Roger Dean

Roger Dean (født 31. august i 1944 i Ashford i Kent) er en britisk billedkunstner, mest kjent for sitt arbeide med plateomslag for progressiv rock-bandene Yes, Asia, hard rock-bandet Uriah Heep og flere andre forskjellige band og artister fra slutten av 1960- til 2020-årene. Plateomslagene han tegner og maler er vanligvis futuristiske, eksotiske og fantasy-inspirerte.

 Plateomslag av Roger Dean 
Ad  Infinitum – Ad Infinitum 1998Alan  White – White 2006Anderson  Bruford Wakeman Howe – An Evening of Yes Music Plus 1993Anderson Bruford Wakeman  Howe – Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe1989Ann Wilson - Fierce Bliss2022Art Griffin's Sound Chaser – Visions from the Present 2016Asia  – Alpha 1983Asia  – Aria 1994Asia – Astra 1985Asia  – Aura 2001Asia  – Gravitas 2014Asia  – Omega 2010Asia  – Phoenix 2008Asia – Resonance: The Omega Tour  Live in Basel 2010 2012Asia  – Then & Now 1990Asia – XXX 2012Asia – Asia 1982Assagai – Zimbabwe 1971Atomic Rooster – In Hearing of Atomic Rooster 1971Atomic Rooster – Resurrection 2001Babe Ruth – First Base 1972Badger – One Live Badger 1973Barry Devlin – Breaking Starcodes 1983Ben Craven – Great & Terrible Potions 2011Billy Cox – Nitro Function 1971Birdsongs  of the Mesozoic – The Iridium Controversy 2003Black Moth – Condemned to Hope 2015Budgie – An Ecstasy of Fumbling - The Definitive Anthology 1996Budgie – Never Turn Your Back on a Friend 1973Budgie – Squawk 1972Clear Blue Sky – Clear Blue Sky 1970Dave Greenslade – Cactus  Choir 1976DBA Geoffrey Downs -  Christopher Braide – Live in England 2020DBA Geoffrey Downs -  Christopher Braide – Skyscraper Souls 2017Del Richardson – Pieces of a Jigsaw 1973Dr.  Strangely Strange – Heavy Petting 1970Earth and Fire – Earth and Fire 1969Electric Sheep – Sweep 2006Focus – Focus 11 2019Focus  – The Focus Family Album 2017Focus – Focus X 2012Gentle Giant – Octopus 1972Glass Hammer – The Inconsolable Secret 2005Gracious! – This  Is...Gracious!! 1972Gravy  Train – Staircase to the Day 1974Greenslade – Bedside Manners Are Extra 1973Greenslade – Greenslade 1973Gun – Gun 1968It Bites – Eat Me in St.  Louis 1989John Dummer Band – Blue 1972John  Lodge – Natural Avenue 1977Keith Tippett Group – Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening 1971Lighthouse – One Fine Morning 1970Lighthouse – Thoughts of Movin' On 1972London Philharmonic  Orchestra – Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd 1997London Philharmonic  Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra & London Community Gospel  Choir – Symphonic Music of Yes 1993London Symphony Orchestra  – Symphonic Rock: The British Invasion, Vol. 11997London Symphony Orchestra  – Symphonic Rock: The British Invasion, Vol. 21998London  Symphony Orchestra – Symphonic Rock: American Classics1997Magna Carta – Lord of the Ages 1973Magna Carta – Tomorrow Never Comes: The Anthology 1969 - 20062016McKendree Spring – Spring Suite 1973Midnight Sun – Midnight Sun 1971Midnight Sun – Walking Circles 1972Mike Absalom – Mike Absalom 1971Nightwing – My Kingdom Come 1984Nucleus – Elastic Rock 1970Nucleus – We'll Talk About It Later 1971Osibisa – Osibisa 1971Osibisa – Woyaya 1971Paladin – Charge! 1972Patto – Hold Your Fire 1971Pete Dello and Friends – Into Your Ears 1971Ramases – Space Hymns 1971Rare Earth – One World (kun inner-omslag)1971Rick Wakeman – Return to the Centre of the Earth 1999Rick Wakeman – The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (nyutgivelse)2016Rick Wakeman – Rick  Wakeman's Greatest Hits 1993Snafu – SNAFU 1973Space Needle – The Moray Eels Eat the Space Needle 1997Steve  Howe – Not Necessarily Acoustic 1994Steve  Howe – The Steve Howe Album 1979Steve Howe – Turbulence 1991Steve Howe – Beginnings 1975Steve Howe – Elements 2003Thijs van Leer – Sir Thijs Van Leer: Live at Trading Boundaries 2015Third Ear Band – Music from Macbeth 1972TM Network – Major Turn-Round 2000Uriah Heep – Acoustically Driven 2001Uriah Heep – Demons and Wizards 1972Uriah  Heep – Remasters: The Official Anthology 2001Uriah Heep – Sea of Light 1995Uriah Heep – The Magician's Birthday 1972Vermilion – Flattening Mountains and Creating Empires 2002White  Willow – Future Hopes 2017Yes – Classic Yes 1981Yes  – Drama 1980Yes  – Fly From Here - Return Trip 2018Yes – Fly from Here 2011Yes – From a Page 2019Yes – Heaven & Earth 2014Yes – House of Yes: Live from  House of Blues 2000Yes  – In a Word: Yes (1969–) 2002Yes – In the Present - Live from Lyon 2011Yes  – Keys to Ascension 2 1997Yes – Keys  to Ascension Volumes 1 and 2 1998Yes  – Keys to Ascension 1996Yes – Keystudio 2001Yes – Like It Is: Yes at the  Bristol Hippodrome 2014Yes – Like It Is: Yes at the  Mesa Arts Center 2015Yes - Mirror to the Sky2023Yes  – Open Your Eyes 1997Yes – Progeny: Seven Shows from  Seventy-Two 2015Yes  – The Ladder 1999Yes - The Quest2021Yes - The Royal Affair Tour: Live from Las Vegas2020Yes – The Ultimate Yes: 35th  Anniversary Collection 2004Yes – The Word Is Live 2005Yes – Topographic Drama – Live  Across America 2017Yes – Union Live 2014Yes  – Union 1991Yes – Yes 50 Live 2019Yes – Yesshows 1980Yes – Yesstory 1992Yes – Yesyears 1991Yes – Close to the Edge 1972Yes – Fragile 1971Yes – Relayer 1974Yes – Tales from Topographic Oceans 1973Yes – Yessongs 1973Yes – Yesterdays 1974Diverse artister – Motown Chartbusters Vol. Six 1972Diverse artister – Supernatural  Fairy Tales: The Progressive Rock Era 1996Diverse artister – Tales from Yesterday 1995Diverse artister – Wondrous Stories – 34 Artist That Shaped the Prog Rock Era2010Diverse artister – Wondrous Stories – A Complete Introduction to Progressive Rock2010Diverse artister – Yes, Friends and Relatives 1998Diverse artister – Yes, Friends and Relatives Volume 2 2000

