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This is the cover art for the album Remain in Light by the artist Talking Heads. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Sire, WMG, or the graphic artist(s), M&Co./MIT.
Back cover of Remain in Light

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Remain in Light

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• Using the working title Melody Attack as inspiration, band members Weymouth and Frantz created a collage of red warplanes flying in formation over the Himalayas for the front cover.
• The planes are an artistic depiction of Grumman Avengers in honour of Weymouth's father who was a US Navy Admiral.
• Cover eventually relegated to the back following album name change to Remain in Light.
• According to sleeve graphic designer Tibor Kalman, the planes were not removed altogether because they seemed appropriate during the era of the Iranian hostage crisis between 1979 and 1981.