Storm Elvin Thorgerson

Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013) was an English graphic designer, best known for his work for rock artists such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Nik Kershaw, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Al Stewart, Europe, Catherine Wheel, Bruce Dickinson, Dream Theater, Anthrax, The Cranberries, The Mars Volta, Muse, The Alan Parsons Project, Biffy Clyro and Rival Sons. Wikipedia

Taken by Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson
Storm Thorgerson, Peter Curzon
Omnibus Press, 2007 - Art - 208 pages
Taken By Storm is a superb selection of Storm Thorgerson's work over the past 30 years. It features the best of Hipgnosis, Pink Floyd and the Storm Studios and is a visual equivalent of a greatest hits album.Thorgerson's prolific album art is presented in full-colour and includes in-depth analysis of each image, including the themes and motivations that inspired the work, as well as the practical details involved in producing each stunning image.Includes new material from the last five years, none of which has been previously published in book form.

Album cover designs (1968–2014)

For Thorgerson's work with Hipgnosis, see Hipgnosis discography

• 10cc:
  • Sheet Music (1974)
  • The Original Soundtrack (1975)
  • How Dare You! (1976)
  • Deceptive Bends (1977)
  • Bloody Tourists (1978)
  • Greatest Hits 1972–1978 (1979)^[8]
  • Look Hear? (1980)
  • Mirror Mirror (1994)
• AC/DC
  • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976) (international edition)
• Alan Parsons:
  • Try Anything Once (1993)
    
  • On Air (1996)
  • The Time Machine (1999)
  • A Valid Path (2004)
• The Alan Parsons Project
  • Pyramid (1978)^[8]
  • Eve (1979).
  • Eye in the Sky (1982)
    
• Al Stewart
  • Past, Present and Future (1973)
  • Modern Times (1975)
  • Year of the Cat (1976)
  • Time Passages (1978)
• The Answer
  • New Horizon (2013)
• Anthrax
  • Stomp 442 (1995)
• Audience
  • The House on the Hill (1971)
  • Lunch (1972)
  • You Can't Beat 'em (1973)
• Audioslave
  • Audioslave (2002)
• Bad Company
  • Bad Company (1974)
  • Straight Shooter (1975)
  • Burnin' Sky (1977)
  • Desolation Angels (1979)
  • Rough Diamonds (1982)
• Biffy Clyro:
  • Puzzle (2007)
    • "Saturday Superhouse" (2007)
    • "Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" (2007)
    • "Folding Stars" (2007)
    • "Machines" (2007)
  • Only Revolutions (2009)
    • "That Golden Rule" (2009)
    • "The Captain" (2009)
    • "Lonely Revolutions" (2010)
  • Opposites (2013)
    • "Black Chandelier" (2013)
    • "Biblical" (2013)
    • "Opposite" (2013)
    • "Victory Over the Sun" (2013)
    • "Similarities" (2014)
• Black Sabbath:
  • Technical Ecstasy (1976)
  • Never Say Die! (1978)
• Brand X
  • Unorthodox Behaviour (1976)
  • Moroccan Roll (1977)
  • Product (1979)
  • Do They Hurt? (1980)
• Bruce Dickinson
  • Skunkworks (1996)
    
• Catherine Wheel:
  • Chrome (1993)
  • Happy Days (1995)
  • Like Cats and Dogs (compilation) (1996)
  • Adam And Eve (1997)
  • Wishville (2000)
• The Cranberries:
  • Bury the Hatchet (1999)
  • Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
• The Cult:
  • Electric (1987) (credited on the picture sleeve as "Art Direction by Storm Thorgerson")
• David Gilmour
  • David Gilmour (1978)
  • About Face (1984)
  • David Gilmour in Concert DVD (2002)
• Def Leppard
  • High 'n' Dry (1981)
    
• Deepest Blue
  • Late September (2004)
• Disco Biscuits:
  • Planet Anthem (2010)
• Dream Theater:
  • A Change of Seasons (1995)
  • Falling into Infinity (1997)
  • "Once in a LIVEtime" (1998)
  • "5 Years in a Livetime" (1998)
• Edgar Broughton Band
  • Edgar Broughton Band (1971)
  • Inside Out (1972)
  • Oora (1973)
  • A Bunch of 45s (1975)
  • Parlez-Vous English (1979)
• Electric Light Orchestra
  • The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
  • ELO 2 (1973)
  • On the Third Day (1973)
  • The Light Shines On (1977)
• Ellis, Beggs, & Howard
  • Homelands (1989)
• Ethnix
  • Home Is Where The Head Is (2002)
• Europe
  • Secret Society (2006)
• Flash
  • Flash (1972)
  • Out of Our Hands (1973)
• The Gods
  • Genesis (1968)
  • To Samuel a Son (1969)
• Genesis
  • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
  • A Trick of the Tail (1976)
  • Wind & Wuthering (1976)
  • ...And Then There Were Three... (1978)
• The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Horizons (1970)
  • The Going's Easy (1970)
  • The Greatest Show on Earth (1975)
• goodbyemotel
  • If (2014)
• Goose
  • Synrise (2012)
• Helloween
  • Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991)
• Herman Rarebell
  • Nip in the Bud (1981)^[8]
• Ian Dury and The Blockheads
  • Mr. Love Pants (1998)
• Led Zeppelin
  • Led Zeppelin (1969)
    
