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bobbyb5
Gender: Male
Location: New York 
- #31
- Posted: 07/12/2017 17:50
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| murmur wrote: | yeah, but they have the most honest covers, matching the shitty music and all 
honestly, Who's Next has kind of a gross cover. i mean, this coming from a guy who listens to grindcore and regularly sees mutilated genitalia on those, but it's just sort of crass and offputting (like the Who)
| Quote: | | Titus Andronicus's Local Business and The Most Lamentable Tragedy. |
yeah, they look like e-invite templates
| Quote: | | The Velvet Underground And Nico for example is really just a banana, it doesn't represent the album at all. |
I know I just called the Who immature, but i do think the banana in context of being a sticker that you peel to see a phallic naked banana is sort of reminiscent of the music. listening to the music, you peel slowly and see from the sing-songy, mellow opener to the Dylan-reminiscent steady rock and roller that has sorta weird lyrics but is catchy, to the first appearance of the Teutonic Ice Queen Nico, before you get to "Venus in Furs" and suddenly you're listening to an album about BDSM that sounds like BDSM.
| Quote: | | The White Album. Funeral. Nevermind. They required little to no thought/creativity and aren't inherently interesting, unlike London Calling for example that while not very thoughtful or creative, is at least badass. |
I agree with you that the White Album cover didn't take much effort (though I do think it reflects the music within well). Funeral and Nevermind, on the other hand, I think look great. I especially like the latter, because it's photography and thus there was a lot of chance involved, doubly so since it was a baby they were throwing into a pool. London Calling's cover is wasted on London Calling's music, IMO. |
I think the best ones are the ones that are completely literal. And the all-time champions at this would be The Cars. Most of their album covers literally have cars on them. To me, this makes great sense. If your name is The Cars, then you should have cars on your album covers. And even their album covers they didn't have cars on them were still unbelievably literal. For example the album called Shake It Up had on its cover someone shaking a martini shaker. I like this kind of practicality and logical-ness. Another example would be Tapestry, which featured Carole King on the cover holding a tapestry. I like this kind of good sense. If your name is The Cars, then you should always have a car on your album cover. This only makes sense. Lol
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authorunknown
Gender: Male
Location: Stockholm 
- #32
- Posted: 07/18/2017 22:14
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These kind of album covers were popular in the 70s, close up shots, regardless of your looks:
Golden oldie, some artists just want to explain too much on the cover, but never perform a 360 PR analysis:
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While some are just...awkward:
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bobbyb5
Gender: Male
Location: New York
- #33
- Posted: 07/19/2017 01:13
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| authorunknown wrote: | These kind of album covers were popular in the 70s, close up shots, regardless of your looks:
Golden oldie, some artists just want to explain too much on the cover, but never perform a 360 PR analysis:
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While some are just...awkward:
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Those are awesome
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Luigii
Gender: Male
Age: 30
- #34
- Posted: 07/19/2017 02:08
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That Ken record cover is so fucking dumb. But I love it at how bad it is.
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