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Points: 6797 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2011 at 17:59
Originally posted by criticdrummer94 criticdrummer94 wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Originally posted by criticdrummer94 criticdrummer94 wrote:

I know this will anger people but hey I'm standing up for my opinion

 
Yep.  Everything about this cover is fantastic.  The outer cover inner cover and the sleeves to the records.  All fantastic design suits the album down to the ground. 
 
You couldn't be more wrong. 
That is your opinion and i respect it but I just don't like the album cover it just seems so weird and kinda reminds me of Going for the One by Yes which is similar in the cover it just left me confused. Listening to the album didn't help much.
 
I don't see this as weird at all.  Although weird is good in my book (Not always)  A good album cover should tell you something and fit with the music within.  This one does that.  I can't imagine the Lamb designed by Roger Dean it would be ridiculous.  In addition to the cover being a great design - I like the way there are 'hidden' scenes on the record sleeves gave me hours of fun trying to work out what they represent.
 
I thing GFTO and LLDOB are both Hipgnosis covers and I like both.  Although GFTO doesn't fit the music so well.
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2011 at 18:04
Originally posted by criticdrummer94 criticdrummer94 wrote:

I know this will anger people but hey I'm standing up for my opinion

I completly agree. When I fist saw this, I was like "THIS is a masterpiece?!" But then I heard it and realized that it does live up to those ***** opinions.
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Originally posted by criticdrummer94 criticdrummer94 wrote:

I know this will anger people but hey I'm standing up for my opinion



I felt the same way until I saw it on vinyl. So much more impressive on that scale, in my opinion!
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Originally posted by Atoms Atoms wrote:

This is not exactly what the thread is about but... Am I the only one who gets put off when I see any of those new data animated prog album covers? Which every single modern prog band seems to do. The album art is just so cold and uninspiried, like a bad copy of a Roger Dean.

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When I see one of those covers, I pretty much know that it's gonna be some boring band trying to copy Yes or any other Symph prog band from the 70s.


I like that style, actually. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Originally posted by criticdrummer94 criticdrummer94 wrote:

I know this will anger people but hey I'm standing up for my opinion

 
Yep.  Everything about this cover is fantastic.  The outer cover inner cover and the sleeves to the records.  All fantastic design suits the album down to the ground. 
 
You couldn't be more wrong. 

= "Your opinion is wrong."

Criticdrummer94, I agree. Lame. It would be one thing if it were just the series of 3 photographs, but the fact that the guy is standing there looking at them, as if he just lept from the third picture is really campy. It gives me the impression that whoever designed this thinks they're really clever. It would also be a lot better if there were no text on the cover. Not the worst. Nowhere near the best.
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I find the new Symphony X album cover to be downright terrible. I haven't heard the album, though.
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Originally posted by Zombywoof Zombywoof wrote:

I find the new Symphony X album cover to be downright terrible. I haven't heard the album, though.
The single CD version or double CD version? I like the former but the latter is BLEH.
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Originally posted by Zombywoof Zombywoof wrote:

Originally posted by criticdrummer94 criticdrummer94 wrote:

I know this will anger people but hey I'm standing up for my opinion



I felt the same way until I saw it on vinyl. So much more impressive on that scale, in my opinion!
I agree I have held the album on vinyl in my hands and it worked better but still confused me. 
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^ It's more conceptual artwork, truthfully but why do you think it's bad?
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

^ It's more conceptual artwork, truthfully but why do you think it's bad?

Because IMHO it's just bland boring and doesn't give much indication to what the album is going to be. Also, it is very stand offish to me. It just is a swing and a miss to me. I mean Foxtrot and Selling England by the Pound have weird art too but i like those because it works with the music but with The Lamb it just isn't my cup of tea per se.
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Usually we're actually talking about the funniest covers. It has been funny so far. :)

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

 
I have been inspred by other threads here with album cover so lets have some fun.
 
Websites with album covers are The Abbey Road album cover page
 
 
 
And the Worst ever covers - painful and watch the content here....
 

 
Anyway this is prog
 
 
Have a rant and post the Worst Prog album covers you can find. Should be a hoot! Its gotta be prog thoughShockedThumbs Down
 
 
you just have to copy and paste them in from Google images if you didnt know - too easy....
 
Here's King Crimsons THRAK!  What the heck is that sposd to be?
 
 
Hey! Heres a great idea for an album cover = lets take a snap of a rusted broken door...... Yeesh!
 
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Another stinker! orrible colours and silly design that I could do better. no, really!
Yes -  Big Generator (or Big Purple-Potato)
 
Yes - Yes - Big Generator
 
 
 
And Last and perhaps least and to beat everyone else to it... LOL
 
 
the appalling ELP Love Beach - or 'Slush' Beach
 
 
File:ELP Love Beach cover.jpg
 
 
 
OK I am ready now
 
post those covers.....
 
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Outside of the world of prog, this has been a top contender in most worst album cover lists:
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I find no problem with THRAK.  
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From the database, in the category "what the hell were they thinking":
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http://www.progressor.net
http://www.houseofprog.com

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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2011 at 03:42
Originally posted by Atoms Atoms wrote:

This is not exactly what the thread is about but... Am I the only one who gets put off when I see any of those new data animated prog album covers? Which every single modern prog band seems to do. The album art is just so cold and uninspiried, like a bad copy of a Roger Dean.

Some examples:

When I see one of those covers, I pretty much know that it's gonna be some boring band trying to copy Yes or any other Symph prog band from the 70s.

Kitsch. 
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This one cracks me up (the cover AND the title):
 


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Points: 4160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2011 at 06:57
I have to say that Peter Hammil's "In Camera" is quite possibly the stupides got artwork of all time. The album's pretty good though.
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Originally posted by MillsLayne MillsLayne wrote:

This one cracks me up (the cover AND the title):
 


Damn thats a stinker!

I saw this too



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Originally posted by criticdrummer94 criticdrummer94 wrote:

Originally posted by Zombywoof Zombywoof wrote:

Originally posted by criticdrummer94 criticdrummer94 wrote:

I know this will anger people but hey I'm standing up for my opinion



I felt the same way until I saw it on vinyl. So much more impressive on that scale, in my opinion!
I agree I have held the album on vinyl in my hands and it worked better but still confused me. 

I don't get  why some people consider this cover to be bad; for me it is one of the best ever. it perfectly fits the story told on the album. and the scene is no weirder than the story itself. and when you think about it for a moment you will realize that it is an illustration to the song "Riding  the Scree"
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^^^^ yeah Genesis masterpiece and the cover is fabulous - iconic and unforgettable
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