Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album
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- Create Date：2021-04-21 13:53:39
- Update Date：2025-09-06
- Status：finish
- Author：Matthew Robertson
- ISBN：0500286361
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Summary
This is the definitive overview of the artwork of the seminal Manchester-based Factory label， covering its iconic record sleeves， posters， venues and packaging and also discussing the label's role in bringing design to the mainstream。
Reviews
Gadjo Sevilla
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Iconic book on some of the best album art and high-concept design from Peter Saville。
mwr
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Visually nice， great appendix， and while a lot of the text is effusive， there are some nice insights for the non-design-initiate。
Simon
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A celebration of the physical component of music。 Not much to add — Peter Saville showed us how music aestheticization through graphic design is an important factor in the way we approach music in general。 Album artworks and physical design will forever continue influencing our “objective” opinion on a musical piece， whether we like it or not。
Robert
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A compendium of Peter Saville's work - the book itself is flashy but contains no 。。。。 substance ;） A compendium of Peter Saville's work - the book itself is flashy but contains no 。。。。 substance ;） 。。。more
Lexie
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I rarely buy books， but。。。I saw this and it caught my eye--a photo book of one of my favorite record labels full of great design and Peter Saville typography。
K。
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david evans
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'Enuf said 'Enuf said 。。。more
James
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This is sort of like my bible。 The Factory wares are lined up and shown off。 The English Industrial Revolution recast as art/record sleeves。
Justin Cormack
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A coherent exploration of design。 Iconic covers from the Joy division one （amusingly the same quasar illustration was used by Tufte in his latest book） to lesser known designs， the Hacienda etc。
D。S。 Mattison
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Factory was not just a record label。 Anthony Wilson was a genius at spotting genius and also just a plain old genius。 Now he is dead brokering record deals in Hell with Ian Curtis。 They have decided to fuck chronology with a broomstick and order chaos how it should be ordered - chaotically。 No， really folks， if you want to know the factory story beyond watching 24 hour party people come over to either Steve's or my house and thumb through this coffee table treasure map while Durutti Column or Ne Factory was not just a record label。 Anthony Wilson was a genius at spotting genius and also just a plain old genius。 Now he is dead brokering record deals in Hell with Ian Curtis。 They have decided to fuck chronology with a broomstick and order chaos how it should be ordered - chaotically。 No， really folks， if you want to know the factory story beyond watching 24 hour party people come over to either Steve's or my house and thumb through this coffee table treasure map while Durutti Column or New Order twinkles/blasts from the turntables。 Perhaps spliff in hand， you might wish that our current economical crash engenders such a fascinating conglomeration of music and art。 But this isn't post punk Britain and myspace has ruined rock and roll。 This is no reason to hang oneself， rather， it is an impetus to rediscover the roots of modern rock and dance culture。 Take a chance a say you tried。 。。。more
Peter
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I'm a huge factory records fan， so this scratches a very deep itch for me--seeing all of the graphic output of the label--it's nice to see a lot of the non Peter Saville designed stuff。 I'm a huge factory records fan， so this scratches a very deep itch for me--seeing all of the graphic output of the label--it's nice to see a lot of the non Peter Saville designed stuff。 。。。more
Tosh
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One of the saddest things about the downloading music world is the disappearance of 'record labels。' As a youngster I used to buy music by it's record label。 Factory Records has a very sophisticated graphic look to its covers and design - and really， sort of the last of the great record labels。 Although that'a argumentive， because there is labels like 'Kill All Rockstars" or Subpop， which are important culturally as well as for its aesthetics。 But my heart belonged to Factory， as well as Immedia One of the saddest things about the downloading music world is the disappearance of 'record labels。' As a youngster I used to buy music by it's record label。 Factory Records has a very sophisticated graphic look to its covers and design - and really， sort of the last of the great record labels。 Although that'a argumentive， because there is labels like 'Kill All Rockstars" or Subpop， which are important culturally as well as for its aesthetics。 But my heart belonged to Factory， as well as Immediate Records， Motown， Stax， Rough Trade， Bomb， etc。 The Downloading world has sort of destroyed the visual aspect of 'rock n' roll or modern music。 And that is something that I miss everyday - just the fact that one goes to （the late） Tower Records， not only for buying music， but in a way it is like visiting an art musuem。 The real reason why I live in Los Angeles is because of Amoeba Records。 That's my current （and only） visual art place that I go visit on a regular basis。 。。。more
Chris
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