Comments on: Album Covers

By: unregistered text offender

unregistered text offender — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:59:00 +0000

thats how it used to be, the album is really and truely a recent phenominon [probably a correctly spelled one as well] and so obviously so is the album cover in fact that album cover as a true art form is even more recent however it won’t die completely because bands and solo artists will still need pictures for publicity [by the way you'res kick arse] it will continue in some form ssuch things always do.

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By: Tom Q

Tom Q — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:13:00 +0000

Scott – yes, Pink Floyd had some amazing album artwork, as did Peter Gabriel.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:40:00 +0000

I like the radiohead and bjork artwork, and the most recent peter gabriel is amazing.

How could we forget the famous pink floyd prism shot (more for widespread recognition than for any visual reason, though it is stunning)???

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:38:00 +0000

I do agree with you.Not only in Music but also in the reading pleasure one gets when buying a book and then possess it and read it again and again is lost when reading on line.Though I do read on line,I confess,I love it when I have the book in my hand.

By: Ultra Toast Mosha God

Ultra Toast Mosha God — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:14:00 +0000

Exile on Main Street is another good black and white cover, as is Revolver.

By: A Juhasz

A Juhasz — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:54:00 +0000

There is another thing lost. The idea that an album is a piece of art in its totality. one particular example is the old concept album, but even supposedly non-concept albums hang together in a way that makes the whole more than its parts. The loss of this, or to put it more strongly: the fragmentation, goes hand in hand with our current culture

By: Tom Q

Tom Q — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:48:00 +0000

@renegade – I had forgotten about thos Iron Maiden album covers. They were great – thanks for the memories…

By: Renegade

Renegade — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:35:00 +0000

I agree 100% I have recorded all of my CDs to my External Hard Drive, but I still flip through them for the album art!!!

Iron Maiden’s intricate album cover series almost tell a story themselves when viewed sequentially.

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By: Tom Q

Tom Q — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:56:00 +0000

Thanks suileabháin. Not sure about the Sting thing, but I do remember when he was actually cool, and wrote some pretty good music. I am not sure if that is the case nowadays – but that’s just my opinion.

By: suileabháin

suileabháin — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:13:00 +0000

great self portrait.

reminds me, I think, of a shot of Sting, back in his Police days.

Maybe's it's just the hair