RIP Storm Thorgerson

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Storm Thorgerson, who has died aged 69 after suffering from cancer, was "the best album designer in the world" according to the writer Douglas Adams, and it was an assessment shared by generations of music fans. A lifelong working relationship with Pink Floyd began when Thorgerson designed the sleeve for the group's album A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). Subsequently, the unforgettable creations from Thorgerson's Hipgnosis company became the first choice for such influential shapers of the rock era as Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, the Nice, Paul McCartney and Black Sabbath, as well as for more recent stars including the Cranberries and Anthrax.

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