Best Art Vinyl
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Best Art Vinyl is an annual award that first began in 2005. It celebrates artists and designers of vinyl record cover art.[1] The nomination process begins in November and the winners are announced in January,[2] and are exhibited at venues across the United Kingdom and Europe.[3] The favourites are voted for by the public from a selection of nominations by judges within the world of art and music and are displayed using Art Vinyl's unique Play & Display Flip Frame.[4][5][6][7][8]
2016 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Shadow Puppets | Everything You've Come to Expect | Design by Matthew Cooper, photography by Jack Robinson |
| 2 | David Bowie | Black Star | Design by Jonathan Barnbrook |
| 3 | Mark Prichard | Under the Sun | Design by Jonathan Zawada |
| 4 | Suede | Night Thoughts | Art Direction by Paul Khera, Brett Anderson, Mat Osman,
Neil Codling and Didz Hammond. Photography by Lucy Ray |
| 5 | White Lies | Friends | Art Direction & Design by Markus Bagå |
| 6 | Red Hot Chilli Peppers | The Getaway | Artwork by Kevin Peterson |
| 7 | Shura | Nothing's Real | Art Direction and Design
Mat Maitland at Big Active Photography by Andrew Whitton Illustration by Louise Pomeroy |
| 8 | Kula Shaker | K 2.0 | Artwork by Kate Bayley.
Design by Stylorouge |
| 9 | Leonard Cohen | You Want it Darker | Design by Sammy Slabbinck |
| 10 | James Blake | The Colour in Anything | Design by Quentin Blake |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from Best album cover art 2016: see the Best Art Vinyl 2016 awards DigitalArtsOnline.co.uk.
2015 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gilmour | Rattle that Lock | Dave Stansbie and the Creative Corporation, photography by Rupert Truman |
| 2 | Drenge | Undertow | Photography by Donald Milne, design by Matthew Cooper |
| 3 | Tame Impala | Currents | Design by Robert Beatty |
| 4 | Everything Everything | Get to Heaven | Illustrated by Andrew Archer. Design by Jonny Costello, Adult Art Club. |
| 5 | Blur | The Magic Whip | Design by Tony Hung |
| 6 | _Linden | Rest and Be Thankful | Artwork by Jim Lambie |
| 7 | Jamie XX | In Colour | Artwork by Jamie Smith & Phil Lee |
| 8 | And So I Watch You From Afar | Heirs | Artwork layout Sonny Kay |
| 9 | Blend Mishkin & Roots Evolution | Survival of the Fittest | Cover design by Ben Menter. Logo Design by QBMix |
| 10 | Kate Boy | One Digital | 3D Design by Lee Griggs |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from Best album art 2015: see the winners of the Best Art Vinyl awards http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/graphic-design/see-winners-of-best-art-vinyl-2015-awards/<DigitalArtsOnline.co.uk. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-01-26>
2014 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood | Dan Hillier and Richard Welland |
| 2 | FKA twigs | LP1 | Jesse Kanda |
| 3 | Future Islands | Singles | Beth Hoeckel and Matt de Jong |
| 4 | Foo Fighters | Sonic Highways | Stephan Martinière |
| 5 | Röyksopp & Robyn | Do It Again (EP) | Kacper Kasprzyk, Sandberg and Timonen |
| 6 | Caribou | Our Love | Matthew Cooper and Jason Evans |
| 7 | La Roux | Trouble in Paradise | Alexander Brown, Elly Jackson, Louie Banks and Roger Deckker |
| 8 | SBTRKT | Wonder Where We Live | SBTRKT & A Hidden Place |
| 9 | Bombay Bicycle Club | So Long, See You Tomorrow | La Boca |
| 10 | Sohn | Tremors | Allison Fielding and Sohn |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Best album cover art: See the winners of the Best Art Vinyl 2014 awards". DigitalArtsOnline.co.uk. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
2013 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Lies | Big TV | Michael Kagan, Gerard Saint and Markus Karlsson |
