What are your favorite album/ep/single covers? The album doesn't have to be your favorite (well that helps) but this is more of a topic to discuss the packaging, not the content.
edit: As soon I pressed submit, I think I remember another topic similar to this one...whoops
5 album covers I like:
1.my bloody valentine - Loveless
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhjrweO51qzj93go1_500.jpg)
I love the bold use of pink and the washed out look of the guitar. The music on this album sounds like it isn't made up of instruments. I see a guitar, but I don't hear JUST a guitar. I hear more. The cover perfectly sums up what the album does to my brain.
2. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
(http://www.wiels.com/blog/images/Bauhaus_-_Bela_Lugosi-s_dead_front_sm.jpg)
This album cover just looks scary. You get the feeling of something dark, bleak, cold. This is the type of album cover that makes you want to dive head first into whatever genre it represents. Plus, I'm a horror film nut, so anything to do with horror, I love. I also love the typography of the band name and single.
3. New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
(http://images0.wax.fm/new_order_power_corruption_lies-FACTUS12-1128503767.gif)
I'm not sure if the original artwork omits the band name and title, but I prefer it this way. I love any album art that doesn't include any words. It keeps the music more of mystery. Who is it? What is the title? I also love the little color bricks in the corner. The beautiful, detailed flowers are interrupted slightly by the color-blocking. Makes me think there's a glitch in the painting.
4. Deftones - Around the Fur
(http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/images/covers/deftones-around-the-fur.jpg)
This covers evokes a lot of memories for me. Summer time, youth, lust. I love how the photo makes me feel like I'm at the pool with them. I also like how the cover isn't a typical metal cover. It isn't meant to make you think "oh shit, this band looks heavy as fuck." It makes you question, "Is this a EDM album? dream pop? who knows?" It's an innocent picture of a girl at a pool, but just the right amount of wet cleavage to make you get aroused.
5. Gatekeeper- GIZA
(http://blog.lp33.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Gatekeeper-giza.jpg)
Looks like a fucking cheesy ass horror/sci-fi movie poster!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/616LeKMwccL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(And every other cover painted by John Baizley. That man's a genius.)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41neYSsiBdL._AA300_.jpg)
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/6c/4e/0f60e03ae7a0b5a4d8742210.L._AA300_.jpg)
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/73/39/efa29833e7a05b9760191110.L._AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MW84GDWCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61eAaC6lJvL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XMq7ZPlML._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bh5ii6vuL._AA300_.jpg)
Wow I have so many that I love but here are a few.
(http://www.whatsthatdudeplay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dredgcover.jpg)
(http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/images/covers/deftones-around-the-fur.jpg)
(http://headphonejunkie.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/brand-new-the-devil-and-god-raging.jpg)
(http://www.lintcoat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/41yecczxfvl_ss500_.jpg)
(http://[url=http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/i/l/ilyahov/1201194654_f.jpg%5Dhttp://www.ljplus.ru/img4/i/l/ilyahov/1201194654_f.jpg%5B/url%5D)
(http://[url=http://static.musictoday.com/store/bands/93/product_large/MUDD1327.JPG%5Dhttp://static.musictoday.com/store/bands/93/product_large/MUDD1327.JPG%5B/url%5D)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oDSBZCevL94/S-RvHLeZmII/AAAAAAAAARk/xpe9mLuXRuk/s1600/Disco+Volante.jpg)
I also really like the Jane Doe cover a lot. Will post some more later. These are just the ones that called out to me right now.
