Aside from establishing Neil Finn as a great songwriter and cementing Split Enz’ place in the pantheon of New Wave rock gods, True Colors represented something of a marketing breakthrough in 1980, when it was released in several different, limited edition album cover color combinations, along with laser-etched “holographic” designs in the vinyl that make those particular LPs valuable collectors’ items today.
11. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
In 1988 Jane’s Addition personified in its music a certain raw combustability prevalent at the time, and the cover of Nothing’s Shocking captured both the music and the utter weirdness of the age well. It also made un-ironic use of two themes used to sell records in any age — tits and fire. Together. Brilliant.
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