Noteworthy album covers of 2011

staind dude goes country iirc

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51apak8vLKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

would like it better if it didn't look stained

would like it better if it didn't look like a stock photo

so is it a city or a town. make your fucking mind up retard.

lol

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

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

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/littledragon_1.jpg

Awkward Family Photos

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wiB96aMwL._SS500_.jpg

little dragon is awwwwwful

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)

http://www.theroundtableonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/PatrickWolf.jpg

...yet you wonder why ppl hate patrick wolf? ;)

altrice cover is nice

man i adore that altrice one... sudden realization that not a lot of covers are hand-drawn, or at least in that style

haha @ilxor.

Patrick Wolf gotta be in the top bracket of awesomeness v. shitty album covers

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.

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ePwDySjVdyo/TY76wOPA4iI/AAAAAAAAAl8/87pMwVbeTQA/s605/38707547718517311699.jpg

Vaguely asian signifiers + helvetica = win!

http://i55.tinypic.com/302qvlv.jpg

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

ILX would like to disagree with your statement:

"Imagine: your dog, cat, or other pet in full military regalia."

Vaguely asian signifiers + helvetica = win!

reeks of adobe illustrator n00b though

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.

Patrick Wolf

it just screams sentimentality and pretension. and a bizarre infatuation with his terrible haircut and color. there's really nothing redeeming about it.

and god i hate his necklace

It makes one question why we collectively begged for our very own Oberst

all I think of is Black Swan

hatchback - zeus & apollo
http://www.musbest.com/uploads/posts/2011-02/1298490181_2.jpg

that is pretty awful but excited for that album

the ball's shadow is in the wrong direction

new Umberto 7"

http://www.notnotfun.com/pics/NNF227A.jpg
http://www.notnotfun.com/pics/NNF227B.jpg

I like that Hatchback cover a lot actually

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.

perspective on the farmland tilts forward somehow..bothers me kindof, but it's pretty cool otherwise

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/bonnie_1.jpg

ummm....no

the exciting new album from HORSE CROTCH

what ! that's an awesome bit of crotch and photo, gravel and sky

meh

you "must be blind" to design an album cover like that

gotta love a dusty horse crotch

just seems like a dickish tryhard retro stunt by a designer trying to "bring back the crotch" idk

its just wrong

http://www.net-a-porter.com/am/product/103205?cm_mmc=ProductSearch-_-US-_-Beachwear-_-The

lol

also facepalm

"HOW MUCH!!!!"

price tag has ruined it for me

Ugh...and I would have bought this album and all, Superwolf is my favourite Oldham release ever.