| 2 | dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip | Repent Replenish Repeat | Paul Jackson |
| 3 | Bonobo | The North Borders | Leif Podhajsky |
| 4 | Washed Out | Paracosm | Sara Cwynar |
| 5 | Braids | Flourish // Perish | Marc Rimmer |
| 6 | Atoms For Peace | Judge, Jury and Executioner | Stanley Donwood |
| 7 | !!! | Thr!!!er | Chase Jarvis, !!! and James Burton |
| 8 | Daft Punk | Get Lucky | Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Cedric Hervet, Paul Hahn and Warren Fu |
| 9 | Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest | Boards of Canada |
| 10 | Paul McCartney | New | Rebecca and Mike, YES, Ben Ib. |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Best Art Vinyl 2013 Winners and Nominees". London. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
2012 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Temper Trap | The Temper Trap | Alberto Seveso and Boat Studios |
| 2 | Keane | Strangeland | Alex Lake and Tourist |
| 3 | Muse | The 2nd Law | Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, UCLA and Travis Shinn |
| 4 | Mark Lanegan Band | Blues Funeral | Alison Fielding |
| 5 | White Lung | Sorry | Justin Gradin |
| 6 | Enter Shikari | A Flash Flood of Colour | Ian Johnsen, Paul Blundell and Dave Thomas |
| 7 | Saint Etienne | Words and Music | Dorothy |
| 8 | Richard Hawley | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Nick Phillips and Richard Tailby |
| 9 | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Animal Rummy and Jo McCaughey |
| 10 | The Hives | Lex Hives | Henrik Walse |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Best Art Vinyl 2012 Winners and Nominees". London. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
2011 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bright Eyes | The People's Key | Zack Nipper |
| 2 | Cults | Cults | Dave Bett and Jeannette Kaczorowski |
| 3 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Gregory Euclide |
| 4 | Washed Out | Within and Without | Ernest Greene, Jeff Kleinsmith and Martien Mulder |
| 5 | Kasabian | Velociraptor! | Aitor Throup at A.T. Studio |
| 6 | The Strokes | Angles | Guy Pouppez |
| 7 | Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues | Toby Liebowitz, Sean Pecknold and Dusty Summers |
| 8 | Cut Copy | Zonoscope | ALTER |
| 9 | Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto | Tappin Gofton |
| 10 | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Winston Chmielinski |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Best Art Vinyl Winners - 2011". London. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
2010 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaxons | Surfing the Void | Richard Robinson and Gareth Pritchard |
| 2 | Caribou | Swim | Mathew Cooper and Jason Evans |
| 3 | Pablo Cahn and Cesar Merveille | Split EP | Amelie Nicolet |
| 4 | Junip | Fields | Fredrik Söderberg and Robert Samsonowitz |
| 5 | Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Caroline Robert, Vincent Morriset and Gabriel Jones |
| 6 | Goldfrapp | Head First | Alison Goldfrapp, Mat Maitland and Serge Leblon |
| 7 | MGMT | Congratulations | Anthony Ausgang |
| 8 | Edwyn Collins | Losing Sleep | Edwyn Collins |
| 9 | Scissor Sisters | Night Work | Robert Mapplethorpe |
| 10 | Flying Lotus | Pattern + Grid World EP | Theo Ellsworth |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Best Art Vinyl Winners - 2010". London. 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
2009 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muse | The Resistance[9] | La Boca |
| 2 | Manic Street Preachers | Journal For Plague Lovers | Jenny Saville |
| 3 | Fever Ray | Fever Ray | Martin Ander |
| 4 | Massive Attack | Splitting the Atom | Tom Hingston and Robert del Naja |
| 5 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | Chris Bilheimer |