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/6f935c48c0af83de0bcaf144e4996939/19492.jpg)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/c5f5f154d2e71dc28feb5a14836e1c07/24752.jpg)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/23cac5ae335b27eaa71fbc4a74d775f4/175797.jpg)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/e502c59ece198b7f66bfe7df0ac68514/666365.jpg)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/a18f16bc3b2d68c9c320754142e3d46d/2980967.jpg)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/aef6add6e8d16815e763320297ad9cf4/936135.jpg)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/b851c23f657474a0afc01973e23fa8b3/196373.jpg)
(http://www.albumartexchange.us/assets_c/2011/03/rebecc-friday-thumb-450x450-6647.jpg)
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simple, reckognizable, beautiful, album isn't too bad either
(http://www.cdfory.com/images/0255141116290.JPG)
(http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/10785-in-rainbows.jpg)
(http://images.wikia.com/lyricwiki/images/8/8a/Michael_Jackson_-_Dangerous.jpg)
so much going on, i used to study this cover every time i listened to it
(http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/K/king_crim_courtf.jpg)
(http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/i/isis/album-oceanic.jpg)
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Ahh yes the In Rainbows album art is awesome especially inside the booklet where the lyrics are written. I also like the artwork for Vitalogy from Pearl Jam. You get that thick-ass booklet lool. Good stuff.
Not sure why I like The Colour and the Shape. Maybe because it's so simple.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OGkznTA7iEY/TCDnPMwDU6I/AAAAAAAABaA/yiolbyzSgMM/s1600/foo_fighters_the_colour_and_the_shape.png)
Anything from Mastodon is awesome.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OGkznTA7iEY/TBzaXKEJETI/AAAAAAAABNw/fp9BuO4z6b8/s1600/mastodon_blood_mountain.png)
Death Magnetic makes for interesting packaging with the multiple die cuts.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OGkznTA7iEY/TRt1SyimwpI/AAAAAAAAEns/PINchFzZp7A/s1600/metallica_death_magnetic.png)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OGkznTA7iEY/TJWLRgrw2xI/AAAAAAAADuw/0x3TDLF7JIY/s1600/nine_inch_nails_the_downward_spiral.png)
Just imagine this cover with all that cracked leather texture embossed in. In addition, instead of a booklet, the lyrics are printed on Tarot cards.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618WcvR%2BGFL._SS500_.jpg)
Them Crooked Vultures is one of my favorites because of its interesting typography.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OGkznTA7iEY/TBUv8uWMkiI/AAAAAAAAAnU/Vj8dldJM6lw/s1600/them_crookekd_vultures.png)
examples:
(http://www.covershut.com/covers/Them-Crooked-Vultures---Them-Crooked-Vultures-%5BPart-2%5D-Front-Cover-22797.jpg)
(http://www.covershut.com/cd_covers/Them-Crooked-Vultures---Them-Crooked-Vultures-%5BPart-2%5D-Cd-Cover-22797.jpg)
Tool always has ridiculous album packaging.
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/58/99/e6bf228348a0580e5a75d010.L.jpg)
Good topic!
(http://images.coveralia.com/audio/c/Cabezones-Alas-Frontal.jpg)
Generally I dislike landscape covers...but I simply love the colours on this one. The mix of orange-to-dark reflects a lot of the despair that is present on this record. Also, it's the record that turned me into a musician along with around the fur, so there's lots of subjetiveness on choosing it.
