Best
Art Vinyl 2016
Winners & Nominees
Artist
The Last Shadow Puppets
Title
Everything You’ve Come to Expect
Label
Domino
Design
Design by Matthew Cooper.
Cover photography by Jack Robinson
Artist
David Bowie
Title
Blackstar
Label
Sony
Design
Design by Jonathan Barnbrook
Artist
Mark Prichard
Title
Under the Sun
Label
Warp
Design
Design by Jonathan Zawada
Artist
St Paul and the Broken Bones
Title
Sea of Noise
Label
Columbia
Design
Art Direction by Aaron Gresham
Artist
Suede
Title
Night Thoughts
Label
Suede Ltd/Warner
Design
Art Direction by Paul Khera, Brett Anderson, Mat Osman,
Neil Codling and Didz Hammond.
Photography by Lucy Ray
Artist
Nao
Title
For All We Know
Label
RCA Records
Design
Design by Big Active
Artist
Cemetery Piss
Title
Order of the Vulture
Label
Cricket Cemetery
Design
Artwork by Lane Milburn
Artist
Parquet Courts
Title
Human Performance
Label
Rough Trade
Design
Artwork by Andrew Savage
Artist
SURVIVE
Title
RR7349
Label
Relapse Records
Design
Artwork by Bryan Olson
Artist
Oathbreaker
Title
Rheia
Label
Deathwish Inc
Design
Art Direction by Hemel. Photography by Teroen Mylle.
Layout & design by Valentijn Goethals & Tomas Lootens
Artist
Drug Dealer
Title
The End of Comedy
Label
Weird World Record Co
Design
Artwork by Robert Beatty
Artist
Jake Bugg
Title
On My One
Label
Island
Design
Cover Painting by Nathan Pendlebury.
Design by Stylorouge
Artist
Solar Bears
Title
Advancement
Label
Sunday Best
Design
Artwork by Michael Robinson
Artist
Michael Kiwanuka
Title
Love & Hate
Label
Interscope
Design
Artwork & design by Yousef
Artist
Poirier
Title
Migration
Label
Nice Up
Design
Design by Simon Rivest, Ping Pong Ping Design
Artist
James Blake
Title
The Colour in Anything
Label
Polydor
Design
Design by Quentin Blake
Artist
The Wytches
Title
All Your Happy Life
Label
Heavenly
Design
Artwork Samuel Gull
Artist
Madness
Title
They Can’t Touch Us Now
Label
Lucky Seven Records
Design
Cover artwork by Paul Agar
Artist
Kings of Leon
Title
Walls
Label
RCA
Design
Concept & Design by Phear Creative.
Photography by Jimmy Marble.
Doll Art by Renata Jansen
Artist
Oranssi Pazuzu
Title
Värähtelijä
Label
Svart Records
Design
Cover photo Andrea Petrovicova
Artist
The Divine Comedy
Title
Foreverland
Label
Divine Comedy records
Design
Design by Matthew Cooper
Artist
Shura
Title
Nothing’s Real
Label
Interscope
Design
Art Direction and Design
Mat Maitland at Big Active
Photography by Andrew Whitton
Illustration by Louise Pomeroy
Artist
Plaid
Title
The Digging Remedy
Label
Warp
Design
Design by Designers Republic
Artist
Xiu Xiu
Title
Twin Peaks
Label
Bella Union
Artist
Explosions in the Sky
Title
The Wilderness
Label
Bella Union
Design
Jacob van Loon
Artist
Arc Iris
Title
Moon Saloon
Label
Bella Union
Design
Cover art by Julien Pacaud
Artist
Kate Tempest
Title
Let Them Eat Chaos
Label
Fiction
Design
Image by Peter Kennard.
Art direction by Harris Elliott.
Artist
Justice
Title
Woman
Label
Ed Banger
Design
Cover artwork by Charlotte Delarue
Artist
White Lies
Title
Friends
Label
Infectious
Design
Art Direction & Design by Markus Bagå
at Big Active Design
Artist
Ultrasound
Title
Real Britannia
Label
Classic Album Club
Design
Design by Quirk and Rescue
Artist
Mr Oizo
Title
All Wet
Label
Ed Banger
Design
Design by Quentin Dupieux
Artist
Kaytranada
Title
0.99%
Label
XL
Design
Design by Ricardo Cavolo
Artist
Chairlift
Title
Moth
Label
Columbia
Design
Vover painting Rebecca Bird
Artist
Rihanna
Title
Anti
Label
Roc Nation
Design
Design by Roy Nachum
Artist
Leonard Cohen
Title
You Want it Darker
Label
Columbia Sony
Design
Design by Sammy Slabbinck
Artist
Bert Jansch
Title
Avocet
Label
Earth Recordings
Design
Artwork by Hannah Alice
Artist
The Coral
Title
The Distance Inbetween
Label
Ignition Records
Design
Artwork by Anna Benson and Ian Skelly
Artist
Kate Jackson
Title
British Road Movies
Label
Hoo Haa Records
Design
Artwork by Kate Jackson
Layout by Foley Creative Company
Logos by Rob Barton
Artist
London Orion Orchestra
Title
Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here Symphonic
Label
Decca
Design
Artwork by Tiernen Trevallion
Artist
Kula Shaker
Title
K 2.0
Label
Strange Folk Records
Design
Artwork by Kate Bayley.
Design by Stylorouge
Artist
Baltic Fleet
Title
The Dear One
Label
Blow Up
Design
Photography & Sleeve Design by Claudia Arnold
Artist
Blood Orange
Title
Free Town Sound
Label
Domino
Design
Cover art by Deana Lawson
Artist
Avalanches
Title
Wildflower
Label
Modular Astralwerks
Design
Art Direction by Lost Art
Design by Chris Hopkins
Butterfly by Fergadelic
Artist
Earl Brutus
Title
Tonight You Are the Special One
Label
Loop
Design
Artwork by Scott King
Artist
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Title
The Getaway
Label
Warner Bros
Design
Design by Kevin Peterson
Artist
Underworld
Title
Barbara Barbara We Face a Shining Future
Label
Caroline Records
Design
Cover artwork by Tomato Design
Artist
Reginald Omas Mamonde IV
Title
Reginald Omas Mamonde IV
Label
Five Easy Pieces
Design
Design by Gunter Piekarski.
Photography by Clio Alphas
Artist
Biosphere
Title
Departed Glories
Label
Small Town Supersound
Design
Design by Jason Gronbech Jensen
Photography by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
Artist
Nicolas Jarr
Title
Sirens
Label
Other People Records
Design
Design by David Rudnick
Artist
Santigold
Title
99c
Label
Atlantic
Design
Art direction by Mark Jacobs & Santi White
