Desktop Wallpapers featuring a variety of albums from various Musical artists. Music is very personal. I get that. I’m not saying these albums were the most popular, or the best, or that I personally like them, but they were probably important albums. More will be added over time and I’ve started to organize them against the Rolling Stone Top 500. Yes, I have a long way to go.
For each, I used a color from the album’s artwork for the background. I don’t know why I chose that color, but it just felt right. Unless you make a very convincing argument, I’m not going to change it. Within each tab, the albums are listed alphabetically based on band name or artist last name.
If there is an album you may want, leave a comment with your request and I’ll see what can be done. If you do make a request, think about it and be specific. No re-do’s.
Donations are warmly welcomed. Especially if you are planning on making a special request. PayPalCash AppAmazon Wish List
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AC/DC – Back In Black
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Beastie Boys – License to Ill
The Beatles – Abbey Road
The Beatles – Revolver
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Clash – London Calling
Conflict – The Ungovernable Force
Duran Duran – Rio
The Fixx – Reach The Beach
Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Elton John – Greatest Hits
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
George Michael – Faith
George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice
Nirvana – Nevermind
Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
Pearl Jam – Ten
Pearl Jam – Vs.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Southern Accents
Phish – Phish (The White Tape)
Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd – The Wall
The Police – Synchronicity
Prince & The Revolution – Purple Rain
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Quiet Riot – Metal Health
Radiohead – The Bends
The Ramones – Ramones
REM – Life’s Rich Pageant
REM – Murmur
James Rhodes – Bullets & Lullabies
Run D.M.C – Raising Hell
Rush – Exit…Stage Left
Rush – Moving Pictures
Say Hi – Ferocious Mopes
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
The Strokes – Is This It
Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry
Van Halen – 1984
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
The Who – Who’s Next
Yaz – Upstairs at Eric’s
Top 100
AC/DC – Back In Black
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
The Beatles – Abbey Road
The Beatles – Revolver
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Clash – London Calling
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
Nirvana – Nevermind
Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Prince & The Revolution – Purple Rain
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
The Ramones – Ramones
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
The Who – Who’s Next
Top 101-200
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Elton John – Greatest Hits
Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
Radiohead – The Bends
REM – Murmur
Run D.M.C – Raising Hell
Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Over the past three days, I’ve received requests for Cinderella, Quiet Riot, and Twisted Sister. Is there a run on cheesy 1980s hair metal bands or something going on?
Michael
October 11, 2020 11:06 AM
Stephen, hello. You made some wallpapers for sister Melanie a couple days ago. She showed me them, they looked fantastic. Would you possibly be able to make 2 also, if you have time. Quiet Riot. Mental Health and Twisted Sister, Stay Hungry. Thank you.
I totally agree that you should. He was one of the most talented for sure. Thank you.
Scott
October 4, 2020 2:53 PM
Stephen, good day. I know you don’t have any classical music on here, but wanted to know if you could make this for me. He is a wonderful musician. Thank you. The album is james rhodes bullets lullabies.
Hi Mike. No problem. The Phish album is up in the “Other Albums” tab. I’m not one to reference Wikipedia often :P but in it’s entry for this album, it noted that it was also called “The White Tape”…so I did two versions – one that included “The White Tape” with the album name, and one that did not. If you could tell me which version is the more appropriate/accepted way people reference it, I’ll remove the other. Enjoy!
Had the album up to a couple years ago. From what I see ” The White Tape” was actually a album of demos that were sent out. I would roll with the “The White Tape”. Great job :p
Patrice
June 7, 2020 2:32 PM
Stephen, would you be able to do George Michael’s “Faith”
Curious if you have any thoughts, opinions, feedback on the layout of these album backgrounds? I wanted to do something that was consistent and incorporated the album art, the songs. I figured the songs lower left and album art lower right were viewable on a typical computer screen when doing work in the middle. Not really designing for mobile is probably their only downfall.
I actually like the way you have them done. Covers all the bases. Sorry it has taken a while to get back to you. Would you possibly be able to do George’s Listen Without Prejudice? This is my work email, I know it’s different.
I have some graphic design experience, but you have the technology. What about using the album cover as the background? That might be too complicated. Just a thought in my mind :))
I considered that approach but thought that there is such a wide variance in album art design that it would drive too many design complications requiring too many ‘one offs’. I wanted to keep the format as standard as possible. Also, I was thinking that from a User Experience perspective,on a computer desktop. whatever you are working on is generally in the middle, so having the album art to the right and the songs to the left would allow “you” to see the elements of the album while continuing to do whatever you are doing on the computer.
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