Some of our friends are telling us how the iTunes Cover Flow feature has reignited their interest in album art (and been the root of countless hours spent in pursuit of obscure album images). And we still still love looking at ‘em, even if frameworthy works-of-art are ultimately rendered as a quarter-inch icon on our Nanos.
As y’all know, with The Information, Beck shifted the onus of cover creation to the fans because, as he tells MTV, he wanted to “turn the controls over to the people who buy the music” (and also because it was a “relief” not to “slave over cover choices” as in the past). What a slacker! Anyway, we pulled together some of the covers he told MTV were his all-time faves.
Rubber Soul (1965) and Revolver (1966)
France Gall’s Baby Pop (1966)
Os Mutantes’ Os Mutantes (1968) and Mutantes
Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica (1969)
The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers (1971)
Toncho Pilatos’ Toncho Pilatos (1971)
Pool-Pah’s The Flasher Soundtrack (1973)
David Bowie’s Low (1977)
It’s a great list, but after finding out that Sticky Fingers is padding with VU’s banana, we’ll never be able to look at it without a chortle. Any album covers from ’06 making your all-time list? If you have a link to a jpeg, paste it in the comments so all of us can sit in judgment of your taste.
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it’s an easy one, but the latest BSS cover is pretty killer even if it looks like a 3rd grader did it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000F3AAWU/ref=dp_image_0/002-0754783-2077607?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music
I’m sorry, I couldn’t come up with only one:
Hot Chip – The Warning
Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country
The Cardigans – Super Extra Gravity
And I will be alone again tonight with you:
I think this qualifies as #1 in the “best album which really only has one good song on it and it’s the first one but the album cover (esp the full size record cover) makes it worth the price” category.
Also, Little Creatures by Talking Heads is good.
Also, lots of people are posting their “The Information” creations on flickr. Look for the tag “the information” or “beck”. Obviously.
the cover art for the eraser is pretty sweet
just perfect.
My vote for best of 2006 so far would have to be The Flaming Lips “At War With The Mystics”. Great cover and a great visual representation of the record somehow.
just perfect.
Grizzly Bear’s Yellow House
whoa ben, she’s pretty.
Thank god we still have hipsters like Beck who know a bit about rock history. Then again, he’s getting up there in age…
Thank god we still have hipsters like Beck who know a bit about rock history. Then again, he’s getting up there in age…
drum’s not dead
awesome.
This is my favorite. It’s actually for an EP though? Does that still count?
there’s always that Liars “it fit when we were young” lp cover.
The greatest album cover of all time (in my opinion) comes from Missus Beastly, a 70′s German prog rock (krautrock if you like) band.
That was the only pic of it I could find on the net. I’d highly recommend the album as well as the cover.
The greatest album cover of all time (in my opinion) comes from Missus Beastly, a 70′s German prog rock (krautrock if you like) band.
That was the only pic of it I could find on the net. I’d highly recommend the album as well as the cover.
The greatest album cover of all time (in my opinion) comes from Missus Beastly, a 70′s German prog rock (krautrock if you like) band.
That was the only pic of it I could find on the net. I’d highly recommend the album as well as the cover.
Yeah, but could you find any pics of it on the net, Andrew?
oooo, grizzly bear’s yellow house……
O_o
Sorry for posting that three times, this comment thing appears so slow and I opened up a new browser to check if it’d gone through and the message didn’t show up, so I clicked again (apparently twice) and left frustrated.
Marc Almond “Enchanted”, done by Pierre et Gilles.
I’ve got 4 words for all y’all. First Impressions of Earth.
I’d probably go with something like Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s “I See A Darkness” or Elliott Smith’s “Either/Or”. I also like the original The Moon and Antarctica cover (with the handshake).
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and Volta Do Mar’s 03>98.
Debbie Harry “Rockbird”
Grace Jones “Island Life” shot by Jean-Paul Goude.
Patti Smith “Horses”
Sonic Youth “Murray Street”
http://tisue.net/orourke/covers/murraystreet.jpg
The Smiths
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/1115/smithslp.gif
Sparks “Propaganda”
http://graphikdesigns.free.fr/sparks-propaganda-cover/sparks-propaganda-front.jpg
Roxy Music “Country Life”
http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Tips/RoxymusicCountry.jpg
‘Art’ being subjective and all, for 1970, the demonstratively graphic illustration for the cover of Zappa’s “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” is pretty cool. And, the cover for 1973′s “Overnight Sensation,” predating the reluctant acknowledgment of ‘low brow’ art as a genre by some 20 years, give or take, with its uncensored images of ‘corn-holing’ and ‘labial fruit’ is just whack. Plus, songs like “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama,” “Didja Get Any Onya,” “Camarillo Brillo” and “Dirty Love” add such lovely aural textures!
; ^ )
‘Art’ being subjective and all, for 1970, the demonstratively graphic illustration for the cover of Zappa’s “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” is pretty cool. And, the cover for 1973′s “Overnight Sensation,” predating the reluctant acknowledgment of ‘low brow’ art as a genre by some 20 years, give or take, with its uncensored images of ‘corn-holing’ and ‘labial fruit’ is just whack. Plus, songs like “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama,” “Didja Get Any Onya,” “Camarillo Brillo” and “Dirty Love” add such lovely sonic textures!
; ^ )
‘Art’ being subjective and all, for 1970, the demonstratively graphic illustration for the cover of Zappa’s “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” is pretty cool. And, the cover for 1973′s “Overnight Sensation,” predating the reluctant acknowledgment of ‘low brow’ art as a genre by some 20 years, give or take, with its uncensored images of ‘corn-holing’ and ‘labial fruit’, is just whack. Plus, songs like “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama,” “Didja Get Any Onya,” “Camarillo Brillo” and “Dirty Love” add such lovely sonic textures!
; ^ )
G is right. Rzzzzz!
album art will always be in, man.
animal collective is pretty boring, but their album art has always been really fun and vibrant. album covers by yoshimoto nara and marcel dzama are always cool, too.
i mean with, art being subjective and all.
If not something by The Smiths, it’d have to be The Fairways, “This Is Farewell”:
http://www.indiepages.com/matinee/catalog/cd031.html
I’m an old fart, I suppose. I love just about every cover Storm Thorgerson has ever designed.
DwD
are there any programs out there that will automatically update your album covers for itunes and the like?
For 2006, I’d have to say Dropping Daylight – http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000EQ47TA/
All time favorites (out of albums that I own):
Jack’s Mannequin – Everything in Transit
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000A1INNA/
Mae – The Everglow
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0007RTBAG/
Something Corporate – Leaving Through the Window
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000066B4V/
Not hip, but that’s how it goes. I wasn’t around to purchase any LPs with cool art back in the ’60s.
The latest iTunes will update the cover art if you ask it to.
My favorite:
http://tinyurl.com/y4bq7f
Frank Zappa – “Sheik Yerbouti”
Frank Zappa – “Sheik Yerbouti”
Animal Collective is boring? I hope a panda bear chews your neck off.
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