Author Topic: Great album covers (Read 20870 times)

saltysnacks · « **on:** June 06, 2018, 09:54:14 AM »

Post album covers you like/love. Head Gardner posting it in the 'What are you listening to?' thread reminded me of how much I love this one.

purlieu · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2018, 10:16:39 AM »

A handful for starters

greenman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2018, 10:48:42 AM »

studpuppet · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2018, 11:52:02 AM »

saltysnacks · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2018, 11:53:48 AM »

Quote from: studpuppet on June 06, 2018, 11:52:02 AM

Love this one.

alan nagsworth · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2018, 01:17:45 PM »

Thee Oh Sees' "Castlemania" is one of my favourite album covers of all time. It just resonates with me so much.

Also reminds me of another one I love:

Famous Mortimer · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2018, 01:36:59 PM »

Bobby Treetops · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2018, 01:48:29 PM »

BlodwynPig · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2018, 03:16:15 PM »

For reference:

https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,27213.0.html

thraxx · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2018, 05:59:26 PM »

The twirly thing on the front of this record makes it the best.

wosl · « **Reply #10 on:** June 06, 2018, 06:05:17 PM »

Quote from: purlieu on June 06, 2018, 10:16:39 AM

Have long loved this cover (I remember dear Serge not being keen on it, though).

purlieu · « **Reply #11 on:** June 06, 2018, 06:21:57 PM »

That Serge was fallible gives hope for us all.

greenman · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2018, 06:25:42 PM »

I tended to agree with him there, looks too much like 80's newage tack.

purlieu · « **Reply #13 on:** June 06, 2018, 07:22:59 PM »

Pfft.

Variations on a theme

wosl · « **Reply #14 on:** June 06, 2018, 07:51:52 PM »

One of ECM's mainstay designs, that - the flat, Rothko-esque bi, tri or multi-sected plane, either done by playing with a photograph of the horizon or graphically/collage constructed. Simple, but usually handsome and effective:

purlieu · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2018, 08:41:35 PM »

Quote from: wosl on June 06, 2018, 07:51:52 PM

One of ECM's mainstay designs, that - the flat, Rothko-esque bi, tri or multi-sected plane, either done by playing with a photograph of the horizon or graphically/collage constructed. Simple, but usually handsome and effective

Although I'd say in more recent years some of the covers have begun to merge into one a bit - not helped by the reduction of typefaces down to pretty much two - the cover art on ECM never really fails to impress.

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Tremendous album this, too.