(http://images.coveralia.com/audio/i/In_Flames-Soundtrack_To_Your_Escape-Frontal.jpg)
Don't know exactly what, but this record sets a moody, almost ambient feeling for the record. They almost did a statement with this artwork, like "hey kids, we're not doing only melo-death anymore"
(http://bp2.blogger.com/_xEKcUm4jkbU/R-RiCUKLWGI/AAAAAAAAD_A/IF8I1p_MwoQ/s1600/Dave+Gahan+-+Hourglass+(2007).jpg)
again, something that challenged my prejudices; a black & white photo. Really into its texture. Also, I think it was quite an inteligent and unexpected move of dave to set him scratched in the background. The music is what really matters
album art i enjoy... MEGA POST! (also include every mastodon cover, i just put leviathan since it's my favorite)
(http://www.unfilteredsmoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/into-your-lungs-cover.jpg)
(http://www.allflac.com/covers/b_34900_Team_Sleep-Team_Sleep-2005.jpg)
(http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/hailtothe_theif.jpg)
(http://www.metalinjection.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Protest-The-Hero-Scurrilous.jpeg)
(http://www.itusozluk.com/img.php/47d87f522f528472d494ef001e07ccb116656/lightbulb%2Bsun)
(http://shortstorysnapshots.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/animals-pink-floyd.jpg)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1130/5135735027_202b5f94ce.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2297/2201671640_834b3f7a4c.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vMkmfeijXyE/SCshgTiQ0zI/AAAAAAAAADc/VKKjhGU_hqU/s1600/Leviathan.jpg)
(http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/the-empyrean.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0u5B8duQS8E/SsYViKvItgI/AAAAAAAAAUA/jRY8zEGQWhQ/s400/0857_elliott_smith.jpg)
(http://viddug.com/images/albumcovers/Deftones_Saturday_Night_Wrist-B000ION6F4.jpg)
(http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/images/100-obscure-remarkable-cd-covers/deftones%20-%20deftones%202003.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BEo0jWXl9GA/S87OQb2kWYI/AAAAAAAAEG8/ern2pLrPZjE/s1600/CircaSurvive_BlueSkyNoise.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p1B8GExiL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
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(http://place1.dyndns.org/music/files/images/detailed/1380523.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0ciF9jizzg8/Sv4Xi6Ng9ZI/AAAAAAAABMY/X1-WXIhbing/s400/lights-out-asia-eyes-like-brontide.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oMXQWGnp3Q4/Sf_Ho9_vN_I/AAAAAAAAAHg/ZvO2wNkqu1I/s400/1170539306_hewhocorrupts03.jpg)
(http://image1.altnet.com/images/64/746105022164/Dead_To_Fall/Villainy_And_Virtue/Dead_To_Fall-Villainy_And_Virtue_3.jpg)
(http://cdn.hmvdigital.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/000/578/0000057869_500.jpg)
(http://image1.altnet.com/images/51/094636356051/Norma_Jean/Redeemer/Norma_Jean-Redeemer_3.jpg)
(http://viddug.com/images/albumcovers/The_Red_Chord_Clients-B0007YH6MO.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513W8f9e5mL.jpg)
(http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/images/covers/swallow-the-sun-ghosts-of-loss.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516VrsV26mL._SS400_.jpg)
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Awesome you like Blackfield and Porcupine Tree? Some of my favorite stuff right there.
Here are some more album art I enjoy.
(http://reviewstalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Melvins_Bullhead.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zow0NKUTtjI/TBIoYfLTcHI/AAAAAAAABqU/m2BTCAiVnqY/s1600/still-life.jpg)
(http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/iron_maiden_powerslave.jpg)
(http://brokenglassonline.com/wp-content/files_flutter/1254363631isis-wavering-radiant1.jpg)
(http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/th_mgmt-congratulations-bhead.jpg) (http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/?action=view¤t=mgmt-congratulations-bhead.jpg)
(http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/th_3_frances_the_mute_Album_Artworks-s500x500-109718-580.jpg) (http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/?action=view¤t=3_frances_the_mute_Album_Artworks-s500x500-109718-580.jpg)
(http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/th_circa_survive_-_juturna1.jpg) (http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/?action=view¤t=circa_survive_-_juturna1.jpg)
(http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/th_yes_fragile.jpg) (http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/?action=view¤t=yes_fragile.jpg)
(http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/th_3588965207_696d8f3cab.jpg) (http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/?action=view¤t=3588965207_696d8f3cab.jpg)
(http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/th_Deftones_-_Saturday_Night_Wrist.jpg) (http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/oo282/hubblenuts/?action=view¤t=Deftones_-_Saturday_Night_Wrist.jpg)
seriously, i think my favorite album artwork to date is Saturday Night Wrist.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/New_Album_%28Boris%29.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KwLqyDtVKUA/SlOsvvw87kI/AAAAAAAAIEI/EuItPUTyl_s/s400/CreamDisraeliGears.jpg)
(http://www.thewhitenoiserevisited.co.uk/images/goingblankagain.jpg)
(http://henpantha.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/funkadelic-cosmic-slop-front.jpg)
(http://rpmedia.ask.com/ts?u=/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Deftones-Mein.jpg/120px-Deftones-Mein.jpg)
(http://www.behindthehype.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/500x500chevelle-sci-fi-crimes.jpg)
(http://blog.audiocurrent.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/silversun_pickups_swoon.jpg)
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this is absolutely excellent.
plus, sing blue silver, it's awesome that you put up "Silk Spaceport" cover here. I love that picture myself too :)
your covers are always nice man.
well, it's both my and my photographer's fault.
