This week, The Red Hot Chili Peppers unveiled cover art for their tenth studio album “I'm With You”. “Damien Hirst did it for us and we're happy to get this out to ya,” the band announced in a statement. It’s always nice to have Mr. Hirst on your side when it comes to design pre-production, but the British big is hardly the first to join this record industry derby. These are some of previous favorite collaborations. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966) By Andy Warhol Warhol wasn’t just the band’s art director; he was also its manager. He helped get them a major deal with MGM, suggested than Nico join the group as the primary collaborator and the banana logo on the band’s first LP cover become iconic instantly. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (1971) By Andy Warhol Andy began his career as an illustrator at Columbia Records so he had a well of experience to rely on before designing Stones’ legendary LP cover during the height of their fame. The cover which is basically a gritty black and white image of tight jeans and suggestive bulge, instantly helped emphasize and celebrate Rolling Stones’ sex drugs and rock ‘n’ roll aura. Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (2002) By Richard Phillips The premise was simple enough. The sleeves of the first Dirty Vegas album would before portraits by Richard Phillips, who in turn took collaboration to different heights by creating series of large format paintings that eventually translated to international series of mural and billboards. A Grammy nomination for the duo followed suit. Katy Perry - A Teenage Dream (2010) By Will Cotton "Before I even discovered Will, I was into all things cute and girly and beautiful and edible,” said Katy Perry of the art collaborator behind her most successful album. The duo worked perfectly together: the candy loving artist created a frothy, Vargas inspired image for the cover and then art directed the eye-popping California Gurls video. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) By George Condo George Condo had a big 2010 that consisted of a New Museum retrospective and collaboration with Kanye West. West discovered Condo’s painting a year prior to the release of his latest album and the duo eventually decided on not one, but five cover concepts including a banned sphinx induced intercourse. But it was the ballerina image that became the most enduring. “Hey man, I’d like to have a great ballerina painting,” Condo recalled when recollecting early conversations with Kanye. “And I thought of a ballerina toasting. You know, ‘let’s toast to the scumbags.’’ The Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You (2011) By Damien Hirst Sure, Hirst does everything these days, even announcing skateboard collaboration this week. But he does them well, and this The Red Hot Chili Peppers design emphasizes that he’s still utterly brilliant thanks to a composition consisting of a fly and a multifaceted pill.

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