This Ain't No Disco
New Wave Album Covers
Jennifer McKnight-Trontz
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| ‘Does a brilliant job of pinning down the trends that have influenced modern-day graphic design. A visual treat’ | | – Computer Arts Projects |
| ‘Sparse but edgy graphics which still look fresh and incisive today … seminal design work’ | – Computer Arts
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| ‘Fascinating … something for every nostalgia-lover’ | | – FHM Collection |
| ‘A geometric, neon and conceptual trip down a hallucinogenic memory lane’ | | – Fused |
This Ain’t No Disco celebrates the good, the bad and the what-were-they-thinking in a visual romp through 300 of the best album covers from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s.
New Wave was defined not just by the music, but also by the styles, fashions and graphic designs of the artists and albums of the time – a dizzying array of wild hairstyles, futuristic typography, pastel geometric shapes and outlandish clothing.
Guaranteed to send Gen X-ers everywhere into nostalgia overdrive, This Ain't no Disco is an uplifting celebration of a style that continues to influence music and fashion today,
Also of interest:
Fly: The Art of the Club Flyer
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody
Fly by Night: The New Art of the Club Flyer
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500285500 | | ISBN-13 978-0500285503 | | | | 17.8 x 17.8 cm | | Paperback with flaps | | 256pp | | 300 illustrations, 300 in colour | | First published 2005 | | | | £12.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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