Brian Cannon Explained

Brian Cannon is a British graphic designer, art director, photographer, band manager and music video director.^[1] His Microdot graphic design company created the album cover for Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe in 1994.^[2]

Two of Cannon's record sleeve designs—Definitely Maybe (#14) and "This Is Music" (#79)—featured in Q magazine's "The Hundred Best Record Covers Of All Time" list published in 2001.^[3] He is noted for "his grandiose, ridiculously time-consuming (photo) shoots",^[2] and has produced a number of record sleeves for UK number one albums, including Urban Hymns^[4] (The Verve) and 1977^[5] (Ash), along with two further Oasis albums—(What's The Story) Morning Glory?^[6] and Be Here Now.^[2]

He has also designed record sleeves for Ruthless Rap Assassins,^[7] Suede^[8] and Super Furry Animals,^[1] and is the former manager of the now-defunct Scottish experimental rock group, The Beta Band.^{[9] [10]}

Cannon was given The Lifetime Achievement Award by the global Annual Design Awards in November 2011.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brian Cannon> Credits (ARTISTdirect) . . August 1, 2009.
2. Web site: Trevor . Baker . Feature: The dying art of record sleeve design . April 21, 2008 . Guardian News and Media Limited . August 1, 2009.
3. Web site: Mickey . O'Connor . Feature: Cover Story . March 19, 2001 . . January 8, 2021.
4. Web site: Verve, The - Urban Hymns . . August 1, 2009.
5. Web site: Ash - 1977 . . August 1, 2009.
6. Web site: Oasis (2) - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? . . August 1, 2009.
7. Web site: Ruthless Rap Assassins - And It Wasn't A Dream . . August 1, 2009.
8. Web site: Suede - We Are The Pigs . . August 1, 2009.
9. Web site: Beta Band Biography . . August 1, 2009.
10. Web site: The Beta Band: Biography . . August 1, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614045820/http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/the-beta-band/ . June 14, 2012 . dead .