They Might Be Giants – Flood album art
CD cover
Flood is the third album by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released in 1990. The front cover features a union seal-style emblem. From Wikipedia:
The photograph used for the cover of the album depicts a man rowing a boat made out of strung-together washbasins. The image was captured by Margaret Bourke-White as part of a series taken to document the Ohio River flood of 1937. The cover, which was designed by band member John Flansburgh with Elizabeth van Itallie, originally featured only the photo; however, an emblem including the band’s name, inked by Flansburgh’s former coworker Barbara Lipp, was later added. The emblem resembles the logo of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
It’s not clear if the contoured caps for the title are from a font. The Black Extra Condensed style of Neuzeit-Grotesk comes close. Copperplate Gothic is used for the band’s name and album title on the vinyl’s back cover and disc labels, while the Black Extended style of Univers, is used for the track listing on the LP, and for the band name/album title/track listing on the CD. It was also featured on the back of a promotional flat.
Vinyl cover
