Best Art Vinyl 2008 : The Winners

Voting is ClosedWinners 2008

If you already have Play & Display frames you might like to get some of these stunning vinyl records from 2008.

To supply you with these records Art Vinyl has teamed up with Insound, so if you want to purchase the vinyl then just click on your preferred record sleeve from the Best Art Vinyl top 50 shown below.

Unfortunately a few of the records are already unavailable but Insound still have most of them which you'll be able to click on.

The Winners

Best Art Vinyl 2008 top 50

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Artist

Fleet Foxes

Title

Fleet Foxes

Record Label

Bella Union

Designer

Original painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder



Artist

Roots Manuva

Title

Slime & Reason

Record Label

Big Dada

Designer

Oscar Bauer and Ewan Robertson at Oscar & Ewen photography Pelle Crepin

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4



Artist

Coldplay

Title

Viva La Vida

Record Label

Parlaphone

Designer

Art Direction & Design Tappin Gofton, Original painting Eugene Delacroix



Artist

Goldfrapp

Title

Seventh Tree

Record Label

Mute

Designer

Art direction Alison Goldfrapp & Mat Maitland photography Serge Leblon

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6



Artist

Elbow

Title

The Seldom Seen Kid

Record Label

Polydor

Designer

Design Red Design, illustration Oliver East



Artist

Metallica

Title

Death Magnetic

Record Label

Mercury

Designer

Turner Duckworth

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8



Artist

Bloc Party

Title

Intimacy

Record Label

witchita

Designer

design & art direction Rob Crane, photography Perry Curties



Artist

Low Motion Disco

Title

Keep it Slow

Record Label

Eskimo

Designer

design Chris Bolton original image Pascal Mira Tschäni & Michael Husmann Tschäni

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10



Artist

Santogold

Title

Santogold

Record Label

Downtown

Designer

Isabelle Lumpkin



Artist

Zombie Zombie

Title

Dog Walker

Record Label

Versatile Records

Designer

Sylvestre Hovart

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12



Artist

The Last Shadow Puppets

Title

The Age of The Understatement

Record Label

Domino

Designer

design Matthew Cooper, photography Sam Haskins



Artist

Alter Ego

Title

Jolly Joker Remixes

Record Label

Klang Electronic (Germany)

Designer

collage Andreas Diefenbach design Nina Tobien

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14



Artist

Black Devil Disco Club

Title

Eight O Eight

Record Label

Lo Recordings

Designer

design by Non Format



Artist

Underground Railroad

Title

Sticks and Stones

Record Label

One Little Indian

Designer

illustration Kirsty Harris

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16



Artist

London Elektricity

Title

Syncopated City

Record Label

Hospital Records

Designer

design Chris Goss & Ricky Trickartt, illustration Stephen Walter



Artist

Flying Lotus

Title

Los Angeles EP 2/3

Record Label

Warp

Designer

design AD Build photography Timothy Saccenti, Sculpture Commonwealth

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18



Artist

Bon Iver

Title

For Emma Forever Ago

Record Label

4ad

Designer

Photography Gilbert Vernon, Design Daniel Murphy



Artist

Nancy Elizabeth

Title

Battle & Victory

Record Label

Leaf

Designer

Daniel Halsall

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Artist

Foals

Title

Antidotes

Record Label

Sub Pop

Designer



Artist

Liquid Liquid

Title

Slip in & Out of the Phenomenon

Record Label

Domino

Designer

Richard Mcguire

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22



Artist

The Notwist

Title

The Devil, You + Me

Record Label

City Slang

Designer

Yokoland



Artist

GAS

Title

GAS

Record Label

Kompakt

Designer

Design & Photography Wolfgang Voigt & Veronika Unland

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24



Artist

Vampire Weekend

Title

Vampire Weekend

Record Label

XL Recordings

Designer

Photography Annie Reeds, Design Asher Sarlin & Phil Lee



Artist

Hauschka

Title

Ferndorf

Record Label

Fat cat

Designer

original engraving Iker Spozio design Dave Thomas

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26



Artist

Fuck Buttons

Title

Colours Move

Record Label

ATP

Designer

design Benjamin John Power



Artist

Douglas Armour

Title

The Light of a Golden Day, The Arms of The Night

Record Label

The Social Registry

Designer

art direction & layout Douglas Armour & Rich Zerbo

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28



Artist

Siriusmo

Title

All the Girls

Record Label

Exploited

Designer

Marek Polewski at Floor 5



Artist

High Places

Title

High Places

Record Label

Thrill Jockey

Designer

Rob Barber & Mary Pearson

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30



Artist

Yult Koldmane

Title

Opposite Influence

Record Label

Designer

Yult Koldmane



Artist

Cat Power

Title

Jukebox

Record Label

Matador

Designer

Cover photo Meark Segal

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32



Artist

Born Ruffians

Title

Red Yellow and Blue

Record Label

Warp

Designer

design Rob Carmichael at Seen Studios photography Thomas Allen



Artist

Micah P. Hinson

Title

And the Red Empire Orchestra

Record Label

Full Time Hobby

Designer

design Micah P Hinson

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34



Artist

Bomb the Bass

Title

Future Chaos

Record Label

!K7

Designer

Sesper



Artist

No Age

Title

Nouns

Record Label

Subpop

Designer

Brian Roettinger, Hand Held Heart

35

36



Artist

White Denim

Title

Workout Holiday

Record Label

Full Time Hobby

Designer

Michael Hammett



Artist

Primal Scream

Title

Beautiful Future

Record Label

B-Unique

Designer

art direction by Julian House

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38



Artist

Stereolab

Title

Chemical Chords

Record Label

4AD

Designer



Artist

The Whip

Title

X Marks Destination

Record Label

Southern Fried

Designer

39

40



Artist

Death Set

Title

Worldwide

Record Label

Counter

Designer

Artwork by Nolen Strals



Artist

Hercules & Love Affair

Title

Blind

Record Label

DFA/EMI Records

Designer

art direction Scott Williams, drawings Ben Guttin

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42



Artist

Grovesnor

Title

Drive Your Car

Record Label

Greco Roman

Designer

Lorenzo Fruzza



Artist

Figurines

Title

Hey Girl

Record Label

Strange Feeling

Designer

design John Gilsenan at IWANT design

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44



Artist

Laurent Garnier

Title

Back to my Roots

Record Label

Innervisions

Designer

Ta-Trung



Artist

Tame Impala

Title

Tame Impala

Record Label

Hole in the Sky

Designer

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46



Artist

The Courteeners

Title

St. Jude

Record Label

Polydor

Designer

Liam Fray



Artist

Death Cab for Cutie

Title

Narrow Stairs

Record Label

Barsuk

Designer

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48



Artist

Glasvegas

Title

Glasvegas

Record Label

Columbia

Designer



Artist

The Accidental

Title

There were Wolves

Record Label

Full Time Hobby

Designer

Rob Lowe, Supermundane

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50



Artist

Ladyhawk

Title

Shots

Record Label

Jagjaguwar

Designer

design Daniel Murphy, photography Jason Nocito



Artist

Kings of Leon

Title

Only by the Night

Record Label

RCA

Designer

Voting is ClosedWinners 2008
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