| 6 | Pet Shop Boys | Yes | Farrow Design |
| 7 | White Lies | To Lose My Life... | Mat Maitland and Gerard Saint |
| 8 | Editors | In this Light and on this Evening | Liliane Lijn and Tom Simon Mills |
| 9 | La Roux | La Roux | Alexander Brown and Traffic |
| 10 | Depeche Mode | Sounds of the Universe | Anton Corbijn |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Best Art Vinyl 2009 Winners". 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
2008 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes[10] | Pieter Brueghel the Elder |
| 2 | Roots Manuva | Slime & Reason | Oscar Bauer & Ewan Robertson |
| 3 | Coldplay | Viva la Vida | Eugène Delacroix |
| 4 | Goldfrapp | Seventh Tree | Alison Goldfrapp, Mat Maitland and Serge Leblon |
| 5 | Elbow | The Seldom Seen Kid | Oliver East |
| 6 | Metallica | Death Magnetic | Turner Duckworth |
| 7 | Bloc Party | Intimacy | Rob Crane and Perry Curtis |
| 8 | Low Motion | Keep It Slow | Chris Bolton, Pascal Mira Tschäni and Michael Husmann Tschäni |
| 9 | Santogold | Santogold | Isabelle Lumpkin |
| 10 | Zombie Zombie | Dog Walker | Sylvestre Hovart |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Best Art Vinyl 2008 Winners". 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
2007 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cribs | Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever | Rob Crane |
| 2 | Editors | An End Has a Start | Idris Khan at Tom Hingston Studio |
| 3 | The Nextmen | Let it Roll 12" Single | Joe Pilbeam |
| 4 | Eva Be | No Memory of Time | Kathrin Jackmann, Boris Meinhold |
| 5 | Thurston Revival | Somewhere There's an Angel 12" Single | Julie Bennett |
| 6 | Various Artists | We Are Silver EP | John Gilsenan at iwant |
| 7 | Unkle | Burn My Shadow 12" | Robert Del Naja |
| 8 | The Rakes | Ten New Messages | Rob Crane |
| 9 | Interpol | Our Love to Admire | Seth Smoot |
| 10 | Husky Rescue | Caravan 12" | Kustaa Saksi |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Vinyl Countdown: 2007". The Independent. London. 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
2006 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thom Yorke | The Eraser[11] | Stanley Donwood |
| 2 | The Pipettes | We Are The Pipettes | Pete Hellicar |
| 3 | Hot Chip | Over and Over | Darren Wall (Wallzo) |
| 4 | Keane | Under the Iron Sea | Sanna Annukka |
| 5 | Franz Ferdinand | The Fallen 12" single | Franz Ferdinand and Mathew Cooper |
| 6 | The Fratellis | Costello Music | Sam Hadley and Mark James |
| 7 | Morrissey | Ringleader of the Tormentors | Morrissey, Antony Lui and Fabio Lavino |
| 8 | Isolee | The Western Edits Pt. 2 | Stefan Marx |
| 9 | DJ Shadow | The Outsider | Paul Insect |
| 10 | Oasis | Stop the Clocks | Peter Blake |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from "Best Art Vinyl 2006". 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
2005 Winners
| Rank | Artist | Name | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard-Fi | Stars of CCTV | Albion |
| 2 | Franz Ferdinand | You Could Have It So Much Better | Mathew Cooper |
| 3 | Gorillaz | Demon Days | Jamie Hewlett |
| 4 | Robbie Williams | Intensive Care | Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Hamish Brown |
| 5 | Madonna | Confessions on a Dancefloor | Steven Klein and Giovanni Bianco |
| 6 | Coldplay | X&Y | Tappin Gofton |
| 7 | Mylo | Destroy Rock & Roll | Phantom |
| 8 | Goldfrapp | Supernature | Mat Maitland and Gerard Saint |
| 9 | Kaiser Chiefs | Employment | Cally |
| 10 | Kanye West | Late Registration | Morning Breath, Inc. |
Some of the information in this table was obtained from Byrne, Ciar (2005-12-29). "The Independent, Music 2005". London. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
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