I was in the local big-box book retailer the other day to pick up a copy of Elvis Costello‘s latest masterpiece, and noticed a curious thing: many of the new “albums” (I’m showing my age) OK, CD’s had hand drawn cover art.
Maybe I’ve been chatting too much with graphic designers these days on Twitter (@mikeconaty for those who don’t know already). Is it a trend? Am I just seeing things? Who knows, but in any case, here are some new releases (and in some cases yet to be released) CD’s with hand drawn cover art. While there are some familiar artists on the list (at least to me), There are others I have never heard of, and who, quite frankly, may stink… but hey, they have hand drawn CD covers, so they made the list.
This is not a recommended list (except for Elvis, Steve Earle, and Levon Helm, because they all rock, no matter what). New stuff to discover. I wish that Amazon provided information about the album, but they don’t so the credits for the cover art come from my favorite music poop site: AllMusic.
Full Disclosure: The links to Amazon.com all have my affiliate ID, so if you use it, I will make billions from it… OK, a few cents. Hey, worth a shot, right? 
Elvis Costello: Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
Illustrations: Tony Millionaire
Album Info at AllMusic
Buy Secret, Profane and Sugarcane at Amazon
Dave Matthews Band: Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
Album Info at AllMusic
Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King at Amazon
Paolo Nutini: Sunny Side Up
Catherine MacLellan: Water in the Ground
Album Info at AllMusic
Water in the Ground at Amazon
Steve Earle: Townes
Christian McBride & Inside Straight - Kind of Brown
Fat Freddy's Drop: Dr Boondigga & the Big Bw
The Builders and the Butchers: Salvation Is a Deep Dark Well
Iggy Pop: Preliminaires
Album Info at AllMusic
Buy Preliminaires at Amazon
Levon Helm: Electric Dirt
Moby: Wait For Me
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