Noteworthy album covers of 2012

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they're finally done the sensible thing and gone all straight edge on us

Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 14:34 (twelve years ago) link

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GiiyG5aQETA/Twyb0P05S2I/AAAAAAAAG2w/0Hq9n5V-72o/s300/1326218315_2382096398-1.png

Necrocomiccon - Mjölnir For Nothing

EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link

haha!

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link

xiu xiu cover looks like a combo of the graphic design of the last washed out album + the gross body imagery of the last toro y moi album, these are obvious hints that this will be their chillwave magnum ops

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link

chillwave magnum opus

Magnum opi are not very chill.

Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BR-tzN8pL._SS500_.jpg

DavidM, Thursday, 12 January 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link

the vinyl cover is pretty nice too

http://i.imgur.com/f7KSE.jpg

pat methamphetamine (diamonddave85), Thursday, 12 January 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link

I have no idea who Alcest is (are?) but that cover is gorgeous. Like the midpoint between the last Planningtorock album cover and Fever Ray's "When I Grow Up" video.

muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Friday, 13 January 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link

Clint Heidorn - "Atwater"

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/27/89/2789501724-1.jpg

She Got the Shakes, Friday, 13 January 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link

Guided by Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory

http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2011/12/Guided-By-Voices-Lets-Go-Eat-The-Factory-608x608.jpg

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 14 January 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link

http://duplicate-records.com/DUPLICATE%20RECORDSartistfiler/duplo51large.jpg

Omega Centauri - Universum Infinitum

you need to look at it full screen size rly

tumblr white's secret kool-aid drinker (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:50 (twelve years ago) link

album is worth checking if you like Wolves In The Throne Room btw

tumblr white's secret kool-aid drinker (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 15 January 2012 13:06 (twelve years ago) link

http://images.hhv.de/catalog/detail_big/00254/254965.jpg

Guatafan - Chicas De Oro

tumblr white's secret kool-aid drinker (DJ Mencap), Monday, 16 January 2012 10:31 (twelve years ago) link

that cover is quite a deal better than the music within

virtual gape machine (electricsound), Monday, 16 January 2012 10:47 (twelve years ago) link

haw i'm just listening to it now, it's a bit like 'I Think We're Alone Now' but tinnier

tumblr white's secret kool-aid drinker (DJ Mencap), Monday, 16 January 2012 10:59 (twelve years ago) link

Nacho Picasso - Lord of the Fly
http://hypetrak.com/images/2012/01/bsbd-nacho-picasso-lord-of-the-fly-cover.jpg
In line with last years. Is alright.

The Pseudo Carp Walks Among Us (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 16 January 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link

sensitive all-woman nu-folk band?

good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Monday, 16 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link

:) Rap, actually.

The Pseudo Carp Walks Among Us (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 16 January 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link

the sun is her boobs

Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link

band logo looks like a teddy bear hat

Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link

Talk about your golden globes.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link

Oh wow.

Johnny, you a designer?

The Pseudo Carp Walks Among Us (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link

I'm simply a wannabe.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link

Live by my motto below.

do a good kern daily (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link

'Loose my macbook'

Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link

http://shop.rapbay.com/images/products/preview/313332.jpg

sisilafami, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link

Ahaha omg that is BAD

I certainly wouldn't have, but hey. (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link

Banana is not proportionate, other than that, I see no problem with it.

SOPA/PILLA (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link

http://www.deejay.de/images/xl/5/9/92359.jpg
Flights of Fancy- vol 1 12"

mizzell, Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/IpE9Q.jpg

the mars volta - noctourniquet

☂Ṳη∃➸¥ѦґḎṧ, ω ℌ ◎ к ḯ ʟ ʟ (diamonddave85), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link

wow that Flights of Fancy record is gorgeous. i'm immediately interested in hearing the music inside.

jed_, Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link

wow that Flights of Fancy record is gorgeous. i'm immediately interested in hearing the music inside.

― jed_, Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's pretty cool

http://soundcloud.com/international-feel/flights-of-fancy-vol-1-tempo

mizzell, Thursday, 19 January 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link

cheers mizzell. i like it.

jed_, Friday, 20 January 2012 01:00 (twelve years ago) link

mars volta one is nice too

the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 January 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/13/73/1373535761-1.jpg

Everything, Now! - Do It On The Moon.

Disclaimer: I play in this band. Still think the cover is bad-ass.

dronestreet, Saturday, 21 January 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link

i think i like it? is it an army trying to invade an egg with a vagina stuck to it?

Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 21 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link

exactly

dronestreet, Saturday, 21 January 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61HLFMRAs0L._SS400_.jpg

Bee OK, Sunday, 22 January 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zU1%2BMr3CL._SS500_.jpg

Bee OK, Sunday, 22 January 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KU8er3PYL._SS500_.jpg

Bee OK, Sunday, 22 January 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61je5pz%2BMyL._SS500_.jpg

DavidM, Sunday, 22 January 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/ma3YF.jpg

⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 23 January 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link

That^ is gorgeous enough to make me want to listen to the album.

Diary of Anne Frank, Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen (scottfree), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link

i like it

markers, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link

i love that

but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link

I'm a sucker for this aesthetic:
http://ninblogs.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/a3lsdqncmaeqbxm.jpg

This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah hes been doing that forever but I'm not sick of it yet

Mr. Zone A (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 4 November 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link

ALLIGATOR WITH A MACHINE GUN ON HIS HEAD TBH

croup da color of mayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 5 November 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link

^vvotm

thraeds of life (The Reverend), Monday, 5 November 2012 23:39 (eleven years ago) link

Face magazine reference for this new Swamp 81 12", 90s retro.

http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000032622852-f7jpuq-crop.jpg?f6d22d0

mmmm, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link

That's actually not bad in a "found it at Goodwill for $1.00" kind of way.

Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2012 01:46 (eleven years ago) link

make it stop

tome crues (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 16 November 2012 01:47 (eleven years ago) link

(You'd have to chain me up to listen to it, though.)

Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 November 2012 01:47 (eleven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hlPGaulkL._SS420_.jpg

Lau Nau - Valohiukkanen

and, c'mon, we've gotta have this on here:

http://wwwrollingstones.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/files/2012/09/12186694-600x600.jpg

DavidM, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link

kind of lol but mostly awesome: Greg Foat Group - Girl And Robot With Flowers

http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jmanlp054.jpg

a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Thursday, 6 December 2012 03:24 (eleven years ago) link

surprised this isn't a Yes cover

Room 227 (cryptosicko), Thursday, 6 December 2012 03:26 (eleven years ago) link

saw this one today and thought of this thread

http://viperial.com/images/covers/479758_10152226348660397_1471937179_n.jpg

alpine static, Friday, 7 December 2012 08:16 (eleven years ago) link

That Keyshia Cole cover is a contender for worst of the year, fo sho.

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 9 December 2012 00:15 (eleven years ago) link

oooh, i like that

dexpresso (Z S), Sunday, 9 December 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah that's cool. They used all of the colored markers.

That Gengras thing looks like a New Age album that would turn out to be really disappointing in the end.

endless budgie (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 9 December 2012 07:12 (eleven years ago) link

The Pitchfork best and worst lists are up. Honestly, the worst list is pretty mild compared to some of the stuff I've actually seen, and at least half of the best list could've just as easily been placed in the worst list.

Did they not peep our thread this year?

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link

Boner alert on the list of worst covers btw

Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link

So rush right over if you want to catch that

Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link

Paste put up their best list too, which is a really shitty selection:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/12/the-50-best-album-covers-of-2012.html

Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link

Pretty shocked that a Paste list would have a shitty selection of anything.

HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link

re: Pitchfork best/worst album covers

I was glad to see the Lone album in the best of list because I think that's a really nice cover, but yeah, otherwise most of the best ones seemed like just the most popular Pitchfork albums as opposed to ones that had really nice design.

Enjoyed seeing the sad goths on the worst of list.

Moodles, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link

haha remember when pfork posted the shop I did of Chris Brown's Graffiti with the blue bowtie from the Larry King interview in their "Worst Album Covers"?

The Reverend, Thursday, 13 December 2012 05:07 (eleven years ago) link

Jesus, they really could have some kind of warning about the boner cover. It just froze on it while the page was loading.

This cover is genuinely baffling to me - I honestly can't even imagine what it's trying to suggest:

http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/2khustlafrontrevised.jpg

Walter Galt, Thursday, 13 December 2012 10:41 (eleven years ago) link

Is that the new James Ferraro persona?

Number None, Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link

Did you mean: 2k Hustle?

LOL

besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 11:37 (eleven years ago) link

Not sure whether this is amazing or terrible:

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/407/MI0003407802.jpg

Neil S, Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link

What has Wayne Hussey done to his hair?

Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link

Again I'm torn

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NRNArt/Michael-Iron-Man-Burks--Show-Of-Strength.jpg

Neil S, Friday, 14 December 2012 11:56 (eleven years ago) link


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