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Last week, we got into favorite album titles, this week I wanna continue that trend, but with album artwork. Album artwork arguably began with recorded albums... it was a way for artists to attach visuals to their work. Sometimes, this was done in a straightforward way, just showing the face of the artist, perhaps holding their instruments and smiling while looking into the camera. But, as time has gone on, things have gotten much more creative... sometimes the musician will partner with an artist to formulate something that they feel fits the cohesive aesthetic of the album and often the musician is nowhere in sight! As we move into an era where the album is less important and everything is more digital, sometimes individual images get created for each song — occasionally a thread kinda ties them all together. In any case, I wanna hear see y'all's favorite album artwork; if it's not a traditional album but rather artwork related to an artist, that's totally fine too. Of course, as always, feel free to step outside the suggested theme and share something else. By the way, please steer clear of artwork that may violate our guidelines... if you want to show something that you think is borderline inappropriate, then please put a warning in your message and just link to the photo elsewhere!
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Let's see some album art! 🧑🎨
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Looking forward to checking out what y'all come up with! 🎶
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Top comments (20)
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As for the picture, I would also give a title: skating on the fragile universe.
WOW!! Never listened to this and I LOVE it. Honestly, I thought it might be a joke album when I heard the beginning... so glad I hung in there for this. What a beautiful mess! Gonna have to listen to this whole album now...
I'm really glad for this! There are so many treasures who deserve to be made known. 😄
This reminds me a bit of Animal Collective... you familiar with them?
Actually it's the first time when I hear about them and thank you for that! I've listened to some songs and they are cool (also the videos are so colorful and dynamic) - it's nice to listen to something so different than "usual" or rather "popular" music.
Yes! Love Alex G.
For some reason obsessed with this cover art:
Sometimes I like listening to these guys, I don't know why, but these guys give me energy 🤟
OOOooo rock on! Tool is one of those bands that I haven't listened to enough... I know they're good and I like'em when I listen to'em, but I just haven't really dug in yet. This is a good reminder to do so!
Also, love love love this cover. I know this artist right away! It's Alex Grey. Dude is so original, it's unmistakable!
HAHA I don't listen to it much either, but whenever I do it's really good.
Wow, I didn't know the cover artist, but seriously, THE GUY IS VERY UNMISTAKABLE 😯
I promise I only will mention "The Origin of Feces" (censured album cover version), it was a great idea for the album title. But for this post, I'd like to talk about the album The Great Execution by Krisiun from 2011.. I love the colors and all the elements and how this just combines with all the tracks.
Dang! I totally missed this last week. My b!! 😅
Hahaha, the child in me will never get over The Origin of Feces — you can give it all the mentions, lol. 💩
As for The Great Execution by Krisiun, this is so dope! the colors really are what make it. It's such a beautiful hellscape! If I had to go to hell, that's the version of it, I'd wanna go to, haha!
Hard rockin' tunes too. 🤘😈🤘
Not long ago Masayoshi Takanaka's "All of me" showed up in the sidebar of my YouTube suggestions and I clicked on it not having any idea what it was going to sound like... it did not disappoint!
They don’t make ‘em like this any more…
That is one epic freaking cover. Just a dragon playing with a beach ball in the ocean, haha! Classic tune as well! 🎸
I watched the film, Ophelia, the other day and I just love this music from one of the scenes!
OOoo this sounds lovely — so epic. I'm absolutely loving the violins! Never heard of Steven Price, but this is seriously good stuff!
Also, I've not heard of the movie Ophelia... gonna have to look it up!
But, when I hear the name "Ophelia" it makes me think of the 70's song by The Band.
My band actually covers this, haha! It's a lot of fun to play. 😀
this bon jovi album, cover, song still nostalgic and memorable to me
what's the best background music for story saver.