Tony Wright (born 23 October 1949, in London) is an artist who created album covers such as Bob Marley's Natty Dread and Traffic's The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys[1] and others including Bob Dylan's Saved[2] His art work for Traffic's 1971 album The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Steve Winwood's 1980 Arc of a Diver were listed amongst Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers.[3] 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' cover is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Album art
- 1971 Traffic, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- 1973 Traffic, Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
- 1973 The Meters, Cissy Strut
- 1973 Sharks, 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, Third World
- 1976 Lee Perry, Super Ape
- 1976 Aswad
- 1976 Boxer, Bloodletting
- 1977 Martin Briley, Before and Beyond
- 1977 John Martyn, One World
- 1977 Third World, 96° 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
- 1979 The B-52's, The B-52's
- 1980 Bob Dylan, Saved
- 1980 Black Uhuru, Sinsemilla
- 1980 Davitt Sigerson
- 1980 Steve Winwood, Arc of a Diver
- 1980 Marianne Faithfull, Broken English
- 1980 Cristina
- 1980 Suicide
- 1981 Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
- 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 S. 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
Book illustration
- Angel: The Diary of a Mystic. 1976.
- Fantastic Woman: A Song of Songs. 1980
- Assisi, Francis of. Hymn of the Sun. 1990
- City. 1995
- Dance of Death: Forty Paintings, Forty Quotations. 2006
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
Notes
- ^ "Web Press ReleaseNewswire". www.prwebdirect.com. 2009-07-06. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
- ^ Richard Harrington (1991-10-23). "The Art of the Album Cover". pqarchiver.com/The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
- ^ "100 Greatest Album Covers". rateyourmusic.com. 1991-11-14. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
External links
- "Tony Wright web site". tonywright-art.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.