  • Houses of the Holy (1973)
  • Presence (1976)
  • The Song Remains the Same (1976)
  • In Through the Out Door (1979)
  • Coda (1982)
• The Mars Volta:
  • De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
    • "Inertiatic ESP" single (2003)
    • "Televators" single (2003)
  • Frances the Mute (2005)
    • "The Widow" single (2005)
  • Amputechture (2006) (original artwork)
• Megadeth:
  • Rude Awakening DVD (2002)
• Mike Oldfield
  • "Earth Moving" (1989)^[16]
    • Earth Moving single (1989)
• Mike Rutherford
  • Smallcreep's Day (1980)^[8]
• Muse:
  • Absolution (2003)
    • "Butterflies and Hurricanes" single (2004)
  • Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
  • "Uprising" single (2009)
• The Nice
  • Five Bridges (1970)
  • Elegy (1971)
  • Autumn '67 – Spring '68 (1972)
• Nick Mason
  • Fictitious Sports (1981)
• The Offspring
  • Splinter (2003)
• Peter Gabriel:
  • Peter Gabriel (1977) ("Car")
  • Peter Gabriel (1978) ("Scratch")
  • Peter Gabriel (1980) ("Melt")
• Pendulum
  • Immersion (2010)
    
• Phish
  • Slip Stitch and Pass (1997)
• The Pineapple Thief
  • Someone Here Is Missing (2010)
• Pink Floyd:^[17]
  • A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
  • More (1969)
  • Ummagumma (1969)
  • Atom Heart Mother (1970)
  • Meddle (1971)
  • Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  • The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  • A Nice Pair (1973)
  • Wish You Were Here (1975)
  • Animals (1977)
  • A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981)
    
  • A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)[9]
    
  • Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
    
  • Shine On (1992)[9]
    
  • The Division Bell (1994)
  • P*U*L*S*E (1995), including the blinking LED light that was featured in early CD packaging.^[18]
  • Relics re-release (1996)
  • Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 (2000)
  • Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001)
  • Oh, by the Way (2007)
  • The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door (2011)
• Robert Plant:
  • The Principle of Moments (1983)
  • "Big Log" (single) (1983)
• Renaissance
  • Prologue (1972)
  • Ashes Are Burning (1973)
  • Turn of the Cards (1974)
  • Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
  • A Song for All Seasons (1978)
• The Plea
  • The Dreamers Stadium (2012)^[19]
• Powderfinger
  • Golden Rule (2009)
• Program the Dead
  • Program The Dead (2005)
• Rainbow
  • Difficult to Cure (1981)^[8]
  • Straight Between the Eyes (1982)
  • Bent Out of Shape (1983)
• Rick Wright
  • Wet Dream (1978)
  • Broken China (1996)
• Rival Sons
  • Pressure & Time (2011)
• Roger Taylor
  • Fun in Space (1981)
• Roy Harper
  • Lifemask (1973)
  • Valentine (1974)
  • Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion (1974)
  • HQ (1975)
  • Bullinamingvase (1977)
• Scorpions
  • Lovedrive (1979)
  • Animal Magnetism (1980)
    
  • Crazy World (1990)
• Sammy Hagar
  • Sammy Hagar (1977)
  • Musical Chairs (1977)
• Steve Miller Band:
  • Bingo! (2010)
  • Let Your Hair Down (2011)
    
• Shpongle
  • Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland (2009)
• Slow Earth
  • Latitude and 023 (2013)
• Styx
  • Pieces of Eight (1978)^[8]
  • Cyclorama (2003)
• Strawbs
  • Deadlines (1977)
• Toe Fat
  • Toe Fat (1970)
  • Toe Fat 2 (1971)
• Thornley
  • Come Again (2004)
  • Tiny Pictures (2009)
• Thunder
  • Laughing on Judgement Day (1992)
  • Behind Closed Doors (1995)
• UFO
  • Phenomenon (1974)
  • Force It (1975)
  • No Heavy Petting (1976)
  • Lights Out (1977)
  • Obsession (1978)
  • Strangers in the Night (1979)
  • No Place to Run (1980)
  • The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981)
  • Making Contact (1983)
• UK
  • Danger Money (1979)
• Umphrey's McGee
  • Safety in Numbers (2006)
  • The Bottom Half (2007)
• Villainy
  • Mode. Set. Clear. (2012)
• Wax
  • American English (1987)
  • A Hundred Thousand in Fresh Notes (1989)
• Ween
  • The Mollusk (1997)
• Wishbone Ash
  • Pilgrimage (1971)
  • Argus (1972)
  • Wishbone Four (1973)
  • Live Dates (1973)
  • There's the Rub (1974)
  • New England (1976)
  • Front Page News (1977)
  • No Smoke Without Fire (1978)^[8]
  • Just Testing (1980)
• The Wombats:
  • This Modern Glitch (2011)
• XTC
  • Go 2 (1978)
• Yes
  • Going for the One (1977)
  • Tormato (1978)
• Yumi Matsutoya
  • Sakuban Oaisimashō (1981)
• Younger Brother
  • Last Days of Gravity (2007)
  • Vaccine (2011)
• Yourcodenameis:milo
  • Rapt. Dept. (2005)
  • 17 (2005)
  • Ignoto (2005)