Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones album art
front cover
Tom Waits’ eighth studio album Swordfishtrombones marks a decade since his debut album, Closing Time from 1973, and also marks a stylistic switch-up for Waits. For this album he would incorporate more influence from cabaret and beatnik music, leading to a more instrumentally rich and stranger sonic palette than his previous work.
Front cover text and Waits credit are in Empire. On the back cover, the tracklist is in Cheltenham Old Style Bold Condensed. Credits at the bottom are in several weights of Cheltenham Old Style.
The cover art for the CD version has larger type.
The cover concept is by Michael Russ together with Waits. Russ is also credited for the design including photography and illlustration, with art direction by Frank Mulvey.
back cover