 Bøker 

 Views (1975)
 Album Cover Album (1977)
 Album Cover Album Vol. 2 (1982)
 Magnetic Storm (1984; med Martyn Dean)
 Album Cover Album Vol. 3 (1986)
 Album Cover Album Vol. 4 (1987)
 Album Cover Album Vol. 5 (1989)
 Creative Improvisation (1989)
 Album Cover Album Vol. 6 (1992)
 Dragon's Dream (2008)
 The Album Cover Album (2008; med Dominy Hamilton)

Andre utgivelser

 The Flights of Icarus (1977). Med kunst av blant andre Roger Dean og hans bror Martyn Dean. Redigert av Donald Lehmkuhl, Martyn Dean og Roger Dean.

 Videospill 

 Brataccas (1986)
 Super Black Onyx (1987) 
 Barbarian (1987)
 Terrorpods (1987)
 Chrono Quest (1988)
 Obliterator (1988)
 Shadow of the Beast (1989)
 Stryx (1989)
 Shadow of the Beast II (1990)
 Amnios (1991)
 Fatal Rewind (1991)
 Shadow of the Beast III (1992)
 Agony (1992)
 Faceball 2000 (1992)
 Tetris Worlds (2001)
 Tetris Splash (2007)

 Anerkjennelse 
Dean er nevnt i låta «Dickie Davies Eyes» fra 1987 av det engelske bandet Half Man Half Biscuit.

19. august 2016 utgav Isle of Man Post Office en serie på seks frimerker med Deans kunstverk:

 «Meeting Place» - spesiallaget for frimerkeutgivelsen
 «Blind Owl Late Landing» - et plateomslag for Blind Owl som ikke ble utgitt
 «Pathways» - plateomslag fra Yes' triple konsertalbum Yessongs
 «Green Parrot Island» - omslag fra samleboksen The Studio Albums 1969-1987 av Yes
 «Tales from Topographic Oceans» - fra Yes-albumet med samme navn
 «Sea of Light» - hentet fra Uriah Heep-albumet med samme navn

Dean har hatt et langt forhold til Isle of Man. Han har også langvarige vennskap med Steve Howe og Rick Wakeman, henholdsvis gitarist og keyboardist for det progressive rockebandet Yes, som Dean har laget mange plateomslag for.

 Referanser 

 Eksterne lenker 



  Informasjon om film.prosjektet Floating Islands
  BBCi Music intervju fra 2002

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