Noteworthy album covers of 2012

The last two are pretty great minus the type on the bottom.

wow WORLD KID is a terrible one

the 'two wings' one is especially bad because i really had to study the stupid little naked people to figure out what letters they were representing

album covers that say "[title] by [artist]" are generally pretty shitty though, yeah

want to read a whole book in that naked people font. jk. i do not.

i really like the world kid one although "by", yeah

Maybe there should be a general thread for naked people font but here is my favourite (obviously not very recent):

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8lRGZoO4YYE/SjN__ylr_QI/AAAAAAAAAnI/zwx5K1QBGDE/s1600/bongwater-the_power_of_pussy.jpg

Good call Nick, was thinking the same thing about the cover connect. That Bongwater album is all time classic.

Dave Dub - The Treatment
http://stonesthrow.com/images/2012/davedub_gatefold_front.jpg
http://stonesthrow.com/images/2012/davedub_gatefold_back.jpg

yeah, that's fantastic

that's awesome

Great incorporation of type too, which always seem to be the hardest thing when designing album art.

http://5166-hypetrak.voxcdn.com/images/2012/03/sebastien-tellier-cochon-ville.jpg

goin ham

http://cdn02.cdn.gorillavsbear.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cover-575x575.jpg

cassette cover

being a pedant, but re: that dave dub cover, it looks like hand-lettered text, not type

hand-lettered typography

Might not work...

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/miscellaneous/may12/umberto-500x500.jpg

Umberto - Welcome to the Chillzone

god, that's great

they're reliably great with covers. also loved this from 2010:

http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2502834-1288331996.jpeg

nowhere near as good as the new one, though

It's hilarious isn't it? I like the build up of different visual planes too, and the wetness of the window and the greeness behind is just lovely.

http://extramusicnew.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/warp228_packshot_web.jpg

Squarepusher - Ufabulum

love that umberto sleeve

I like the build up of different visual planes too, and the wetness of the window and the greeness behind is just lovely.

otm

totally ridiculous on the face of it, but beautiful and smart as hell

Wait, why smart as hell? I like it and everything, but am I missing something? Conjures the last Mark McGuire LP for the background, anyway...

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/20/45/204547370-1.jpghttp://editionsmego.com/media/release/123/1/eMEGO123-350x350.jpg

Its horrible. Crap picture, crap photoshop job.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Beholder_%28D%26D%29.JPG

if we had avatars i'd be using it as one right now

for one thing the fact that there are six planes of perception in play (eight if you count the water drops), for another the deliberately bad comedy popeye skeleton waiting in his car for whatever happens next (choose your own adventure). plus just looks great, half the battle.

he's gonna fuck someone's shit up, i just know it

On the one hand you do have the deliberate cheapness and the crassness of the skull, which is entirely in keeping with the 80's horror soundtrack vibe of the music and there's some sort of narrative being set up - the skull isn't facing itself, it's freaking out at something unknown located outside of the shot (in the car? outside the car?). The different reflections in the mirror are puzzling cos it looks like the windows are reflecting back into it. You've got that white van and you're wondering what's in the back, or who just got out. And where does that path outside lead? And then you have the beauty of the raindrops on the windscreen, that lovely greenness of the garden, the way the sky is actually quite bright, but the blue sun strip thing is modulating the light.

I'm pretending also that it's Mike Watt freaking out five miles down the road from the Double Nickels shot as Donald Pleasence steps out of the van ahead.

i'm digging the new laetitia. nice haircut btw

http://s3.cucharasonica.com/files/2012/05/LaetitiaSadier_Silencio.jpg

gb - the provider

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/36/16/3616581275-1.jpg

I like both of those.

huh

http://www.wierdrecords.com/store/images/vaura.jpg

yipes, that umberto cover is terrible. looks like a throw-away cell phone picture with some awkward photoshopping.

heads ain't ready

^^

skull ruins it

it would be nothing without the skull!! nothing!

a cover with nothing but that skull x 30 would be amazing

skull ruins it

people and their ideas

a field of tiny skulls that when squinted at "magically" reveals the image of a trilaterally dimensional skull

it hurts me to disagree with some of you, but so be it

it would be nothing without the skull!! nothing!

― 12plsrU (electricsound), Tuesday, May 8, 2012 6:58 PM Bookmark

srsly

that cover reminds me of ethereal killer for some reason

http://ihrtn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Ethereal-Killer.jpeg