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    Posted: April 30 2024 at 10:30


This album cover is honestly really nice, and makes me wish the album was Mike Oldfield doing some kind of Cocteu Twins-esque shoegaze album rather than the very poor new wave that was certainly loosing its charm by the tail end of the 80s.
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Not a terrible album but judging by the excellent wimmelbilderbuch-esque comic book styled cover art, I expected something way more exciting music-wise. :P

Edited by Hrychu - April 27 2024 at 04:35
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Three YES albums mentioned so far where the music matches the amazing artwork. Well, maybe not in the case of Union  (otherwise known as Rick Wakeman's Onion album because it always makes him cry). Cry
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Woon Deadn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2024 at 11:04
I only know that for me the best Black Sabbath's album is Master Of Reality... If I somehow were to create the series of World Literature Masterpieces, kind of - I'd made them all the books without any illustrations, just the highest-quality paper and hardcovers, tear-resistant and such, but only paper and ink and the title of the book written in the same font on all volumes. 

There are extremely inventive album covers (as well as book covers) in neo-prog (as well as some super huper muga ooltra series of books of cosmic pirates storming the gates of Louvre) - in general, from my personal experience, it is better to hide the cover until you've consumed its contents. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2024 at 08:12
Originally posted by Moyan Moyan wrote:


One of my favorites from Yes, musically that is. LOL
Great cover indeed Tongue


Edited by Cristi - April 05 2024 at 08:13
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Not terrible... just a bit boring (the music)

Beautiful cover though
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YES Union reviews

I can see a pattern developing here. LOL


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frets N Worries Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2024 at 06:00
The opposite of this thread: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132768&PID=6132795#6132795

I'll go first: 

YES - Heaven and Earth 

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