JES Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 So, that "earliest heavy music" thread got me to go pull out the old Vinyl, and King Crimson's first album has an absolutely amazing cover that I'd forgotten all about. That got me thinking -- those artrock bands from the 70s had some very cool album art. Are there great CD covers out now? I think some of Tool's covers are pretty interesting to look at, but a lot of the visual art in today's music seems to be in video and stuff. Too many CDs seem to use the same overwrought photoshop fx. But then, maybe it's just the music I buy, where there's a whole authenticity schtick. Thoughts? Favorite album covers of all time? Favorite CD inserts? Best, --JES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Oh yeah, I think Ed Roman or someone http://www.edromanguitars.com had a custom finish bass with the "Court of the Crimson King" cover on it. But for me...Heavy Album Cover Art = Roger Dean That's the measure by which all else are judged. Not too much else comes close, IMHO... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Hmmm, although there have been some cool non-Dean covers... Santana, "Abraxas" Miles Davis, "Bitches Brew" (these two have a remarkable similarity of styles, were they done by the same person?) There were a couple of books, Roger Dean "Views" and "The Album Cover Album"...that were really cool. I used to have 'em. Don't know what happened to 'em. Someone probably swiped 'em. Damn. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpine Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 No doubt, Ted. Roger Dean defined album art in the 70's. The work he did for Yes, Rare Earth, Badger, Uriah Heep, The Virgin Record logo, ect...told a story about the music you were about to listen to. Great stuff www.relayerstudios.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHAN Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Spinal Tap.....None more black! Black = Death. You can't get any heavier than that. So Many Drummers. So Little Time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 http://www.edromanguitars.com/resource/images/jacbkc1.jpg "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 The Abraxas and Bitches' Brew covers were done by the same artist, Mati Klarwein. He also did Miles' Live/Evil -- now that is one heavy cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknbokker Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Dean was definitly the best. Jethro Tull's Aqualung cover was pretty wild, too. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott from MA Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Originally posted by JES: Are there great CD covers out now? The fold-out to Mr. Bungle's first CD was pretty wild. I also like a lot of the Primus cover art and inserts, because they actually sculpt and paint the the stuff, then photograph it for the cover. The cover for Bob Mould's "Workbook" has always been one of my favorites. Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 yeah, i was gonna say bungles first one too. first time i ever heard that when it came out i was tripping balls on some fungus and that album was playing and i was staring at that cover..... talk about intensity on all levels. another is the flaming lips: oh my gawd!!! kinda surreal. the guy in squishy does some killer shit. other than that, i cant think of any that arent at least 10 years old. alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanner Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 yeah cover art is one of those things that was cast aside when cd-itis hit.well, i remember the days(sonny...) when i went to record stores and a lot of times just buy a record 'cause of the cover...the 1st time(and probably best)was pickin up~are you experienced~by JIMI and after that there were hits and misses but that was always fun to come home and just listen to something you bought for its artististic looks... AMPSSOUNDBETTERLOUDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Brand X / Do They Hurt? - funny as hell cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Gauss Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 steve albini's old band "big black" had the most disturbing cover ever for their album "headache"..basically a very, very graphic photo of a serious head wound victum....yuck! -d. gauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfish Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Even though I'm not fond of the band Led Zepplin's Zoso album artwork is wonderful. The old man with the lantern looking down upon a city kinda seems like a different take on the painting Starry Night. -Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Steely Dan's "Aja", but I like minimalist photography. I also enjoyed the years-long Chicago idea, the band's logo done in different mediums like steel, chocolate, tiles, etc. Finally, Roxy Music's "Avalon", with the upside down sunset; very Tolkeinesque. Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Worthington Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Hipgnosis did all those Pink Floyd covers, as well as others. All very surreal and trippy. CDs are so small, album cover art will not (cannot) ever be the same. And you can't clean weed in a CD pullout; never will you have the experience of pulling out a CD you haven't listened to in a while, open the gatefold, and discover a few hits worth of fine kind left behind from some long-ago rolling session. And isn't that really, in the final analysis, what's wrong with music today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richt Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Eric, that is THE sentiment!! I do agree! