This could have been Olivia's comeback album after a long hiatus. It was her last album aimed squarely at the pop market which had changed rapidly while she had been away, and it didn't achieve the success it deserved. The gap had been too long.
The photo was shot "in the hills of Malibu, with all [Olivia's] animals - a great beautiful day" as reported in the booklet with the 40th Anniversary Japanese CD boxset
![1988 The Rumour LP front cover](1988_rumour_IMG_6543_front-800.jpg)
Front cover - UHD version
![1988 The Rumour LP back cover](1988_rumour_IMG_6545_back-800.jpg)
Back cover - UHD version
There was an inner sleeve
![1988 The Rumour LP Inner sleeve front cover](1988_rumour_IMG_6547_inner1-800.jpg)
Inner sleeve Front cover - UHD version
![1988 The Rumour LP Inner sleeve back cover](1988_rumour_IMG_6549_inner2-800.jpg)
Inner sleeve back cover - UHD version
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