Storm Thorgerson

Storm Thorgerson (born 1944 in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire) is an English graphic designer. He was a key member of the British graphic art group Hipgnosis, and designed many of their most famous single and album covers. Perhaps his most famous designs are those for Pink Floyd.^[1] His design for Dark Side of the Moon has been called one of the greatest album covers of all time.^[2][3] Many of his designs are notable for their surreal elements. He often places objects out of their traditional contexts, especially with vast spaces around them, to give them an awkward appearance while highlighting their beauty. To quote Thorgerson, "I like photography because it is a reality medium, unlike drawing which is unreal. I like to mess with reality...to bend reality. Some of my works beg the question of is it real or not?"^[4] Several books have been devoted to surveying Thorgerson's work over three-plus decades.

Works

Album covers

Work with Hipgnosis

• 10cc:
  • How Dare You! (1975)
  • Deceptive Bends (1977)
• AC/DC
  • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
• Ashra
  • Correlations (UK/EU) (1977)
• Black Sabbath
  • Technical Ecstasy (1976)
• Brand X
  • Moroccan Roll (1975)
• Peter Gabriel:
  • Peter Gabriel (I) (1977)
  • Peter Gabriel (II) (1978)
  • Peter Gabriel (III) (1979)
• Genesis:
  • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
• David Gilmour:
  • David Gilmour (1978)
• I Am Spoonbender
  • Shown Actual Size (1977/2002)
• Led Zeppelin:
  • Houses of the Holy (1973)
  • Presence (1976)
  • In Through the Out Door (1979)
• Nick Mason
  • Fictitious Sports (1981)
• The Nice
  • Elegy (1971)
• Pink Floyd:
  • A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
  • Music from the Film More (1969)
  • Ummagumma (1969)
  • Atom Heart Mother (1970)
  • Meddle (1971)
  • Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  • The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  • Wish You Were Here (1975)
  • Animals (1977)
  • A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981) (under the pseudonym of TCP - Thorgerson, Christopherson and Powell)
• Quatermass:
  • Quatermass (1970)
• Styx:
  • Pieces of Eight (1978)
• Richard Wright
  • Wet Dream (1978)
• Yes
  • Going for the One (1977)
  • Tormato (1978)

Solo work

• Anthrax
  • Stomp 442 (1995)
• Audioslave
  • Audioslave (2002)
• Catherine Wheel:
  • Chrome (1993)
  • Happy Days (1995)
  • Like Cats and Dogs (compilation) (1996)
  • Adam And Eve (1997)
  • Wishville (2000)
• Biffy Clyro:
  • Puzzle (2007)
  • "Saturday Superhouse" (2007)
  • "Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" (2007)
  • "Folding Stars" (2007)
  • "Machines" (2007)
• The Cranberries:
  • Bury the Hatchet (1999)
  • Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
• Bruce Dickinson
  • Skunkworks (1996)
• Dream Theater:
  • A Change of Seasons (1995)
  • Falling Into Infinity (1997)
  • "Once In A LIVEtime" (1998)
  • "5 Years in a LIVEtime" (1998)
• Ian Dury and The Blockheads
  • Mr. Love Pants (1998)
• Ellis, Beggs, & Howard
  • Homelands (1989)
• Ethnix
  • Home Is Where The Head Is (2002)
• Europe
  • Secret Society (2006)
• David Gilmour
  • About Face (1984)
    • Blue Light and All Lovers Are Deranged music videos (1984)
  • David Gilmour in Concert DVD (2002)
• Helloween
  • Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991)
• The Mars Volta:
  • De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
  • Frances The Mute (2005)
• Muse:
  • Absolution (2003)
    • "Butterflies and Hurricanes" single (2004)
  • Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
• Alan Parsons:
  • Try Anything Once (1993)
  • On Air (1996)
  • The Time Machine (1999)
• Phish
  • Slip Stitch and Pass (1997)
• Pink Floyd:
  • A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
    • Learning To Fly music video (1987)
  • Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
  • Shine On (1992)
  • The Division Bell (1994)
    • High Hopes music video (1994)
  • P*U*L*S*E (1995)
  • Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000)
  • Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001)
• Program the Dead
  • Program The Dead (2005)
• Rainbow
  • Bent Out of Shape (1983)
    • Street of Dreams music video (1983)
• Styx
  • "Cyclorama" (2003)
• The Offspring
  • Splinter (2003)
• Thornley
  • Come Again (2004)
• Umphrey's McGee
  • Safety In Numbers (2006)
  • The Bottom Half (2007)
• Ween
  • The Mollusk (1997)
• Rick Wright
  • Broken China (1996)
• Younger Brother
  • Last Days of Gravity (2007)
• Yourcodenameis:milo
  • Rapt. Dept. (2005)
  • 17 (2005)
  • Ignoto (2005)

Notes

External links

• Official site
• BBC Feature and audio interview