The Great Millennial Colour Drought

obv there's quite a bot of colour here, but I remember the booklet insert for this had a super shiny glossy texture and that big white strip at the bottom of each page

― soref, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 13:13 (six years ago)

I'll never understand why Sigur Ros put a toilet seat on the cover.

― InternationalWaters, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:24 (six years ago)

oh I understand perfectly

― cryborg (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:29 (six years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Kylie_Minogue_-_Kylie_Minogue.png

― mark e, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:29 (six years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Tom_Petty_Echo.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/TPATH-LastJD_cvr.jpg

― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 23 November 2019 18:03 (six years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/ApologiestotheQueenMary.jpg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Saturday, 23 November 2019 18:21 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/utQpesooOWGqr5QTiCPJlvyhYeY=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-367366-1460862888-8240.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:37 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/3sc2uoUhYElWxPMXbnz5_FB6y7I=/fit-in/561x563/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-382883-1537642109-2148.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:38 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/DrWx-aJZeeolSmQRO6BLMJDX28M=/fit-in/600x606/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-509656-1464112790-6857.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:39 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/8dUjP9W7SgjdAazrWZ3mhUMvhbo=/fit-in/600x597/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-379811-1562106506-8896.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:46 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/QSakoPasxUxjBaAEUGEqEnCOgTg=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-105704-1523169468-2798.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:48 (six years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Yankee_Hotel_Foxtrot_%28Front_Cover%29.png/220px-Yankee_Hotel_Foxtrot_%28Front_Cover%29.png

― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:48 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/ZWGco28tJANhUwU1k9puxoXIMIk=/fit-in/600x594/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4820629-1456531657-9382.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:49 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/5N0DBqENyNVZVXehMfhUxE4CNa4=/fit-in/600x588/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-378772-1297147688.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:53 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/fHE0AmkBhsnQtQlNjOOFF3wA6y0=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-375221-1394969789-3065.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:54 (six years ago)

https://media-pitchfork-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929aa35c0084474cd0c116b/1:1/w_320/5b8bafaf.jpg

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:59 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/97rKgUOz78WA1OO_KhVlBMM2Zcc=/fit-in/598x534/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-921147-1173023170.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:02 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/1qtgcK2MIk1mQBVlvv7iRqIY5dM=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-233458-1298609855.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:03 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/Xgogfp3Wlz5mbS72YADvs4FpFA0=/fit-in/600x608/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-223754-1473241191-5511.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:04 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/JBBHRnZyK4lT0Niqox0N6iTjTfs=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-404511-1167492959.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:06 (six years ago)

^^Some good ones here, tho Radiohead and Modest Mouse precede the requested timeframe by a year

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:13 (six years ago)

was giving myself +/- year wiggle room sry

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:18 (six years ago)

i got carried away

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:18 (six years ago)

all is forgiven

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:20 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/RTPqiZCsP4STx-ZZUaZfvCo98a8=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1676646-1387791493-5576.jpeg.jpg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:20 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/adbB3xl77WcIDOZEvVBPIzRVNSc=/fit-in/343x343/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-933898-1288213032.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:22 (six years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51gD54ueDXL._SY355_.jpg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:24 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/F43qZiWJDOJp6VoHPALCPHrI_Hw=/fit-in/546x493/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1385950-1215156685.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:24 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/C0Bb_rZojKse-HEYQcwozWpUeYY=/fit-in/496x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6549332-1421771613-5265.jpeg.jpg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:26 (six years ago)

https://www.austinchronicle.com/imager/b/original/75126/140915aa/music_recviews-2439.jpeg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:30 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/Xh_XxeIJnn3JMTzPy0sbQnIM6nM=/fit-in/600x596/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1011976-1568667479-7049.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:32 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/TcqtL_2-Gv4knx4DQMRxd0Phml0=/fit-in/545x545/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3859330-1347168697-7234.jpeg.jpg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:33 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/04Y1HyDqddu86o79a-qLYqOxT-o=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-357019-1222212955.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:35 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/nT2qlYIJkGnhyC0550tMsWueYzs=/fit-in/599x586/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-45168-1168890703.jpeg.jpg

― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:39 (six years ago)

Sometimes white isn’t the dominant color, but the photo still has the overexposed / washed-out look that was popular at the time (maybe to mimic the aesthetic of those Hype Williams videos)?

