Album Covers - Does it matter?

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   Good topic!
I am often attracted to a new CD by its cover. If a cover looks great I give the album the benefit of the doubt. 
Progressive rockalbums often have great covers. A cover is a marketing thing. To promote something it has to look good or very different. 
If a cover is really ugly, the album must be very good to compensate. 
I hated Porcupine Tree's cover for In Absentia. The album is great though. 

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Aquarius Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: May 06 2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 90	Posted: June 07 2004 at 17:01
	Good topic! I am often attracted to a new CD by its cover. If a cover looks great I give the album the benefit of the doubt. Progressive rockalbums often have great covers. A cover is a marketing thing. To promote something it has to look good or very different. If a cover is really ugly, the album must be very good to compensate. I hated Porcupine Tree's cover for In Absentia. The album is great though.
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Foxy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: April 17 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 60	Posted: June 07 2004 at 16:21
	So this is the question... As for me, it matters sometime. For example I was avoiding Gentle Giant for some time because every time I saw the cover (this smiling giant, I s'pose) I have a feeling of such sixtishness-seventishness which put me off this band. My wife refused to listen to In the Court of Crimson King because of the cover and was very surprised to know one day that "this nice music" came from "that awful CD" (I confess I omitted the first song that time ). However, after listening to CD I do not care much about its cover.