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View Poll Results: does cover art matter to you?
Yes, if done right it can add more to an album 31 72.09%
No, I buy an album to listen to music not stare at cover art 15% [9] 3 6.98%
There's some albums where I like the cover art more than the actual music 7 16.28%
who cares 1 2.33%
It's just there to be trippy to look at when youre high on drugs 1 2.33%
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Old 01-13-2010, 08:17 PM   #91 (permalink)
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Incorporating visual arts into their music isn't pretentious.

I've said this millions of times. Most of Tool's fans are pretentious morons. Tool themselves are not pretentious IMO.
Agreed!!! They get too much **** because most of there fans think so highly of them and if you don't like Tool, than you don't know music.

And I'm a huge Tool fan, but they are far from being the best ever. I've always loved there album covers/booklet artwork. Even though the inside of Undertow disturbs me a bit.
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Old 01-13-2010, 08:59 PM   #92 (permalink)
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Agreed!!! They get too much **** because most of there fans think so highly of them and if you don't like Tool, than you don't know music.

And I'm a huge Tool fan, but they are far from being the best ever. I've always loved there album covers/booklet artwork. Even though the inside of Undertow disturbs me a bit.
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Old 01-14-2010, 09:22 AM   #93 (permalink)
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Agreed!!! They get too much **** because most of there fans think so highly of them and if you don't like Tool, than you don't know music.
These two statements seem to contradict themselves...
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These two statements seem to contradict themselves...
Agreed...

...and btw I am a massive Tool fan and I don't think they are pretentious at all for using art so prominently. It just makes them who they are I guess.
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I don't think there's anything pretentious about trying to make an album into a full-on experience. Tool's videos have always been great (except maybe Hush... that was kind of dull) and their artwork has always been great. When you buy a Tool album, you know you're in for a treat with the liner notes.

Remember the 3-D artwork from Aenima? Awesome!
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Agreed!!! They get too much **** because most of there fans think so highly of them and if you don't like Tool, than you don't know music.
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These two statements seem to contradict themselves...
I was going on the assumption that the second statement was also part of what most of their fans think, not what Phillyboy actually thinks. Just poor wording. I could be wrong...I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.
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Tool's videos have always been great (except maybe Hush... that was kind of dull)
That's one of the best...

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Some of my favorites:

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Some of my fave covers...







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