http://i.imgur.com/Amh8f.jpg
Wave Machines, Pollen
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 December 2012 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
That gives me a headache
― Walter Galt, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wuDZa.jpg
I'd freak out during this photoshoot from having my airways covered up.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
that really would be the worst way to die too, posing for the hideous cover of a new Bettie Serveert album
― nobody's bitch speaks again (some dude), Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/3091qjd.jpgGazelle Twin - Mammal EP
Honestly I wouldn't have minded another Suzanne Moxhay photocollage as on The Entire City, as Moxhay has a lot of stunning work, but this is good.
― Chinchilla! Chinchilla! Chinchilla! (Sanpaku), Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nxV3H.jpg
Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
Beanie Sigel The Truth
― finally rich, fun-packed, fulfilling (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/48509/bcd83c1c.jpg
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.epitaph.com/dispatch/_depot/title/large/357b06e5b653d966f9d0465385090612.jpg
This is the first BR cover art in a million years to look like a BR cover should look.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 27 December 2012 05:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://f0.bcbits.com/z/29/59/2959837380-1.jpg
My illustration! My cat! My handtype!
http://theepoch.bandcamp.com/album/the-epoch-is-now-volume-2
― Guy was knee-deep in water (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
<iframe src="https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=BC786BCBA594A7FD&resid=BC786BCBA594A7FD%213775&authkey=AIZvA20oCacVzZU" width="319" height="248" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
no idea if this link will work
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wBMgM.jpg
La Big Vic - Cold War
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 January 2013 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
I like that one. I have no use for the band but that's pretty great.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 7 January 2013 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I wish they were better, because they have two pretty special album covers so far.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 January 2013 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
Know nothing of the band, but would probably buy any thrift-store paperback Sci-Fi novel that had that as a cover.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Monday, 7 January 2013 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/indie/danfriel-totalfolklore.jpgDan Friel- Total Folklore
― mizzell, Monday, 7 January 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://c438342.r42.cf2.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Action-Bronson-Rare-Chandeliers-gif.gif
― tsrobodo, Monday, 7 January 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.mountaain.com/threeleggedrace/sp022-500i.jpg
― mizzell, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
i know it's supposed to be parodying some kind of blaxploitation trope but that action bronson cover is pretty much exactly the bobby digital in stereo cover.
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
didn't that Three Legged Race album come out in December?
not nitpicking, just trying to figure out if it's eligible for my 2013 list. i thought it was scheduled for early December but now all of a sudden, i'm seeing reviews (including p4k's)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah it definitely came out in 2012, it was on Spotify last month.
― Vote in the ILM End of Year Poll! (seandalai), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 11:06 (eleven years ago) link
I'm a huge fan of the typesetting on the Broadcast LP. Though the right aligned but centre placement is something that normally drives me crazy.
― Oblique Strategies, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
Here's some of Julian House's takes on the Berberian Sound Studio artwork. http://festivalvanguard.blogspot.com/2012/09/alternate-posters-for-berberian-sound.html
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 03:18 (eleven years ago) link
alternate takes, I should say.
huh?
the first cover itt has quite a Barney Bubbles vibe.
― wk, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 04:46 (eleven years ago) link
not really sure what this sounds like but i like the windam hill vibe
http://i.imgur.com/PTECo.jpg
― big fat dictionary (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 05:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.guitarworld.com/files/imce-images/bowie_next.jpg
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
so very ugly
― the drawl of the mc's could be farts (NickB), Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, I kinda like it.
― said the brohaim to the cochise (how's life), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
Looks like he's just stuck the title over that Cex album cover (jk.)
― contrarian, zing thyself (cajunsunday), Friday, 11 January 2013 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
Only January and I think we've found the most wtf cover of 2013.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/indie/yeah-yeah-yeahs-mosquito.jpg
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 14 January 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
they spelled "Primus" wrong.
― how's life, Monday, 14 January 2013 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
La Big Vic - Cold War― Johnny Fever, Monday, January 7, 2013 6:55 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI like that one. I have no use for the band but that's pretty great.― EZ Snappin, Monday, January 7, 2013 6:59 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkYeah, I wish they were better, because they have two pretty special album covers so far.― Johnny Fever, Monday, January 7, 2013 7:00 AM (1 week ago)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, January 7, 2013 6:55 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― EZ Snappin, Monday, January 7, 2013 6:59 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Monday, January 7, 2013 7:00 AM (1 week ago)
They are named for an ilx0r if you can believe that.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 14 January 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_r2QpqEEKpg/ULZvqv2Bt2I/AAAAAAAACzY/TaxGojRA0ik/s400/cover.png
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
what a dramatic way to die
― questino (seandalai), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
http://f0.bcbits.com/z/31/65/3165155548-1.jpg
― anonanon, Saturday, 26 January 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
What is it? Is it the sequel to the Nine Inch Nails giant hand album?
― fuck off like a diamond (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 27 January 2013 06:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CSyTi00.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 January 2013 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
http://distilleryimage4.s3.amazonaws.com/26f2f8e46a2e11e2ad8422000a1fa8e9_7.jpg
― mizzell, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
guys please change all covers to greyscale before posting them here-- if i want to see what they really look like i'll look EVERYWHERE ELSE on the internet, thx
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
This is an album art thread. Those are POLL RESULTS GRAPHICS. If u cannot tell the difference between these two things, then...ugh.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
i'm just being a dick, JF, i'll stop.
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/story/new-eric-clapton-album-old-sock-due-in-march-20130129/1000x306/clapton-306-1359473322.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
lol wut
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
more like old cock amirite
― Jaap and roids (NickB), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
I think that's a great cover. Saw it yesterday but forgot to post it. Thanks mookieproof!