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gif This message has been edited by richt on 07-10-2001 at 03:02 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Gauss Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 though i guess the "heaviest" album cover art would be PIL's 1979 metal box album. 3 discs inside a steel 16mm film cannister. probably weighs 2 1/2 pounds... heavy! -d. gauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknbokker Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 Originally posted by Eric Worthington: Hipgnosis did all those Pink Floyd covers, as well as others. All very surreal and trippy. CDs are so small, album cover art will not (cannot) ever be the same. And you can't clean weed in a CD pullout; never will you have the experience of pulling out a CD you haven't listened to in a while, open the gatefold, and discover a few hits worth of fine kind left behind from some long-ago rolling session. And isn't that really, in the final analysis, what's wrong with music today? Now I have to go through all of my LP's. Thanks for the reminder!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gif Steve (looking for the Zig-Zags) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trick fall Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 The Ramones first Album Cover. They just look so bad ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 New CD art I thought was cool was Fuel's "burn" disk, Old stuff, I like the early Roxy Music albums with the ladies on the covers, or Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street", to name a few. -Hippie In two days, it won't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rader Ranch Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 ok, so it's not about 'hard' anymore... as a kid i particulary remember some of the Alice Cooper stuff...School's Out turned into a fold out desk; Billion Dollar Babies had the album in a cheesy diaper. Led Zep III had that spinning picture disc. hell, Queen...um...the Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls album...even gave you a poster with naked women on bikes. try doing that now... any little CD jackets actually do something or give you something lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russrags Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 Janes Addiction "Nothings Shocking" Traffic "The one with the topless 15 year old holding the model airplane" WOWSA !!! That did it for me back then when I was 15, guess it still does. The Cars had a nice "Vargas" cover once ... well that's all the nudie stuff I can think of at the moment except for Janis !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parisongs Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 Hi all! Been lurking here for awhile. Very cool site. No bullshit flame-wars and a really good vibe. Radiohead's "Amnesiac" has super trippy art in the booklet. Weird opaque pages with surreal drawings inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott from MA Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 Originally posted by russrags: ... well that's all the nudie stuff I can think of at the moment except for Janis !!!! Nudity doesn't really make a big impression on me. I like covers that have real detailed drawings, or something that took a lot of effort. I like it when the artwork looks like it took longer than the recording. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 russrags, That was Blind Faith, not Traffic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 Originally posted by Eric Worthington: CDs are so small, album cover art will not (cannot) ever be the same. And you can't clean weed in a CD pullout; never will you have the experience of pulling out a CD you haven't listened to in a while, open the gatefold, and discover a few hits worth of fine kind left behind from some long-ago rolling session. And isn't that really, in the final analysis, what's wrong with music today? what? i can fit a marley on a cd cover [2 1.5's together, or a length from a TP roll] the kind doesnt have seeds to worry about nor is it all dry falling all over the place. so sticky it just turns into a thick pile on the plastic... besides, we use a thing called TRAYS. i just want an insert that gives the most information possible looking as cool as it can. i dont care if it turns into a table. and BTW, i have seen too many records with weak design basically WASTING all that space. alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 Hey Parisongs...welcome to the forum! Uhh...does your handle imply that you use the Ensoniq "Paris" system? "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parisongs Posted July 12, 2001 Share Posted July 12, 2001 Hey Tedster! Actually my handle implies my given name. But that's interesting you mentioned Paris the recording system. I'm a VS1680 user who wants to move to a more durable operating system and I've been checking this site for opinions for a while now. Paris seems to garner a lot of respect around here. That being said, do you have an opinion? Digital Performer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfjunkie Posted July 12, 2001 Share Posted July 12, 2001 ...marley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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