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Album Artwork.
De_El:
Dude, Peter Saville:
Good album art is good. A good album with good art is better.
spoon_of_grimbo:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 01 May 2009, 17:09 ---"The Beatles" (White Album)? Hard to repeat though.
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i know most people say it's "iconic," but to me, it just smacks of laziness. you can have a very simple design that still looks good, but just a blank cover with a couple of words is just pointless. you might as well sell the album in a brown paper bag or a shoebox.
michaelicious:
That would actually be great. I am pretty sure I have bought albums (well, CD-Rs from local bands) that came in brown paper bags.
fish across face:
--- Quote from: DarkAvenger on 01 May 2009, 16:10 ---Album art rarely plays a part in my purchasing of albums. For example one of my favorite bands has very plain art:
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I think that's great-looking art! Yeah, plain, but really cool compared to moody drawings or whatever.
I guess for me what was said about cliched art suggesting cliched contents totally applies to all that collage of photos, rough drawings "Help I'm a college student!" crap. I just go "urg, looks like rock" and move on. Well, unless I already know otherwise...
I think Taylor Deupree's art for his record label 12k is quite amazing. Definitely done a double-take on that stuff when I've been flicking through a bunch of CDs.
I love labels that have a house style, but not super-rigidly imposed. Yay Peter Saville too!
JD:
I saw this in the mediaf!re thread, had to download it on the spot.
If I dig the art on the album, it is more likely I will get it.
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