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41C3TEP0MTL.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Celebrity_cover.png

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/713X--AI5QL._SS500_.jpg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:43 (six years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/rc9sqU6_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:49 (six years ago)

Carrie furiously ‘shopping Janet out of every publicity photo

― June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:50 (six years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Mandysoreal.JPG

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQIlwj3JXgDycF9sTocgtP67tUorzd3SpoGjmHnh4HwfW2zkCi7

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:53 (six years ago)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjcwMmNjOWUtZmRhMi00OTBmLWE2NjUtNGY5NzYwOGI0MDZiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjE0ODc0MDc@._V1_.jpg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:54 (six years ago)

^this was the moment when Britney & BSB (and maybe others?) released videos in which everyone was wearing all-white outfits

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 01:55 (six years ago)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hamptons-modern-day-gatsby-diddys-white-party-turns-20-1100974

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 02:06 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/JrlLywSjqKhMKd_bzgA8H6HvdHA=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-244769-1359843620-1713.jpeg.jpg

― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 November 2019 02:07 (six years ago)

https://img.reelgood.com/content/movie/b6d6f856-0466-4ec8-95c6-084baeef4356/poster-780.jpg

― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 02:10 (six years ago)

Skipping 21 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Things_(Zero_7_album)#/media/File%3AZero_7_-_Simple_Things_-_Album_Cover_(front).jpg

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 11:49 (six years ago)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Things_(Zero_7_album)#/media/File%3AZero_7_-_Simple_Things_-_Album_Cover_(front).jpg

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 11:49 (six years ago)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27mon,_C%27mon#/media/File%3ASheryl_Crow_-_C

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 11:51 (six years ago)

I'm trying to post from mobile here and from the look of things, I'm posting broken links.

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 11:52 (six years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41gW%2BcljnkL._SY355_.jpg

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 12:40 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/uh47NCe1tjrcv2nJiXNap1YMp1Y=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2599696-1415997915-2015.jpeg.jpg

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 12:41 (six years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Thursday%2BFull%2BCollapse.jpg

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 12:43 (six years ago)

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929a5049d034d5c69bf31d5/1:1/w_320/35e564f6.jpg

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 12:44 (six years ago)

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929a07913d19756521383c4/1:1/w_600/963d6f5d.jpg

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929c154eb335119a49ed549/1:1/w_600/3be1f8f6.jpg

extending into the mid-2000s here.

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 12:49 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/qzQcJ_JMHtg729umuZH1z9ciDw0=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-379541-1424986874-1339.jpeg.jpg

― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 25 November 2019 14:21 (six years ago)

very very few of these aren't 100% ugly.

― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Monday, 25 November 2019 14:35 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/NNeYiqo8PxkEcYoYpqgdOAI6rk8=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-1536183-1432558447-3266.jpeg.jpg

― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 25 November 2019 15:22 (six years ago)

I totally would not have identified this as a thing, but it does seem to be. Uergh.

Yes, well spotted, dl.

― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Monday, 25 November 2019 15:29 (six years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Life_on_Other_Planets_album_cover_by_Supergrass.jpg

― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Monday, 25 November 2019 15:45 (six years ago)

What about this classic

https://www.planetearthrecords.co.uk/ekmps/shops/planetearthrec/images/KYLIE-MINOGUE-Fever-CD-Album-Parlophone-2001-682-p.png

― cpl593H, Monday, 25 November 2019 15:48 (six years ago)

Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/RootsManuva_RunComeSaveMe_albumcover.jpg

Low - Things We Lost In The Fire

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/Low_-_Things_We_Lost_in_the_Fire.jpg

― Dan Worsley, Monday, 25 November 2019 17:40 (six years ago)

I do actually like both those covers

― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Monday, 25 November 2019 17:57 (six years ago)

On roxymuzak's FB we've just been discussing how the era that immediately preceded this (96-98) was the 'orange era'. It's remarkable how many orangey albums from that era I could think of off the top of my head

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Garbage_-_Version_2.0.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Blur_Blur.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9b/Metallica_-_Reload_cover.jpg/220px-Metallica_-_Reload_cover.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5e/Vanishing_point_album_cover.jpg/220px-Vanishing_point_album_cover.jpg
https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2018/07/Beastie-Boys-Hello-Nasty-1530904847-640x640.jpeg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/TheProdigy-TheFatOfTheLand.jpg/220px-TheProdigy-TheFatOfTheLand.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/KulaShaker_K.jpg

― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 29 November 2019 15:19 (six years ago)

Orange and Tan were big in clothing at that time too.

