The Album Art Thread

ribbons · 10-10-2012, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

I like this one, too -- Panda Bear's Person Pitch -- so whimsical. Have been listening to this CD lately, which I once read someone describe as "like The Beach Boys recorded in a toilet bowl".

(kind of an accurate description, though!)

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Heh. I prefer to think of it as the Beach Boys recorded in vast network of sacred caverns, but toilet bowl works too I guess.

Maybe there's a Beach Boys bathroom within those sacred caverns. For the tourists.

ribbons · 10-10-2012, 02:01 PM

RTSullivan · 10-11-2012, 06:35 AM

Chad Vangaalen, he does his own artwork and his own music videos which are funky, and sometimes disturbing. You should check out 'flower gardens' and 'Molten Light' good songs too.

almauro · 10-11-2012, 05:23 PM

Warm and organic looking cover makes me look forward to the music inside...

Once inside, there's equally inviting artwork on the cd's. This album is an interesting combination of a short ep, and a 2nd full length cd, and they're both completely different, the former extreme sludge and the latter atmospheric post metal. As you can see, the little ep is clear rimmed, with only the center containing the material. I thought that was quite unique

The Batlord · 10-12-2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by almauro

Once inside, there's equally inviting artwork on the cd's. This album is an interesting combination of a short ep, and a 2nd full length cd, and they're both completely different, the former extreme sludge and the latter atmospheric post metal. As you can see, the little ep is clear rimmed, with only the center containing the material. I thought that was quite unique

That is easily the coolest looking CD I've ever seen. I wanna buy that album just so I can look at the EP.

almauro · 10-16-2012, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

That is easily the coolest looking CD I've ever seen. I wanna buy that album just so I can look at the EP.

Not to bad to listen too either...This is the kind of CD that might be worth something someday.

What I like about this cover, is you know exactly what you're going to get.

CHUGGA-CHUGGA-BANG-BANG

Lisnaholic · 05-31-2016, 08:18 AM

Anyone who posted in this thread might find this brief history interesting:-

Something not mentioned in the clip, is the prevalent Top Third rule that I recently learned about. When you flip through a bin of albums in a record shop, you mainly see the top half of the cover, right? So album cover designers used to put titles, etc near the top.

Congrats to Capitol Records for following the rules and putting one of the greatest albums of 1966 in a completely underwhelming cover:-

^ The only good thing about this piece of design is that it shows Mike Love being squeezed out by the other Beach Boys.

Inna Selez · 06-07-2016, 09:58 AM

This is one of my favourite covers. I hear the sound of his pipe through the space.

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almauro Way Out There Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 850	Warm and organic looking cover makes me look forward to the music inside... Once inside, there's equally inviting artwork on the cd's. This album is an interesting combination of a short ep, and a 2nd full length cd, and they're both completely different, the former extreme sludge and the latter atmospheric post metal. As you can see, the little ep is clear rimmed, with only the center containing the material. I thought that was quite unique __________________ rock n music blog

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Anyone who posted in this thread might find this brief history interesting:- Something not mentioned in the clip, is the prevalent Top Third rule that I recently learned about. When you flip through a bin of albums in a record shop, you mainly see the top half of the cover, right? So album cover designers used to put titles, etc near the top. Congrats to Capitol Records for following the rules and putting one of the greatest albums of 1966 in a completely underwhelming cover:- ^ The only good thing about this piece of design is that it shows Mike Love being squeezed out by the other Beach Boys. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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Inna Selez Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 728	This is one of my favourite covers. I hear the sound of his pipe through the space.