but yes, I am insane
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 21 March 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
love thishttp://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000003029433-wv38kh-crop.jpg
― gr8080, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
nsfw!!
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
If that nipple was the VERY FIRST thing you saw when looking at that cover, you're awesome. I didn't even realize the composition of the photo until the second time I looked at it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
love weeknd & tnv
― flopson, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
(I'm a typography nerd and was awed by the top half)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I am a pervert and all I saw was nipple
but it's a great cover
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Thought this one had been posted here but I guess not.http://www.redefinemag.com/news/Moon-Duo.jpg
― Trip Maker, Monday, 21 March 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd have to stop myself from solving the maze, because the cover would have writing/lines all over it in no time.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Have you solved the one inside Their Satanic Majesties Request?
― Trip Maker, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I have not ever owned that on vinyl.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
(or cd or cassette, for that matter)
You know it's Geir's favorite Stones album!
― Trip Maker, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
No they don't.
they didn't used to, but i hate them now.
― Love, M.D. (electricsound), Monday, 21 March 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
you know what should be posted on here? the pains of being pure at heart.
― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Monday, 21 March 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
The Gift / Explode (haven't heard it, love the cover)http://nodata.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Explosion-320x320.jpg
― the most cuddlesome bug that ever was borned (James Morrison), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
looks like a teletubby explosion!
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S2sh2pBhu5g/TWc2t1FyL0I/AAAAAAAABsY/xFs4raerAWg/s1600/laced.jpg
― mizzell, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Has this one not been posted yet, or was it in the 2010 thread already? Either way, I think it's great:
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/woundedrhymes634.jpg
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Exxcited for the new Horseshit! and TNV!
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
xp I posted the Lykke Li way upthread. Good enough to be posted twice imo!
The faux ringwear on the Psychedelic Horseshit is overdone. DON'T OVERDO YOUR FAUX RINGWEAR!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
This seems a little...uh, not sure.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/195856_206880849324412_110084682337363_788457_8097871_n.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Friendly Parrot
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like a perfume ad
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ that one is awful
― blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
:/
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/battles_1.jpg
― blingee cummings (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Ugh.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
lol.
― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
ew
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
pokemon took a dump on our record sorry y'all
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I wonder if they spent a long time coming up with that.
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i could swallow a pack of bubble yum and "come up" with that in about five minutes
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
also this is totally dumb because i know it's 2011 and cds/records don't really matter anymore but it bugs me that the image doesn't appear to be square (ie it's taller than it is wide)
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
thought the david lynch co-op w/ duran duran thing was kinda strange... now they've allowed him to fuck with their album artwork?
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
it bugs me that the image doesn't appear to be square
This always bugs me too. It happens a lot in cases where a physical cd will be released in non-jewel case packaging, making the art not squared, and then having to dig around in the depths of the internet to find a scan of the vinyl sleeve (if it was fortunate enough to be released on vinyl) just so I can have a square image to put in my iPod or upload to last.fm or whathaveyou.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I dig the battles one actually
― joygoat, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.utechrecords.com/Misc/GAOP.jpg
http://www.utechrecords.com/Misc/SOTE.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
that first one gives me a headacheI like the second one tho
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i'm torn about that first one. feel like its been done a lot and those colors aren't my thing but there is something trippy about it that i like.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
locrian album on utech was my fave cover of 2010 and they are coming out with a vinyl version and i think i have to get it JUST for the cover. i mean i have the music already...
http://www.utechrecords.com/Misc/TCW_F.jpg
http://www.utechrecords.com/Misc/TCW_LP.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Fact have got a feature up on the worst of the year so far:
http://www.factmag.com/2011/03/21/the-worst-sleeves-of-2011-so-far/
― ka£ka (NickB), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/wp-content/gallery/worst-sleeves-of-2011-so-far/worst003-peter_.jpg
^ I laughed heartily at this
― ka£ka (NickB), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
that acid house kings cover isn't that bad. if i were a big fan of the band i would love it.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, there are only a few that are out-and-out terrible.
The Moritz von Oswald one is p. bad, but I guess it follows on from their previous album.
― ka£ka (NickB), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
^ can't avoid reading that album cover in anything but spartan-speak
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
man, the computer thing...ugh. DIY covers used to look charmingly shitty in the olden days. something about CDs or something. don't know what it is. i see hundreds of local self-released CDs every year and they are pretty much ALL terrible. and a lot of actual label releases have that same problem. they look like random flickr account pictures and terrible software lettering/fonts.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
what is it about the lettering? it kills half the current album covers i see. there are some good type choices here, but in general...
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
really the only trend i can pick up is that the less attention drawn towards lettering, the more i end up liking the actual cover. if lettering is ever to take prominence, it should be sequestered away like here:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UMoebAEAL._SL500_AA280_.jpgor herehttp://www.ninebullets.net/wp-images/2009/PrettyHateMachine.jpg
i just generally dislike juxtaposition of any photograph with overlaying text. i'm really having a hard time thinking of exceptions.
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i quite like the acid house kings cover
― Love, M.D. (electricsound), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
You're breaking this typography nerd's heart, kel. xp
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link