portrait of Weller.
  16. A Stranger Shadow – Colours (1995). Collage.
  17. Various Artists – Brand New Boots and Panties (2001). Painting. Commissioned portrait.
  18. Robbie Williams – Swing While You’re Winning (2001). Painting. Portrait of Williams. (Unused cover design.)
  19. Brian Wilson – Gettin’ in Over My Head (2004). Collage. California street scene.
  20. The Who – Live at Leeds 2 (2006). Limited edition print.
  21. Various Artists – John Peel: Right Time, Wrong Speed 1977–1987 (2006). Painting. Commissioned portrait of Peel.
  22. Eric Clapton – Me and Mr. Johnson (2006). Painting. Portrait of Clapton as Johnson.
  23. Oasis – Stop the Clocks (3LP set, 2006) Blake’s blue wardrobe, dartboard and assorted items.
  24. Champagne Supernova (2006). Collage / dartboard.
  25. The Blockheads – Staring Down the Barrel (2006). Collage.
  26. Brian Wilson & Peter Blake – That Lucky Old Sun (2009). Exclusive box set.*
  27. Madness – Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da (2009). Handwriting and collage.
  28. Paul Weller – Dragonfly (2009). Collage. Maritime scene.
  29. Eric Clapton – I Still Do (2012). Painting. Portrait of Clapton.
  30. Eric Clapton – Madison Square Garden (2012). Portrait of Clapton.
  31. Eric Clapton – 70th Birthday Celebration (2012). Painting. Alternative portrait of Clapton.
  32. John Cooper Clarke – The Luckiest Guy Alive (2018). Painting. Commissioned portrait of Clarke.
  33. The Who – WHO (2021). Collage.
  34. Eric Clapton – The Definitive 24 Nights (2023). Drawings.
  35. Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes – Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) (2024). Collage — Version 1.
  36. Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes – Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) (2024). Collage — Version 2.
  37. Paul Weller – 66 (2024). Painting.
  38. Band Aid 40 – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (2024). Painting & collage. New version of Peter Blake’s 1959-60 painting “Valentine (for Pauline Boty).
  39. Hot Chip – Joy in Repetition (2025). Painting. Wind-up monkey.

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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