>Peter Saville used the album cover of Republic to comment about the decadence of today’s society. The image is clearly representative of the fall of the republic of Rome, and Peter Saville believes that our civilization is unfortunately heading in the same direction. Near the end of the fall of Rome, the patricians arranged for circuses to entertain the plebian while the cities declines. The cover shows two people playing on the beach, in the present day, while a house burns down next to them.
Damn...
Yeah it's rare to see an album cover so nuanced and layered. Thanks for the great post
Doesn't excuse the fact that the cover looks like doodoo.