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 November 2019 16:14 (six years ago)

albums released in spans of years had multiple kinds of colors on their covers, revelation!

― akm, Friday, 29 November 2019 19:15 (six years ago)

mate don't get me started on the 92_
-94 disgusting closeup images of secondhand grubby tat era cos that is a whole worrrld

― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 29 November 2019 20:55 (six years ago)

this thread has made me realize a thing i didn't know was a thing has actually been a thing all along

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 November 2019 20:57 (six years ago)

https://www.mergerecords.com/stuff/contentmgr/files/6/73a288795cf0d0eba9e84d641a854aab/image/_resized/10_404_404_238_destroyer_yourblues_900px.jpg
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1743834394_16.jpg
https://cloud10.todocoleccion.online/musica-cds/tc/2019/08/08/11/173193945.jpg
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/02bd982e3dfc08ec982ef6982ef16bd3/2766500
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929a5cf13d1975652139045/1:1/w_320/0904352c.jpg
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a4154078846_10.jpg
https://media.senscritique.com/media/000005021534/source_big/Gorillaz.jpg
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51j5AwPWREL._SL1425_.jpg

― Dinsdale, Friday, 29 November 2019 21:32 (six years ago)

https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/308720/large/tnt.jpg

― fetter, Friday, 29 November 2019 21:44 (six years ago)

http://critterjams.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/orbital_-_the_middle_of_nowhere-front.jpg

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 November 2019 21:47 (six years ago)

wondering how much of this blame can fall on apple or if it's vice versa

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 November 2019 21:48 (six years ago)

Looks like Apple used that aesthetic since the 80s, but it may have gotten even “whiter” during the iMac era:

http://www.macfinest.com/best-apple-print-ads/

https://www.cultofmac.com/196454/12-of-the-best-apple-print-ads-of-all-time-gallery/

― Soy Bean False Chicken (morrisp), Friday, 29 November 2019 23:08 (six years ago)

two months pass...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Green_Day_-_Shenanigans_cover.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/Green_Day_-_International_Superhits%21.png/220px-Green_Day_-_International_Superhits%21.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Soundsofscience.jpg

― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:21 (six years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Beastie_Boys_-_To_the_5_Boroughs.png

― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:21 (six years ago)

How does Andy Stott have no mention in this thread?

― octobeard, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:49 (six years ago)

Most of this is all Gen X artists too..

― octobeard, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:50 (six years ago)

https://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/pias/oct17/fini-500x500.jpg

― omar little, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:51 (six years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41gXZIpe5ZL._SY355_.jpg

― omar little, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:51 (six years ago)

https://img.discogs.com/U7T7sZm4f_WywDUKxSp_-IWWAU0=/fit-in/600x580/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-427844-1168870986.jpeg.jpg

― omar little, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:52 (six years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/414BB8RWVGL._SX355_.jpg

― omar little, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:55 (six years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41EMSXtTw6L.jpg

― omar little, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:56 (six years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51nWmdIi1hL.jpg

― omar little, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:59 (six years ago)

lots of greatest hits so far comps

― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 13 February 2020 03:26 (six years ago)

three weeks pass...

― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 6 March 2020 11:51 (six years ago)

two years pass...

https://i.discogs.com/5FnHR8mruNGA8QAxsyorbRUNYL7F2MCwwT5ySdUzhMw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:596/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUzNTI4/ODMtMTU1MTIyNjAz/Ni05Njg2LmpwZWc.jpeg

― budo jeru, Thursday, 25 August 2022 05:52 (three years ago)

one year passes...

Not sure we hit this one... super 1997-looking (including the Ray Gun–style fonts):

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31S4G3KTD2L._SY300_SX300_QL70_FMwebp_.jpg

― strawberry ice cream, one scoop or two (morrisp), Friday, 20 October 2023 18:48 (two years ago)

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