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Not prog, and from what I've heard, not particularly engaging, but I can't stomach the collective Bill Bruford Earthworks covers. Like Leroy Neiman paintings, hard to look at.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frenetic Zetetic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 03 2021 at 23:27
Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Not prog, and from what I've heard, not particularly engaging, but I can't stomach the collective Bill Bruford Earthworks covers. Like Leroy Neiman paintings, hard to look at.

As someone in the psych and philosophy fields, I love, love, LOVE hearing people's interpretations of why they like or dislike art.

Is there something about the "hard to look at" aspect present in other paintings for you? I'm a nerd so I'm curious LOL.

I love surrealist art BTW.

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Focus - &quot;Moving Waves&quot; | Decibel Magazine
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Soft Machine - Fifth - Amazon.com Music
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The Death Spiritual Healing album cover is epic!  It's so full of wit and charm... always puts a smile on my face!
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A lot of retro prog like Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, and Echolyn have some fantastic albums, but their albums covers usually look quite bad.
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Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free

Not repulsive in any way, just pretty bland by Zappa's standards.
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Spring Spring album cover
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The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Roger Waters. The worst of them all!. Great album but terrible album cover. 
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Focus - &amp;quot;Moving Waves&amp;quot; | Decibel Magazine
 fantastic album but a horrible album cover. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hrychu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2024 at 02:19
Ed Unitsky's photobashing-based style didn't age very well imo.


His covers might've been a novelty for their time but nowadays they look like early 2000's tech demos.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hrychu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2024 at 15:56
I hate this cover art not because it's bad or ugly but because it's so effective.

It makes me feel like I actually have double vision and it's so annoying! 🤣 Which is exactly what the designers wanted to achieve I guess. It's a neat novelty thing but its appeal wears off extremely quick.
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