Hugh Syme Covers
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Topic: Hugh Syme Covers
Posted By: E-Dub
Subject: Hugh Syme Covers
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 21:53
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As a professional art director and graphic desinger, sometimes a great design speaks almost as loudly as the music within. Hugh Syme has long been a hero of mine and the work he generates simply astounds me. If artwork is important to you guys, then what would be Syme's greatest cover?
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 21:54
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Not so much about graphic design, but Moving Pictures is just a great cover. He brilliantly directed this particular photoshoot and puts a nice twist on the common term of "moving pictures". Absolutely stunning!
In terms of graphic design, Roll The Bones is hard to beat. E -------------
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 22:09
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Tough choice... I went with Moving Pictures. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 22:20
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Difficult, I voted A farewell...
Octavarium is also good.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 22:43
| Close between Moving Pictures and Farewell to Kings. Can't decide! |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 22:53
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I like a lot Test for Echo cover.. my vote it is then... ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: JusLisn
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 23:10
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I voted for Power Windows but my personal favorite is the Grace Under Pressure cover and inside cover picture of the egg in a vice. ------------- Ad hoc, ad loc and quid pro quo. So little time, so much to know. |
Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 23:45
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<---- ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 23:49
| He did Octavarium? |
Posted By: Masque
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 23:58
didn`t he do grace under pressure by Rush ? if so thats my choice 
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 01:59
the idea behind "moving pictures" is so corny ! they get away with it i suppose, nicely done cover, though, and the album is fantastic -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 02:58
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not listed above and not prog, but check out syme's cover art for def leppard's "retro-active" (a woman sitting in front of a mirror) and then blur your sight a little - you're in for a treat greetings from another art guy! ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 03:05
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I like Permanent Wave's cover and Test for Echo and Grace Under Pressure. I voted for Test for Echo (how could I not its my screenname) my least favorite is Hemispheres ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 03:16
| Moving Pictures is the one that moves me the most. One of my favourite covers ever. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 03:57
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Though my opinion is not professional, on purely aesthetic grounds I voted for "Moving Pictures". I love the colour scheme as well! Another great cover (though the album is partly a disappointment) is "Test for Echo". |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 08:40
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<<didn`t he do grace under pressure by Rush ? if so thats my choice>>
I believe Syme has done every Rush cover since Caress Of Steel and/or 2112. I toyed with putting P/G on there and probably should have. I couldn't include them all, which is why I added the Others category. E spinning: "Big Money" from Retrospective II -------------
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 08:42
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Roll The Bones.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: DantesRing
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 09:22
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Moving Pictures is probably the best of the ones listed. I too love the
color scheme, the black border with the thin red lettering mirroring
the dark of the building with the red jumpsuits of the movers; I love
it. However my true favorite is Hold Your Fire. The simplicity of the three orbs and the red on red. Outstanding. Stark, yet detailed. ------------- I'm the shadow man, the jumping jack The man who can, but won't look back |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 09:53
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I think the beauty of Hugh Syme is he doesn't repeat himself. Sometimes I can spot his style without checking the credits (Octavarium was pretty clear); however, he'll produce something that is totally unlike him. When Vapor Trails was released I thought, "This can't be Syme," but it was. Roger Dean gets a lot of attention; however, I think Syme is just as good (if not better). Sometimes with Dean it's a case of 'if you've seen one, you've seen them all'. I thought his cover for the new Glass Hammer was pretty poor.
I've actually contacted him to see if he can do some work for us and he actually replied. Seems like a great guy. E spinning: "Marathon" from Rush's Retrospective II -------------
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:01
| Rush - Moving pictures |
Posted By: Rushman
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:17
| Voted for MP, but where's Signals? |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:26
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Do you know Syme did the cover of Megadeth's Youthanasia album?
And I love his work but the Moving Pictures cover is awesome. -------------  |
Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:30
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Since Moving Pictures leads this poll, my vote goes to Fates Warning's Perfect Symmetry: Awesome cover-art.
Other great ones not on this list:
Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black; Fates Warning - Parallels; Rush - Hemispheres ------------- "All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT |
Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:33
The one with the babys right? Yup, that one is both funny and stunning! ------------- "All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT |
TheProgtologist wrote:Posted By: theytsejamer
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:35
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In order:
1. 2112 (is THE cover)
2. Permanent Waves
3. Youthanasia (Megadeth)
4. Octavarium (DT)
5. Grace Under Pressure
6. Different Stages (Inside Cover)
7. Moving Pictures
8. Hemispheres
9. A Farewell of Kings
10. All the Others!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- SMR.... |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 10:42
Yes...the one with babies being hung on clothesline.
And I agree...it was funny but also shocking at the same time. ------------- |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 14:56
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Grace Under Pressure is actually my favourite, but from the list I'd go for 'A Farewell to Kings' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 17:17
I believe Fly By Night was Syme's first Rush cover. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 20:25
| Since I cannot vote I must post.... Grace Under Pressure purely for the use of color and sparse focal point(s) That art is the coolest thing I have ever seen. Not cool as in 'Hey man that's cool' but cool as in temperture. It is peacefull soothing and refreshing like stepping from a rocky desert to a high elevation mountain stream. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 20:34
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<<Voted for MP, but where's Signals?>>
You could have simply clicked 'other' and told us. Very simple. I just didn't want to list all of the Rush. I trust you guys to tell us what you really like. E -------------
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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 10:24
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http://www.hughsyme.com/ - http://www.hughsyme.com/ My fav's: Roll the Bones Hear In The Now Octavarium and some of the webpage ------------- 
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Posted By: Rushman
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 13:02
You are absolutely correct. (I didn't notice the "other" button at first)
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