Favourite Cover Art
Here's a thread for us all to share some of our personal favourite art that has graced the cover of games, books, albums, movies etc. over the years.
I don't know about you guys, but I much prefer physical releases of media, as opposed to digital distribution. And one of the main reasons for that is due the art that is on the cover of those products. I sometimes spend minutes on end looking at the cover of some of my games and CD's, because some of the artwork and imagery just looks amazing, and it really is something that should be appreciated.
So, I decided to post a thread where we can celebrate and share some of it.
By the way, please try to post smaller, or medium-sized images, as opposed to really large ones. Just provide a link to larger images if you wish to show them.
Anyway, here's one of my personal favourite album covers:
I don't know about you guys, but I much prefer physical releases of media, as opposed to digital distribution. And one of the main reasons for that is due the art that is on the cover of those products. I sometimes spend minutes on end looking at the cover of some of my games and CD's, because some of the artwork and imagery just looks amazing, and it really is something that should be appreciated.
So, I decided to post a thread where we can celebrate and share some of it.
By the way, please try to post smaller, or medium-sized images, as opposed to really large ones. Just provide a link to larger images if you wish to show them.
Anyway, here's one of my personal favourite album covers:
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Inevitable post.
EDIT: Everything in there, go nuts.
Good art. I personally enjoy
Which is fitting, because today is THEY day!!!
Another inevitable post.
Yes, that was always going to be posted; it's such a brilliant piece of artwork - MI-related or not.
It's only a matter of time, though, that someone posts the Special Edition version as a joke
I also love anything that thinks outside of the box. I'm really into making birthday cards and mock book covers and such, but I never have the time. I have this big idea for an awesome Secret of Monkey Island one, and it's interactive, but I need the time.
Anyways, other favorites:
I like this for the illustration:
Love the designs:
So many more. I NEED to make time to make beautiful cover art
Something simple:
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective
Something great (I really recommend the LP-format to see all the details...
Kate Bush - Never For Ever
A Cd that I bougt for the artwork without knowing anything about the music:
Diary Of Dreams - MenschFeind
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Samsas Traum - a.Ura Und Das Schneckenhaus
... What? Why are you giving me that look?
... yeah.
And this one isn't the actual cover art, but it should have been because of how awesome it is.
The Pumaman!!! it turns out the death star is free for anyone to use in there poster o_0
Dude, these are awesome. :0 Where did you find these?
Anyway, here are some of my favorites:
Molly Hatchet always have great artwork on their album covers.
Lastly, still sort of music related and awesome
Rush is awesome. Vapor Trails a great album on top of having an awesome cover. I'm generally very picky about Rush's music, and prog rock in general (there's a tendency to self-indulgence that I don't particularly care for) but it was a very solid album.
Yes is another prog rock band that I love their album covers. Particularly Fragile.
There is a certain LeChuckness to the pirates on their albums isn't there?
I find the cover Captain Morgan's Revenge much more epic than the cover of Black Sails at Midnight. That one just looked really busy to me. Their music is....so-so IMHO. Some of it, like "No Quarter" or "Of Treasure", I enjoy, but most of the time the vocals are a little harsh for my tastes.
Really? I find Fragile to be one of Yes's weakest covers. These two, however...
Yeah, I know what you mean. I usually just overlook that, though. For me, part of listening to progressive rock is focusing on the elements you like, and turning a deaf ear to the elements that you don't like. Because, it's so experimental at times, that there's just bound to be parts of the music that you dislike. Perhaps experimentation can come across as self indulgence... or perhaps it's just self indulgence
Yes, absolutely. It's very cool. It's could almost have been a cover for 'LeChuck's Revenge'.
Yes, that's exactly what turns me off them a little. Yes, the music is brilliant at times (from what I've heard), but once the vocals come in, I find it hard to listen to anymore. I sort of wish they'd produce instrumental versions of their albums, because I'd probably buy them if they were to do that.
Snakes & Arrows is a different sound for Rush. It's a little more conventional rock in terms of the instrument sounds, but I really enjoyed it. "Ghost of a Chance" in particular sticks out in my head as just really fantastic song that mixed everything I love about Rush with a very different, yet very enjoyable, sound.
Its definitely a big step up from Feedback which was not bad, but just not up to par with Vapor Trails.
In terms of the art, I really liked it, even the live album cover. It's interesting without being really busy, which is really what I think you want with an album cover. Something to complement, rather than overpower, the music.
I can do that most of the time, but there are certain phases of Prog rock bands that I really just find a bit unlistenable. For example, Yes sort of loses me after Fragile until about 90125. There are still a few songs I like, but it just feels like there are so many long concept songs that aren't doing anything that interesting.
Conversely something a little self-indulgent can be really awesome, like Neil Peart's drum solo in "Der Trommler".
It could have definitely. Feels a little dark for the more stylized nature of the series now, but it still works in a way.
Same and one of the big killers for me is many times the vocals don't really line up with what's playing. Sometimes that works, but only if the vocalist is really, really good, and that's not the case here.
I have Captain Morgan's Revenge and Black Sails At Midnight because a friend keeps giving me them to upload, but I really only take about 4 or 5 songs off the albums in total.
I have this poster in my room.
Not only is the comic great but it has a really awesome cover. I love the suttle hints of the brush marks and simple but morbid imagery... erm... I can't make this sound arty anymore... WOO IT'SA BEAR CHOPPED IN HALF!
-please say no one took it yet-
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Simple. Effective. (usually better without all the blurb too, but couldn't find an image of that.)