Remember those nice big LP covers that became forums for true art (Andy Warhol did an Aretha Franklin cover just before he died)? With CDs, they were shrunk, and in the last 10 years the record companies seem to have just given up.
Anyway what do you think was not the worst, but the DULLEST, plainest album cover? A waste of the medium, not even trying...
How about:
New Order, "Substance, 1987"
Pet Shop Boys, "Please"
Public Image Limited, "Album" or "Cassette" or "compact disc" depending on the medium (At the record store, some people wanted to know why we were selling blank CDs--This was in 1988 when there were no such things as blank cd's for the general public)
Maybe I'll set up a poll once there are enough good suggestions.
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Dullest album cover.
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Dullest album cover.
by middlesexnj » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:40 pm
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by schwenko » Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:42 am
[quote]Originally posted by middlesexnj
[br]Remember those nice big LP covers that became forums for true art (Andy Warhol did an Aretha Franklin cover just before he died)? With CDs, they were shrunk, and in the last 10 years the record companies seem to have just given up.
Anyway what do you think was not the worst, but the DULLEST, plainest album cover? A waste of the medium, not even trying...
How about:
New Order, "Substance, 1987"
Pet Shop Boys, "Please"
Public Image Limited, "Album" or "Cassette" or "compact disc" depending on the medium (At the record store, some people wanted to know why we were selling blank CDs--This was in 1988 when there were no such things as blank cd's for the general public)
Maybe I'll set up a poll once there are enough good suggestions.
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Less is MORE!!![:D]
[br]Remember those nice big LP covers that became forums for true art (Andy Warhol did an Aretha Franklin cover just before he died)? With CDs, they were shrunk, and in the last 10 years the record companies seem to have just given up.
Anyway what do you think was not the worst, but the DULLEST, plainest album cover? A waste of the medium, not even trying...
How about:
New Order, "Substance, 1987"
Pet Shop Boys, "Please"
Public Image Limited, "Album" or "Cassette" or "compact disc" depending on the medium (At the record store, some people wanted to know why we were selling blank CDs--This was in 1988 when there were no such things as blank cd's for the general public)
Maybe I'll set up a poll once there are enough good suggestions.
[/quote]
Less is MORE!!![:D]
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by middlesexnj » Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:21 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by MartiniHoudini[/i]
<br>Wham! - Music From The Edge Of Human
[/quote]That's "Music from the edge of Heaven" but yes, that was a horrible, horrible excuse for an album cover.
<br>Wham! - Music From The Edge Of Human
[/quote]That's "Music from the edge of Heaven" but yes, that was a horrible, horrible excuse for an album cover.
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by MartiniHoudini » Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:39 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by middlesexnj[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by MartiniHoudini[/i]
<br>Wham! - Music From The Edge Of Human
[/quote]That's "Music from the edge of Heaven" but yes, that was a horrible, horrible excuse for an album cover.
[/quote]
Thanks for the correction. I think I wrote that when I was semi-asleep. [:D]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by MartiniHoudini[/i]
<br>Wham! - Music From The Edge Of Human
[/quote]That's "Music from the edge of Heaven" but yes, that was a horrible, horrible excuse for an album cover.
[/quote]
Thanks for the correction. I think I wrote that when I was semi-asleep. [:D]
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by skinnytie » Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:46 am
[quote]Originally posted by middlesexnj
[br]Public Image Limited, "Album" or "Cassette" or "compact disc" depending on the medium (At the record store, some people wanted to know why we were selling blank CDs--This was in 1988 when there were no such things as blank cd's for the general public)
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I actually thought PIL's generic album cover was much better than Flipper's stab at it.
[br]Public Image Limited, "Album" or "Cassette" or "compact disc" depending on the medium (At the record store, some people wanted to know why we were selling blank CDs--This was in 1988 when there were no such things as blank cd's for the general public)
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I actually thought PIL's generic album cover was much better than Flipper's stab at it.
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by geoffolehane » Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:58 am
Cabaret Voltaire "Red Mecca" never did much for me.
The 1982 US release of Heaven 17's self-titled album was nothing but a bunch of bright wavy lines.
The 1982 US release of Heaven 17's self-titled album was nothing but a bunch of bright wavy lines.
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by MonkeyTrousers » Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:27 am
Silliest NON-NEW WAVE lp cover:
Loverboy: Get Lucky (a small gigglefest)
Best New Wave Cover:
XTC: Go 2
The most original ever!
Loverboy: Get Lucky (a small gigglefest)
Best New Wave Cover:
XTC: Go 2
The most original ever!
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by middlesexnj » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:53 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by MonkeyTrousers[/i]
<br>Silliest NON-NEW WAVE lp cover: Loverboy: Get Lucky (a small gigglefest)[/quote]I think it's tied with Warrant's "Cherry Pie"
<br>Silliest NON-NEW WAVE lp cover: Loverboy: Get Lucky (a small gigglefest)[/quote]I think it's tied with Warrant's "Cherry Pie"
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by whistledog » Sun Jul 03, 2005 5:30 am
This is the Ice Age by Martha + the Muffins
<img src="http://www.marthaandthemuffins.com/rel/images/alb_titia_b.jpg">
<img src="http://www.marthaandthemuffins.com/rel/images/alb_titia_b.jpg">
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by fortyfives » Sun Jul 03, 2005 11:45 am
What about Talking Heads - Fear of Music ? That one must have been an afterthough at Sire.
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