Album covers with musicians' eyes closed in mediating or ecstatic state.

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Beadie Eye „Be“ (Columbia) 2013

Shot by former Pirelli calendar photographer Harry Peccinotti (quite the groundbreaking photographer within his genre at the time) and with his wife as the subject, the composition is spot on and the understated colours work a treat, possessing a subtlety and class completely absent from the music. The shot, taken in the 1960s, was never intended as an album cover and was used as the cover of Nova magazine the first time around (Note: The photo is from the same session, but not the exact same photo).

 

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Soundtrack of Our Lives „Behind the Music“ (Universal/Republic) 2002

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Bic Runga - Close Your Eyes

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