Tony Wright (artist)
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Tony Wright (b. 23 October 1949 London) is an artist who created album covers such as Natty Dread –Bob Marley, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys – Traffic[1] and Saved, Bob Dylan[2]
Two of his designs, Traffic's 1971 album The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Steve Winwood's 1980 Arc of a Diver, were listed on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers in 1991.[3]
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[edit] Selected works
- 1971 Traffic, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- 1973 Traffic, Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
- 1973 The Meters, Cissy Strut
- 1973 Sharks (band), First Water
- 1973 Chris Stainton, Tundra
- 1974 Bob Marley, Natty Dread
- 1974 Jim Capaldi, Whale Meat Again
- 1975 Peter Skellern, Hard Times
- 1975 Fania All Stars, Salsa
- 1975 Kevin Ayers, Sweet Deceiver
- 1976 David Essex, Out on the Street
- 1976 Max Romeo, War in Babylon
- 1976 Third World
- 1976 Lee Perry, Super Ape
- 1976 Aswad
- 1977 Martin Briley, Before and Beyond
- 1977 John Martyn, One World
- 1977 Third World, 96 degrees in the Shade
- 1977 David Essex, Gold and Ivory
- 1977 Junior Murvin, Police and Thieves
- 1977 Jorge Ben, Tropical
- 1977 Go, Live from Paris
- 1978 Ijahman, Haile I Hymn
- 1978 Rico Rodriguez, Man from Wareika
- 1979 David Essex, Imperial Wizard
- 1979 Third World, Journey to Addis
- 1979 Ijahman, Are We a Warrior
- 1980 Bob Dylan, Saved
- 1980 Black Uhuru, Sinsemilla
- 1980 Davitt Sigerson
- 1980 Steve Winwood, Arc of a Diver
- 1980 B52s
- 1980 Marianne Faithfull, Broken English
- 1980 Cristina
- 1980 Suicide
- 1980 Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- 1982 Chic, Take It Off
- 1982 Steve Winwood, Talking Back to the Night
- 1983 Ramones, Subterranean Jungle
- 1983 Marianne Faithfull, A Child’s Adventure
- 1984 Sly and Robbie, Language Barrier
- 1984 Ramones, Too Tough to Die
- 1985 Various Artists, Sun City
- 1986 Trouble Funk, Trouble over Here, Trouble over There
- 1986 Tama Janowitz, Cannibal in Manhattan (novel)
- 1987 Sly and Robbie, Rhythm Killers
- 1987 Gary Windo, Deep Water
- 1987 Marianne Faithfull, Strange Weather
- 1988 Melissa Etheridge, Melissa Etheridge
- 1988 Allen Ginsberg
- 1989 The Buck Pets
- 1990 William Burroughs
- 1995 Jude Cole, I Don't Know Why I Act This Way
- 2001 Local H, Here Comes the Zoo
- 2001 Skindive
- 2001 Gigi
- 2002 Supreme Beings of Leisure, Divine Operating System
[edit] Illustrated books
- Angel, The Diary of a Mystic 1976.
- Fantastic Woman, A Song of Songs 1980
- Hymn of the Sun, by Francis of Assisi. 1990
- City,1995
- Dance of Death, Forty Paintings, Forty Quotations. 2006
[edit] Selected awards
- Benjamin Franklin Award. 1991. First Prize. Religion/Metaphysics/Spirituality.
- Catholic Press Association 1991 Book Award. First prize.
- Print Magazine. Design Award. 1996
- American Graphic Design Award 1997
- Drench Design Award.2005
- Design Greenproject Award. 2006
[edit] References
- ^ PRWeb Press Release Newswire July 14 2005
- ^ The Art of the Album Cover The Washington Post Oct 23, 1991
- ^ Rolling Stone November 14th, 1991
