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Topic: album covers
Posted By: tuxon
Subject: album covers
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 20:43
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On another thread someone mentioned that Wind and wuthering by Genesis had an Autumn-feel about it. And I wonder in what extent the album cover determines the feel and ambiance to the listening sensation of that album. So if anybody has any |
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 05:57
| I was thinking about this a couple of weeks ago. I think Yes' Relayer cover is incredibly well suited to the music (certainly more than Close to the Edge is, haha) |
Posted By: Stone
Date Posted: December 11 2004 at 04:56
| Hawkwind's Space Ritual cover is quite suited to the music : loud, psychedelic and awesome! |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 13 2004 at 07:00
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[QUOTE=tuxon] On another thread someone mentioned that Wind and wuthering by Genesis had an Autumn-feel about it. And I wonder in what extent the album cover determines the feel and ambiance to the listening sensation of that album. So if |
Posted By: Raymon7174
Date Posted: December 16 2004 at 14:31
The cover of Animals fits the music well, though like the music, it is not intended to be lighthearted or uplifting. On a lighter note, that flying pig never fails to amuse me. -------------  Raymon
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 16 2004 at 14:52
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Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: December 16 2004 at 16:59
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Bitches Brew, Miles Davis. No album cover describes its content better than that. ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: December 16 2004 at 18:32
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tuxon: I think you hit it on the hea right away: I have always considered the cover of W&W perhaps the most "appropriate" cover in prog. True, there are others (Animals is a good choice). But once you've listened to W&W a cou |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: December 17 2004 at 03:11
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There are many people here (myself included) who think'W&W' cover is the best in the sense you say. And it's not only my fave cover: it's one of my all-time fave paintings. Covers are important in comunicating what you can expect i |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 17 2004 at 08:47
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Didn't the same artist do Santana's Abraxas ? |
Sweetnighter wrote:Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: December 17 2004 at 09:03
Yes he did I think h |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 20 2004 at 18:50
| Is it just me or does Dream Theater have the worst album covers?! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 18:19
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Caravan's "In the land of grey and pink" is IMO a good example
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 18:32
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Have you ever wondered how much 90s silicon graphics psychedelia sucks? And with it, 90s prog covers? |
Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 18:44
| If I see the cover for an album before listening to it, the cover comes to mind while listening to it, and thus becomes representative of the music to me. If I hear the album first, often times the songs don't seem to fit it. |
Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 18:57
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In the court of the crimson king?... Seriously, hmm, maybe Ricochet of Tangerine Dream... all blue... well, I can't think of one right now, but I'll think about it... |
Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 22:26
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Yeah, I think they are very poor too... but I like the cover to 'Scenes from a Memory' quite a bit.
I think the cover of 'Pawn Hearts' is really great and perfectly suited to the music.
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Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 23:58
huh? what's your problem? IMO it's one of the best album covers and certainly really fits the first track. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 00:45
Great , great Cover Other Amazing Covers:
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Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 09:29
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Well said! ...and Tangerine Dream "Rubycon" too! ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... 
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Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 09:33
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WRONG: Train of Thought has a really good cover that expresses the dark feelings of the music (maybe less good than the cover ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true...
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)!Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 09:44
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 10:49
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Second that motion. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Barbarian
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 10:54
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Greatest packet of all time.Believe it:
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Posted By: MustShaveBeard
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 16:57
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Most album covers seem to influence the atmosphere I get when I listen to a CD. But "Relayer" is one that doesn't at all. The album has much more of a sci-fi feel to it, and contrary to what people may think sci-fi and fantasy are quite opposite. ITCOTCK I think does the best job of matching the music, and is the greatest cover of all time, IMO. ------------- Your life or your lupins!!! |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 05:56
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Weird...I have "In the Land of.." on right now....and I was thinking of how well the cover suits the music....then I opened this thread to comment.....spooky! By the way, Spooky Tooth's "The Last Puff" LP - even if it doesn't really reflect the music within - is one of my fave LP covers. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: SpiraleDuSoleil
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 11:55
If you take a look at them covers at the same time you will notice a couple of similarities: 1. Both albums are paintings 2. Both albums pictures girls a) The girls on the back of Abraxas looks almost identical to the girl on the back of Bithces. 3. Abraxas has Santana on it, Bitches has Davis. 4. Both albums pictures the sky 5. Both albums are extremly detailed, with many different themes on them 6. Both covers are beautiful artworks as well as brilliant covers 7. Both albums pictures flowers and on and on and on and on... ------------- gitarnorge.com Listen To Fusion Or Die |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 13:29
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pallas - the sentinel: anthemic & legendary music king crimson - thrak: ugly, like the music! anthony phillips - the geese & the ghost: delicate & graceful music tangerine dream - atem: bizarre, like the music IQ - subterranea: fresh, atmospheric & colorful
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Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:10
| I think the art on the inside of Close to the Edge (with the landscape and water and islands) fits the music amazingly! It is beautiful to stare at it while listening to the album. |
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 16:07
Maybe it has nothing to do with listening sensation but the orginal cover of Thick as a Brick (the newspaper) was the great cover ever !
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 16:56
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Going For The One by Yes is my favorite album, but I don't think the cover and the music fit together 100%. The inner sleeve is quite different from the outer sleeve artwork as well. But as it comes to Roger Dean: I agree that CTTE has a cover that fits the music. So does Relayer: darker in sound than CTTE, the artwork is less colourful too, and a bit threatening. I agree with In The Land Of Grey And Pink, by the way. Jethro Tull's Stand Up: for some reason I think the cover is also very suitable for the music. Procol Harum's Grand Hotel as well. One of the non-prog covers I always felt was a bit out of place, was Tango In The Night by Fleetwood Mac. |
Posted By: MarxNutz
Date Posted: May 20 2005 at 23:00
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Look up a little known prog band called ethos specifically the album
'ethos(ardour)'... I think there is a review on this website for that
particular album. The illustration on the cover is quite
interesting! Ahhhh, here it is... http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discogr aphy_CD.asp?cd_id=2725 |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 03:58
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I think this cover is absolutely amazing, really fitting with the music:
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Posted By: Parh90
Date Posted: May 26 2005 at 13:21
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mmm.... ELP - Tarkus ( King Crimson - Island
Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
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