She uses techniques that I just love (and we keep going to abstract zones recently). And I think I have a good eye for visual things and how themes go together with music. But from all all all of my covers, so far Silk Spaceport takes the crown.
and, thank you, of course :)
Quote from: Crazylegs on Mar 24, 2011, 11:45 AM
your covers are always nice man.
agreed. my favorite's probably constellations. looks simple but so beautiful.
Quote from: ben on Mar 22, 2011, 06:39 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/New_Album_%28Boris%29.jpg)
hey ben, whats the name of that album??
it's "New Album" by Boris
Quote from: ben on Mar 22, 2011, 06:39 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/New_Album_%28Boris%29.jpg)
This picture is fucking awesome! what band is that?
(http://img.noiset.com/images/album/pj-harvey-rid-of-me-album-artwork-46254.jpeg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ql19a8wKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://www.vinylsearcher.com/largeImages/22918344.jpg)
(http://pixhost.info/avaxhome/25/3d/00153d25_medium.jpeg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/R1rPDlZVmVI/AAAAAAAAF0s/yAeHXjTR_dQ/s400/pil)
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/36139307.png)
So sinister
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Meshuggah_-_obZen.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zow0NKUTtjI/S_J2voLm-LI/AAAAAAAAAls/Y5ig4qhPpvw/s1600/1997-around-the-fur.jpg)
(http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/images/covers/mastodon-leviathan.jpg)
Can't stand, but I love the cover
(http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/61n8e5dsBOL._SS500_.jpg)
Bumping this thread with some beauties:
(http://lesleyann.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cd-ulver-shadows_of_the_sun.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__1v_NAu_2pg/St3ejtAMOqI/AAAAAAAAAGY/W8-bzz-WTcI/s320/the+kilimanjaro+darkjazz+ensemble+-+here+be+dragons-hopp.jpg)
(http://savepic.ru/871504.jpg)
Quote from: ben on Mar 22, 2011, 06:39 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/New_Album_%28Boris%29.jpg)
That is amazing. LOVE IT!
You guys posted up most of the album covers I can think of at the moment (Team Sleep, Around the Fur)... and I'm too lazy to go through my iTunes right now.
But Weezer - Pinkerton is always cool. Love me some Uki yo - e art.
I think my Bloody Valentine's album is a Fender Jaguar on the cover, for what it's worth.
Oh is that Mesuggah Obzen art have period blood on it?
BOP! Red wings on a footsie. New meaning to butterfly job. ;D
And done.
Some of my favourites:
Deftones - S/T (favourite album as well as cover!)
- SNW
- Diamond Eyes
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
- Trompe le Monde
- Doolittle
Pink Flloyd - Division Bell
- Dark Side of the Moon
-Delicate Sound of Thunder
Nirvana - Nevermind
- In Utero
Soundgarden - Superunknown
- Telephantasm
Depeche Mode - Violator
Chevelle - Sci-fi Crimes
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
NIN - The Downward Spiral
- Further Down the Spiral
- Broken
Live - Throwing Copper
U2 - War
Radiohead - The Bends
Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia
The Clash - London Calling
The Doors - Strange Days
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and nic
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
Tricky - Blowback
The Cranberries - Bury the Hatchet
Metallica - and Justice For All
-The Black Album
Tool - 10 000 Days
Green Day - American Idiot (hate the band)
Therapy - Troublegum
Crash Test dummies - and God shuffled His Feet
Korn - Korn
-Follow the Leader
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Blind Melon - Blind Melon