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2013/01/colin-stetson-new-history-warfare-vol-3-608x608.jpg
― monster_xero, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://psuvanguard.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Tomahawk01.jpg
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
ooh new Stetson
― questino (seandalai), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
Featuring Justin Vernon. I don't know if that lessons or heightens your excitement.
― monster_xero, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
somewhere between early fall and early pavement then?
― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:56 AM (7 hours ago)
close enough
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn2.thelineofbestfit.com/media/2013/10/Future-Of-The-Left-How-To-Stop-Your-Brain-In-An-Accident-500x500.jpg
― Mordy , Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
would like to think that the one in the bottom left corner is "no dean blunt records"
― but my heart is full of woah (NickB), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 18:02 (ten years ago) link
http://esg6rzdhdg9i115s.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/r-kelly-black-panties-500.jpg
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/deon-kallisti-102413.png
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Friday, 22 November 2013 03:03 (ten years ago) link
http://www.33-45.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/original_DeMeester_si_01.jpg
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
Andy Votel is easy, I know, but damn
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 02:16 (ten years ago) link
http://www.hotcuprecords.com/images/c400_slippery_rock.jpgMostly Other People Do The Killing: Slippery Rock!
― ernestp, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 11:45 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bestartvinyl.com/vote.html?nc=1385468989
Might be wrong about this, but I've noticed since vinyl sales have picked up that big, busy, slightly-psychedelic album art seems to also be making a resurgence. There must be a difference for artworkers when creating something for vinyl or CD markets?
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 12:53 (ten years ago) link
it's like, if i'm going to shell out for something on vinyl, and i'm trying to pick between two albums but can't decide, often it's the artwork that's the deal maker.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 12:56 (ten years ago) link
Ras G is the best one there, love that cover
― space bl00ps (NickB), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 12:59 (ten years ago) link
This came out months ago and everyone has probably already seen it, but I love this
http://cdn.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fantasia-side-effects-cover.jpg
― including 'weird men' who fancy the mermaids (soref), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 13:12 (ten years ago) link
Back cover:
http://christalrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/back-of-fantasias-side-effects-of-you-album-christal_rock.jpg
― including 'weird men' who fancy the mermaids (soref), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 13:13 (ten years ago) link
http://nme.assets.ipccdn.co.uk/images/gallery/2013GeorgePringle_GolfoDeiPoeti_600G190413.jpg
George Pringle- Golfo Dei Poeti
― including 'weird men' who fancy the mermaids (soref), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 13:34 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0161/8690/products/DING-DONG-DISQUESweb_grande.jpg?v=1383427113
― including 'weird men' who fancy the mermaids (soref), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 13:37 (ten years ago) link
george pringle one is awesome-- what's it sound like?
― 乓乒 (gr8080), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 13:56 (ten years ago) link
There's a Quietus review here-http://thequietus.com/articles/11621-george-pringle-gulfo-dei-poeti-review
― including 'weird men' who fancy the mermaids (soref), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Tuesday, November 26, 2013 7:53 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Tuesday, November 26, 2013 7:56 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hmmm, I dunno how true it is (there could be lots of other reasons for the popularity of psychedelic imagery right now) but I could almost imagine that simply seeing more things on vinyl might encourage an artist to imagine their work in that nice large format, and go ahead and include details that they might otherwise not have. But then I think that the worst era for album art was probably the height of the CD years. Even stuff that I imagine doesn't sell that much on vinyl has been looking a lot better lately (big pop albums and stuff).
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
bring back longboxes imo
http://i.imgur.com/NuSC4zr.jpg
― 乓乒 (gr8080), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
I had all but two of those (Cure and Smiths) cut out and taped to my door in high school.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
http://nnatapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/NNA069.jpg
― My god. Pure ideology. (ey), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
kewl
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
a nice festive one for you:
http://www.erasuresnowglobe.com/img/erasure-snowglobe-album.jpg
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
Can't remember whether it was posted or not but shittiest cover of the year is... Cut Copy?
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
gotta be black flag
― i have sounded the very dub step of humility (anonanon), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, Black Flag and then Cut Copy.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
oh how could i forget the flag?
― exciting vampire castle (NickB), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
Bleed the patriarchy
http://i4.sndcdn.com/artworks-000058227456-wwwq40-t500x500.jpg?b09b136
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 December 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
http://gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/802892/production_public/Album/23443/album_image/e10acafa67d52fec117725b29b4da475f109a00a.jpg
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
FACT did their best and worst lists btw:
http://www.factmag.com/2013/12/07/the-30-best-album-covers-of-2013/http://www.factmag.com/2013/12/07/the-30-worst-album-covers-of-2013/
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Monday, 9 December 2013 20:48 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0164/9352/products/spin050_Vastum_COVweb_1024x1024.jpg
^ can't stop looking at that bat
― rp boo bryson (NickB), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
feel like i wanna wave back
meant to add the vastum cover the other day, but forgot. so great! was bummed by the comparatively dull imagery on the vinyl version, but turns out it has a poster of that ghastly thing inside (uncropped art, no text).
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link
the artist, paolo girardi, also did the covers for this year's power trip and inquisition albums (among a ton of other stuff, busy dude). think i might have posted the former somewhere way upthread...
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
man, FACT's best 30 are almost as bad as their worst 30. baffling choices, most of them.
― alpine static, Sunday, 22 December 2013 06:04 (ten years ago) link
fact sure doesnt like r&b/hip hop
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Sunday, 22 December 2013 06:33 (ten years ago) link
For those of you who liked the Deafheaven cover.
http://pitchfork.com/news/57800-deafheaven-selling-sunbather-font/
― how's life, Friday, 12 December 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link