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Sean Trane 
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 Posted: March 19 2021 at 09:28 |
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yup, germans have been known to make some of the worst & tasteless albums covers (Birth Control anyone??)  But what I mean about Fugazi (besides not liking the music on it - the lesser of the Fish-era albums, IMHO) is the sordidness of it all is that I've always considered the Jester as a junkie in that sleeve . On top of it, the first two Marillion albums didn't get released as a gatefold sleeve, which kind of ruined the whole ensemble thing (full view) |
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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 |
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 19 2021 at 10:40 |
With me it is the other way round - I consider "Script for a Jester's Tear" to be boring and "Misplaced Childhood" to be cringeworthy even. I am not a fan of Marillion at all; only "Fugazi" strikes a nerve with me. It is the album where Fish mostly resembles Peter Hammill with his singing, though the first few seconds of the title track of "Script for a Jester's Tear" are clearly a bow to Peter Hammill's song "Autumn" from his album "Over". For comparison: Fish is known to be a huge fan of Peter Hammill.
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Rednight
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Posted: March 25 2021 at 13:48 |
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Cboi Sandlin
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Posted: March 25 2021 at 16:57 |
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I think that generally with album covers, the cover is usually nothing amazing. The music inside is usually what decides whether the album cover will be iconic or not. For example, the Dark Side Of The Moon cover is nothing genius, it is just a prism, but because the album is so great, the album cover has also become iconic. That's just a thought.
In response to the question, the biggest one for me would have to be Yes' Going For The One. I mean, who wants to see that dudes butt. Not me, that's for sure.
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Progishness
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Posted: March 26 2021 at 00:26 |
Sometimes the genius of great artwork is utter simplicity, but then again what is and what isn't great art will always be subjective.
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"We're going to need a bigger swear jar."
Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
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dwill123
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Posted: March 26 2021 at 04:38 |
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Not a great album but not to bad, Fireballet's second album "Two, Too".
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the-enid
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 03:39 |
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Love the band. Love the albums. Hate the covers!   |
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the-enid
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 03:42 |
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Arguably best album with worst cover - ever!  |
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luisM.
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 14:44 |
 One of their best albums but at the same time one of their worst covers.
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There is not bad music, just different tastes.
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nick_h_nz
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 15:18 |
Different strokes for different folks. I love that cover art. It’s one of my favourite DT covers. 😄 |
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luisM.
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 15:46 |
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Indeed, different strokes for different folks. Although I prefer this cover than the When Dream and Day Unite cover.
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There is not bad music, just different tastes.
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The Anders
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 15:50 |
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This album isn't actually bad at all...
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 30 2021 at 16:13 |
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Going for the one, Tormato and Big Generator although I'm sure many on here with the last two being "great." Duke by Genesis comes to mind also.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: March 31 2021 at 00:54 |
This site never surprises me; I LOVE H to HE's artwork!!!
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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the-enid
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Posted: March 31 2021 at 02:35 |
No arguing with tastes, is there?!
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dwill123
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Posted: March 31 2021 at 04:58 |
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Not Prog but a pretty good live album (the cover speaks for itself).
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The Anders
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Posted: April 01 2021 at 05:35 |
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Also: David Bowie - Diamond Dogs The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds. Advanced, sophisticated pop and feeding goats? The Beatles - Rubber Soul. Never really been a fan of that photo actually. The close-up seems almost a bit agressive, and it is a bad representation of the music.
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The Anders
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Posted: April 01 2021 at 05:58 |
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This cover is quite ugly, but the songs sound like this: |
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dougmcauliffe
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Posted: April 01 2021 at 06:24 |
I actually would've agreed with you at one point, but I think the style of this cover fits well with songs like Misunderstood, the title track and disappear. I think they have far worse covers out there, but not all of them are good albums in my opinion so they might not fit the thread. I think Falling Into Infinity is a pretty awful cover for an album that I actually dig quite a bit, especially considering it came from the same guy who did Dark Side of the Moon, Peter Gabriel 3, Animals to name a few
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Heart of the Matter
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Posted: April 01 2021 at 21:38 |
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