Brian Cannon

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Brian Cannon (born 1966, Wigan) is a British graphic designer, art director, photographer, band manager and music video director. [1] His Microdot graphic design company created the album cover for Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe in 1994. [2]

Two of Cannon's record sleeve designs—Definitely Maybe (#14) and "This Is Music" (#79)—featured in Q magazine's "The Hundred Best Record Covers Of All Time" list published in 2001. [3] He is noted for "his grandiose, ridiculously time-consuming (photo) shoots", [2] and has produced a number of record sleeves for UK number one albums, including Urban Hymns [4] (The Verve) and 1977 [5] (Ash), along with two further Oasis albums— (What's The Story) Morning Glory? [6] and Be Here Now . [2]

He has also designed record sleeves for Ruthless Rap Assassins, [7] Suede [8] and Super Furry Animals, [1] and is the former manager of the now-defunct Scottish experimental rock group, The Beta Band. [9] [10]

Cannon was given The Lifetime Achievement Award by the global Annual Design Awards in November 2011.

References

  1. 1 2 "Brian Cannon> Credits (ARTISTdirect)". Artistdirect . Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Baker, Trevor (April 21, 2008). "Feature: The dying art of record sleeve design". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  3. ↑ O'Connor, Mickey (March 19, 2001). "Feature: Cover Story". Time Inc. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Verve, The - Urban Hymns". discogs . Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ash - 1977". discogs . Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Oasis (2) - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?". discogs . Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Ruthless Rap Assassins - And It Wasn't A Dream". discogs . Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Suede - We Are The Pigs". discogs . Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Beta Band Biography". IPC Media . Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  10. ↑ "The Beta Band: Biography". MSN Music. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2009.


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