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aglasshouse 
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 23:03 |
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70's Prog album cover in general could be considered art. The stylistic beauty or pure simplicity of many covers has left a considerable mark on both art and music history forever. What do you think personally lies behind the art of the prog cover?
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 23:47 |
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^ Good artists.
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Posted: July 24 2015 at 23:53 |
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So crazy for you to make this thread. Earlier today I was thinking to myself how beautiful so many covers are and how I used to not be affected by visual arts until I found prog. In most cases for me, the art on the outside needs to be just as good as the music inside. It amazes me when I see the cover of an album and then listen to the music, and then realize, wow, these two pieces of art were meant for each other. Ones that amaze me the most at this time are Fragile, The Grand Wazoo, and Red Queen to Gryphon Three. Great music deserves a great visual.
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 10:09 |
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The notion of concept, shared by the musical group and the artists (in most cases).
Even albums that are not "Concept Albums" could have strong concepts here in there that give the dinamics to the splendous art.
Obvious examples: Aqualung, Selling England by the Pound, any Roger Dean cover...
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 10:11 |
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At one time, albums had to stand out from one another in a store, so more and more elaborate album covers were created until it became a form of a band's artistic expression and persona.
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 10:16 |
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Cardboard mainly.
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 11:30 |
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aglasshouse
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 11:40 |
 chopper wrote:
Cardboard mainly.
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Well I guess I can shut down the topic now, got my answer.
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 11:46 |
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Large volumes of hallucinogenics....
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 12:10 |
SteveG wrote:
At one time, albums had to stand out from one another in a store, so more and more elaborate album covers were created until it became a form of a band's artistic expression and persona. |
Oh yeah, and then there was that, also.
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 12:41 |
Catcher10 wrote:
Large volumes of hallucinogenics.... |
Well. Make that 2 who feel and think that way. 
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 14:36 |
Atavachron wrote:
^ Good artists.
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 14:39 |
chopper wrote:
Cardboard mainly.
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 10:40 |
Just curious....but has anyone here ever started a thread where we post our 'favorite album cover(s)' ...?
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 18:42 |
A ton of expressionism, to say the least! As I've stated in other threads, there's definitely a correlation for me between prog/jazz rock/fusion and surrealism.
I agree with the favorite album covers thread idea.
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What is behind a Prog album cover?
