Kanye West took to Abbey Road to perform and record a live album, Late Orchestration, in the mid-’00s. The track list consists of some of his biggest hits from his first two albums, all done with a ...
When one door closes, another one opens, and that certainly seemed to be true for The Beatles as they tried to shoot the cover photo for their debut album, Please Please Me. The original artwork idea ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. BEATLES 1966 Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George ...
The Beatles have inspired so many covers that it’s mindboggling. Most modern attempts to add something to the Fab Four’s sound aren’t impressive. Only one album of Beatles covers from this century is ...
The album is the best invention of the past century, hands down — but the music isn’t the whole story. The album cover has been a cultural obsession as long as albums have. Ever since 12-inch vinyl ...
Top left clockwise: Artwork for the Sex Pistols, Cannibal Corpse, Guns N’ Roses, and The Beatles (Geffen/Virgin/Universal/EMI) What makes an album cover ...
Lucinda Williams was 10 years old in 1963 and living in Santiago, Chile when she caught Beatlemania. She listened to the band on the radio, tacked Beatles posters to her bedroom walls, pasted magazine ...
The Beatles landed at JFK Airport on February 7, 1964, greeted by 3,000 of the fans that had sent “I Want To Hold Your Hand” to the top of the Hot 100, and America’s love affair with the Fab Four hasn ...