Album Art Flashback: Blondie

On January 31, 1981, American rock group Blondie hit the number one spot on the Billboard chart with The Tide Is High. The song had been released as a single in October of 1980 and appears on the band’s fith studio album Autoamerican (right).

The cover art for The Tide Is High is somewhat unique. It is one of the few cases in which a detail of the album art has been used for the cover of a single. The album reached the number seven spot on the U.S. chart and the second single Rapture also became a number one hit.

The painting that appears on the cover was done by Martin Hoffman. I do not have any additional information about him.