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ArtVinyl today announces the winner of Best Art Vinyl 2009 with the Muse album – ‘The Resistance’ taking first place, Manic Street Preachers’ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ coming second and Fever Ray’s self titled album coming third.
The 2009 winners display a diverse mix of art and design with the Muse album’s intense graphic work from the studios of La Boca, to the striking Jenny Saville painting used to great effect on the Manic Street Preachers’ sleeve to the very detailed illustration work of Martin Ander on the Fever Ray cover.
“With the Best Art Vinyl Award now in it’s fifth year” Andrew Heeps, Art Vinyl’s director comments, “this year we’ve really seen the award grow in stature and it is a great way to celebrate the unsung heroes behind the art and design of some of our favourite bands and artists.”
Muses join a list of other prestigious winners that include the Fleet Foxes’ self titled album, The Cribs’ Man’s Needs, Woman’s Needs, Whatever, Hard-Fi’s Stars of CCTV and Thom Yorke’s The Eraser in what has been a great year for the vinyl format.
From Jan 5th the Best Art Vinyl 2010 the winners will be featured in exhibitions at The Art Vinyl Gallery, Basement level, Selfridges London, Rough Trade East, London, Snap Galleries in Birmingham, and Georges House Gallery in Folkestone. All of the designs will be displayed in the Play & Display Flip Frame.
The top 25 winning vinyl records will be on sale at the Art Gallery Selfridges.