![The album cover was designed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey "Po" Powell of the album cover design company Hipgnosis, and it features a warrior overlooking a landscape at the Gorges du Verdon in Provence, France. The warrior's costume was borrowed from the wardrobe of Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils. Thorgerson and Powell had intended for the warrior to be holding a sword as well as a spear, and had rented the sword used in Roman Polanski's film Macbeth, also from 1971. However, while they were selecting a location for the shoot, the sword was stolen, so the photographs were taken without it. The person dressed as the warrior was an assistant at Hipgnosis, Bruce Atkins.
It is rumoured that the warrior is the main inspiration for the character design of Darth Vader in Star Wars. Andy Powell acknowledged this rumour although he himself cannot confirm if it is true.[8] The cover also prompted Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin to contact Hipgnosis and ask them to design the cover for their 1973 album Houses of the Holy.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5tj6mrcw36uiybuvttwvmbz/bafkreidvnuojctohr4htas46xh3lqwxumtaht5uhgvunj3cgzewynaqt5u)
The album cover was designed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey "Po" Powell of the album cover design company Hipgnosis, and it features a warrior overlooking a landscape at the Gorges du Verdon in Provence, France. The warrior's costume was borrowed from the wardrobe of Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils. Thorgerson and Powell had intended for the warrior to be holding a sword as well as a spear, and had rented the sword used in Roman Polanski's film Macbeth, also from 1971. However, while they were selecting a location for the shoot, the sword was stolen, so the photographs were taken without it. The person dressed as the warrior was an assistant at Hipgnosis, Bruce Atkins. It is rumoured that the warrior is the main inspiration for the character design of Darth Vader in Star Wars. Andy Powell acknowledged this rumour although he himself cannot confirm if it is true.[8] The cover also prompted Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin to contact Hipgnosis and ask them to design the cover for their 1973 album Houses of the Holy.
The story behind the design of the album cover is very interesting! 😀
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