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
http://www.factmag.com/wp-content/gallery/worst-sleeves-of-2011-so-far/worst005paul.jpg
I think this one is pretty cool.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 08:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm with Kelpolaris on the lettering thing; usually I feel that the less text there is on the cover, the better it looks. And the text should never be just on top of the pic, as it tends to mess up the picture. It looks much better when text is in its own box. The exception to this rule are the covers where the text is aesthetically integrated to the picture (like in the Super Paolo pic above), which can look nice. And of course there are some cool covers where the text is the picture, like with Daft Punk albums.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 08:29 (thirteen years ago) link
unless Photoshop 3 filter presets are now cool as kitsch, that cover is just really offensive
― rockapads, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm pretty sure 99% of the people who buy records don't know about Photoshop 3 filter presets, nor do they judge a cover based on whether or not they are used in it.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm pretty sure you're wrong about the "99%" - especially in Super Paolo's case. Anyway, the Photoshop filter presets as graphic design kitsch was me being generous toward the designer of that cover. If it's not intentional it's just very poorly done.
― rockapads, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know from Photoshop, but that cover kinda sucks. Looks like a homemade cassingle from 1989
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
AND NOT IN A COOL WAY
kinda interesting to note that battles, or at least their marketing team, really thinks that album artwork really ... um, memorable or somethinghttp://drownedinsound.com/news/4142291-battles-album-art-and-billboard-campaign-revealed-stream-ice-cream
personally if i had never seen that i would've thought it was pseudo-viral marketing for big league chewhttp://mysocalledhealthlife.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/chew.jpg
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
It's silly-string, right? what's this "pink-bubblegum type stuff" crap? did these journalists have no childhoods? Anyway, really sad about what has happened to Thrice, overall, and that album cover is no exception.
― i have a hot bagel waiting for me in my bed so ill say this: (kkvgz), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I like the Gravesand Orchestra Pits one, even though it only has two search results in google?
― i have a hot bagel waiting for me in my bed so ill say this: (kkvgz), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
really sad about what has happened to Thrice, overall
i.e., they exist...?
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
staind dude goes country iirc
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51apak8vLKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
would like it better if it didn't look stained
― rockapads, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
would like it better if it didn't look like a stock photo
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
so is it a city or a town. make your fucking mind up retard.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Tao_of_the_dead.jpg
Reminds me of:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/Labyrinth_ver2.jpg/220px-Labyrinth_ver2.jpg
The Japanese-only New Album by Boris -- what does it remind you of?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/New_Album_%28Boris%29.jpg
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
actually reminds me of ps2-era final fantasy games with that^, but i'm getting the sense that that you already have an answer in mind
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/littledragon_1.jpg
― gr8080, Friday, 25 March 2011 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Awkward Family Photos
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Friday, 25 March 2011 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wiB96aMwL._SS500_.jpg
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
little dragon is awwwwwful
― wavy g. wavegarten (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
if your album cover is gonna be 'lol meme' you gotta do something no one's ever done like when the klaxons put the cat in an astronaut suit
http://www.umstrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Altrice.jpg
Altrice - Stem (Caribou's "Swim" remixed)
― Hippocratic Oaf (DavidM), Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.theroundtableonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/PatrickWolf.jpg
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 26 March 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
...yet you wonder why ppl hate patrick wolf? ;)
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Saturday, 26 March 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
altrice cover is nice
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Saturday, 26 March 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
man i adore that altrice one... sudden realization that not a lot of covers are hand-drawn, or at least in that style
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Saturday, 26 March 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
haha @ilxor.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 27 March 2011 06:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Patrick Wolf gotta be in the top bracket of awesomeness v. shitty album covers
― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 27 March 2011 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
acid house kings cover reminds me of the bit in "stella" where the guys couldn't answer the door because they were in a tableau.
― major fashion inspiration (reddening), Sunday, 27 March 2011 07:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ePwDySjVdyo/TY76wOPA4iI/AAAAAAAAAl8/87pMwVbeTQA/s605/38707547718517311699.jpg
Vaguely asian signifiers + helvetica = win!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 March 2011 08:55 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/302qvlv.jpg
― GLOWER METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 27 March 2011 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ILX would like to disagree with your statement:
"Imagine: your dog, cat, or other pet in full military regalia."
― Tuomas, Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
reeks of adobe illustrator n00b though
― owenf, Sunday, 27 March 2011 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
would like the little dragon one if all the photos were the same tone and the centre square was black just containing the logo with no thin outline or shadow.
patrick wolf should be positioned centrally not slightly to our left, and further away so you can see all of him (including presumably white shoes) with the text just underneath. don't like the elegant font/handwritten logo contrast either.
― no geirs with attitude (blueski), Sunday, 27 March 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Patrick Wolf
― OH RICHEY, WHY. (PaulTMA), Sunday, 27 March 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
it just screams sentimentality and pretension. and a bizarre infatuation with his terrible haircut and color. there's really nothing redeeming about it.
― Radical Adults Lick Based God Style (kelpolaris), Monday, 28 March 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
and god i hate his necklace
It makes one question why we collectively begged for our very own Oberst
― OH RICHEY, WHY. (PaulTMA), Monday, 28 March 2011 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
all I think of is Black Swan
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 28 March 2011 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
hatchback - zeus & apollohttp://www.musbest.com/uploads/posts/2011-02/1298490181_2.jpg
― gr8080, Monday, 28 March 2011 07:34 (thirteen years ago) link
that is pretty awful but excited for that album
― wavy g. wavegarten (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 March 2011 07:37 (thirteen years ago) link
the ball's shadow is in the wrong direction
― three megabytes of hot RAM (abanana), Monday, 28 March 2011 07:46 (thirteen years ago) link
new Umberto 7"
http://www.notnotfun.com/pics/NNF227A.jpghttp://www.notnotfun.com/pics/NNF227B.jpg
― van smack, Monday, 28 March 2011 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I like that Hatchback cover a lot actually
― van smack, Monday, 28 March 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.vasiliska.com/uploads/posts/2011-03/1300129051_vessels-helioscope-400x400.jpg
(I think) I like this a lot (???)
srlsly there's something wrong with it tho, can't really give specifics.
― kelpolaris, Monday, 28 March 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
perspective on the farmland tilts forward somehow..bothers me kindof, but it's pretty cool otherwise
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 28 March 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link