Best
Art Vinyl 2021
Winners & Nominees
Artist
Villagers
Title
Fever Dreams
Label
Domino Records
Design
Artwork by Paul Phillips at True Spilt Milk Designs.
Design by Matthew Cooper, assisted by Paul J Street
Artist
Duran Duran
Title
Future Past
Label
BMG
Design
Photography Daisuke Yokota.
Art Direction Rory McCartney
Artist
Thunder
Title
All the Right Noises
Label
BMG
Design
Cover photo by Jason Joyce
Design by Neel Panchal
Artist
Wowod
Title
Yarost’ I Proshchenie
Label
Church Road Records
Design
Artwork by Ezakeil/Ashfireworks
Artist
Weezer
Title
OK Human
Label
Atlantic
Design
Illustrated by Mattias Adolfsson
Artist
The Vaccines
Title
Back in Love City
Label
Super Easy Records
Design
Artwork by Seerlight
Artist
The Army Of Summer
Title
The Army Of Summer
Label
Snappy Little Numbers
Design
Design by Aaron Ray
Artist
Store Front Church
Title
As We Pass
Label
Sargent House
Design
Cover art by Aaron Johnson
Artist
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Title
J.T.
Label
New West Records
Design
Cover art by Tony Fitzpatrick
Artist
Squid
Title
Bright Green Field
Label
Warp
Design
Cover art by Felix Green
Artist
Spirit Was
Title
Heaven’s Just a Cloud
Label
Danger Collective Records
Design
Artwork by Nick Corbo
Artist
Spirit of the Beehive
Title
Entertainment, Death
Label
Saddle Creek
Design
Cover artwork by Rivka Ravede
Artist
Sleaford Mods
Title
Spare Ribs
Label
Rough Trade Records
Design
Artwork and design Philip Laslett.
Photography by Simon Parfrement
Artist
Shire T
Title
Tomorrow’s People
Label
Dama Dama Music
Design
Artwork and Design by Alexander Brown
Artist
Shannon and the Clams
Title
Year of the Spider
Label
Easy Eye Sound
Design
Painting by Shannon Shaw
Design by Perry Shall
Artist
Schneider TM
Title
The 8 of Space
Label
Editions Mego
Design
Artwork concept, photography & drawings by D.Dresselhaus.
Sleeve layout by Stephen O’Malley.Spiral layouts by Olaf Boqwist.
Artist
Sarah Neufeld
Title
Detritus
Label
One Little Independent Records
Design
Artwork by Kent Rogowski
Artist
Ross From Friends
Title
Tread
Label
Ninja Tune
Design
Artwork by Matt Avallone
Artist
Rise Against
Title
Nowhere Generation
Label
Loma Vista Recordings
Design
Creative Director Brian Roettinger
Artist
Portico Quartet
Title
Monument
Label
Gondwana
Design
Design by Duncan Bellamy for Veil Projects
Artist
Moses Sumney
Title
Græ
Label
Jagjaguwar
Design
Art direction by Moses Sumney.
Design by Julian Gross.
Photography by Eric Gyamfi
Artist
Mogwai
Title
As the Love Continues
Label
Rock Action
Design
Design by DLT
Artist
Manic Street Preachers
Title
The Ultra Vivid Lament
Label
Columbia Records
Design
Photography by Nicky Wire
Artist
Lump
Title
Animal
Label
Chrysalis Recods/Partisan Records
Design
Design by Minji Kim Photography by Steph Wilson
Creative Director Melissa Matos
Artist
Lucy Gooch
Title
Rain’s Break
Label
Fire Records
Design
Artwork by Henry Driver
Layout by Alex Hornsby
Artist
Lost Horizons
Title
In Quiet Moments
Label
Bella Union
Design
Cover photography by Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Artist
Loraine James
Title
Reflection
Label
Hyperdub
Design
Sleeve by Manuel Sepulveda for Optigram
Artist
Kaktus Einarsson
Title
Kick the Ladder
Label
One Little Independent records
Design
Artwork and design by Asmund Sollihøgda
Artist
Jane Weaver
Title
Flock
Label
fire Records
Design
Design and artwork by Andy Votel.
Photography by Nic Chapman
Artist
James McMurtry
Title
The Horses and Hounds
Label
New West Records
Design
Design and Illustrations by Mark Harkness
Artist
James Blake
Title
Friends That Break Your Heart
Label
Polydor / Republic
Design
Artwork by Miles Johnston
Artist
Interloper
Title
Search Party
Label
Nuclear Blast Records
Design
Artwork by Caelan Stokkermans
Artist
Indigo De Souza
Title
Any Shape You Take
Label
Saddle Creek
Design
Artwork by Kimberly Oberhammer
Artist
Imelda May
Title
11 Past the Hour
Label
Decca records
Design
Self Portrait photography by Imelda May inspired by Pattie Boyd
Artist
Here Lies Man
Title
Ritual Divination
Label
Riding Easy Records
Design
Artwork by Wolfgang Stiller
Artist
Gruff Rhys
Title
Seeking New Gods
Label
Rough Trade Records
Design
Design and Art Direction – Mark James
Artist
Gorgon City
Title
Olympia
Label
Positiva Records
Design
Design by Alex Cowper
Artist
Geese
Title
Projector
Label
Partisan Records
Design
Cover art shot by Landon Yost
Design by UNDERCARD - Matt De Jong & Jamie-James Medina
Artist
Elton John
Title
The Lockdown Sessions
Label
Universal
Design
Cover photography by Greg Gorman
Artist
Dry Cleaning
Title
New Long Leg
Label
4AD
Design
Artwork & design by Dry Cleaning
Design assistance by Alison Fielding
Photography by Florence Shaw
Artist
Doja Kat
Title
Planet Her
Label
RCA Records
Design
Photography by David LaChapelle
Artist
Clinic
Title
Fantasy Island
Label
Domino Records
Design
Artwork by Clinic.
Design by Matthew Cooper & Paul J Street
Artist
Circuit des Yeux
Title
IO
Label
Matador Records
Design
Design Alison Fielding
Photography: Evan Jenkins
Artist
Chubby and the Gang
Title
The Mutt’s Nuts
Label
Partisan Records
Design
Artwork by Spoiler & Tin Savage
Artist
Black Midi
Title
Cavalcade
Label
Rough Trade Records
Design
Design David Rudnik
Artist
Bicep
Title
Isles
Label
Ninja Tune
Design
Artwork by Studio Degrau
Artist
Balthazar
Title
Sand
Label
Play It Again Sam and Pias
Design
Homunculus Loxodontus, a statue by Dutch artist Margriet Van Breevoort
Art Director, Annelise Keestra
Artist
Arab Strap
Title
As Days Get Dark
Label
Rock Action
Design
Design by Aidan Moffat.
Original painting by Pedro Americo (1886)
Artist
Amyl and the Sniffers
Title
Comfort to Me
Label
Rough Trade Records
Design
Artwork by Bráulio Amado
Artist
A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four
Title
The Problem of Leisure
Label
Gill Music
Design
Original artwork by Damien Hirst. Dog with Bone 2017
