Wu Tang Clan collaborated over six years to make their latest album, Once Upon A Time in Shaolin<\/em>. When the album was finally released, they\u00a0decided their would be no tour, no commercial sales, but instead, the limited edition, two disc album would be treated as a piece of art and auctioned off to the highest bidder on its journey through difference art galleries and museums.<\/p>\n Rolling Stones & their zipper revealing underpants (1971)<\/strong><\/p>\n Sticky Fingers<\/em> was their first album for Atlantic Records, and the bigger budget gave the band and the designer (no less than Mr. Andy Warhol) the luxury to implement Warhol\u2019s idea of a working zipper that revealed the model\u2019s white underwear when unzipped.<\/p>\n Spiritualized & their\u00a0medicine pack (1997)<\/strong><\/p>\n A special collector\u2019s edition of Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space<\/em> was released as a blister pack resembling the pill packaging that pharmaceutical companies use for some treatment regimens. The album came as twelve individually-blistered discs (one for each song), meant to be popped from their foil packs in the order they were meant to be played. It even included \u201cmedicine information,\u201d outlining possible side effects of listening to the band\u2019s music.<\/p>\n Julian Casablancas+ The Void & their USB lighters (2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n MP3s of the tracks in a USB stick that also doubles as a sleeve for a mini lighter. It\u2019s a clever way for an artist to incorporate their album into an object some fans never leave home without, encouraging discussion (and promoting the album) from anyone asking to borrow it.<\/p>\n Flaming Lips & their 4 CDs that has to be played simultaneously (1997)<\/strong><\/p>\n The album itself was set of four CDs, which were intended to be played simultaneously across any configuration of four different stereos. The idea being that factors such as the position and quality of each CD player, natural reverb and slight variations in synchronisation would create a different listening experience each time the album was played.<\/p>\n We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful music packaging. We\u2019ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media<\/b> packaging<\/span><\/a>. If you want to make a really badass album with cool music packaging, get a quote<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0shoot us an email.<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n _______________________________________________<\/p>\n James Hill<\/i><\/b> is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope\/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole’s The Way It Is. 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