Comments on: 2008 in Album Art http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/ Interestingness, curated – picking culture's collective brain for innovation, inspiration & brilliant ideas Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Best Albums of 2010 | Brain Pickings http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-126874 The Best Albums of 2010 | Brain Pickings Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:17:21 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-126874 [...] years ago, Cee-Lo Green made waves as one half of acclaimed duo Gnarls Barkley (the other half being the infamous DJ Dangermouse). [...] [...] years ago, Cee-Lo Green made waves as one half of acclaimed duo Gnarls Barkley (the other half being the infamous DJ Dangermouse). [...]

]]> By: Music-Inspired Art: The Hype Machine Zeitgeist | Brain Pickings http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-125892 Music-Inspired Art: The Hype Machine Zeitgeist | Brain Pickings Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:58:32 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-125892 [...] music and the visual arts have always had a rich and beautiful intersection — from the best album art out there to the Indie Rock Coloring [...] [...] music and the visual arts have always had a rich and beautiful intersection — from the best album art out there to the Indie Rock Coloring [...]

]]> By: Top 5 Covers of Famous Designers' Books | Brain Pickings http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-9725 Top 5 Covers of Famous Designers' Books | Brain Pickings Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:58:48 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-9725 [...] book also includes Carson’s work for Nine Inch Nails, whose design sensibility we’ve praised before, so we’re tres [...] [...] book also includes Carson’s work for Nine Inch Nails, whose design sensibility we’ve praised before, so we’re tres [...]

]]> By: M Harris http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-7014 M Harris Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:42:33 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-7014 With all due respect, was this a joke? Gnarls Barkley cover: cute, but nothing memorable Adele: boring glam shot Kate Nash: silly and cartoonish Santi/ogold: disgusting - vomiting gold? David Byrne & Briane Eno; demo from an 80s CAD program? Radiohead: "My Child's First Day With PhotoShop" etc. Surely there are some better recent examples of album cover art out there. I guess little effort is put into this now since all music is going virtual. The CD format, with its small size, already dealt a large blow to cover art. Nothing here even comes close to Pink Floyd's album covers. With all due respect, was this a joke?

Gnarls Barkley cover: cute, but nothing memorable
Adele: boring glam shot
Kate Nash: silly and cartoonish
Santi/ogold: disgusting – vomiting gold?
David Byrne & Briane Eno; demo from an 80s CAD program?
Radiohead: “My Child’s First Day With PhotoShop”
etc.

Surely there are some better recent examples of album cover art out there. I guess little effort is put into this now since all music is going virtual. The CD format, with its small size, already dealt a large blow to cover art.

Nothing here even comes close to Pink Floyd’s album covers.

]]> By: William Sharkey http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-6537 William Sharkey Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:49:54 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-6537 RE: SANTOGOLD Cover There is a piece of artwork by a woman that I think this cover might be a reference to. The title or artist escapes me, but the work is a photo of the woman with coins spewing forth from her vagina, after she had a bit of success in the art world -- a pun on the phrase "money coming out the wazzo". I hope I can find that work, so that we can see if it's really a reference. RE: SANTOGOLD Cover

There is a piece of artwork by a woman that I think this cover might be a reference to. The title or artist escapes me, but the work is a photo of the woman with coins spewing forth from her vagina, after she had a bit of success in the art world — a pun on the phrase “money coming out the wazzo”. I hope I can find that work, so that we can see if it’s really a reference.

]]> By: SpiritSentient tackles a List of a bunch of the Creative Lists in the blogosphere. | SpiritSentient http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-6436 SpiritSentient tackles a List of a bunch of the Creative Lists in the blogosphere. | SpiritSentient Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:01:31 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-6436 [...] Brainpickings.org’s top album covers - Album covers have for me, always been a very intriguing and eye-opening visual interpretation of [...] [...] Brainpickings.org’s top album covers – Album covers have for me, always been a very intriguing and eye-opening visual interpretation of [...]

]]> By: More Like “Rainbow Brite Does Dallas” « The Tragically Unhip http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3186 More Like “Rainbow Brite Does Dallas” « The Tragically Unhip Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:25:03 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-3186 [...] always been a fan of the visual arts in the media.  Album art, tasteful and interesting upcoming film posters; I am the sort of person who still buys Vogue to [...] [...] always been a fan of the visual arts in the media.  Album art, tasteful and interesting upcoming film posters; I am the sort of person who still buys Vogue to [...]

]]> By: Please sir, can I have some more? « footprints… http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-2695 Please sir, can I have some more? « footprints… Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:15:21 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-2695 [...] apart the plastic cover around the CD case. The smell of the artwork on the inside pages. The artwork itself. Reading the album credits and linear notes and realizing that the band’s vocalist has [...] [...] apart the plastic cover around the CD case. The smell of the artwork on the inside pages. The artwork itself. Reading the album credits and linear notes and realizing that the band’s vocalist has [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-2510 Ryan Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:45:34 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-2510 “Great, it’s all mainstream crap. Ho wabout focusing on shit that isn’t in Walmart and supposrted on major labels? This list is bullshit.” This guy is obviously a fucking idiot who doesn't realise The Slip by Nine Inch Nails is on there. “Great, it’s all mainstream crap. Ho wabout focusing on shit that isn’t in Walmart and supposrted on major labels? This list is bullshit.”

This guy is obviously a fucking idiot who doesn’t realise The Slip by Nine Inch Nails is on there.

]]> By: Monovolume » Blog Archive » As listas de 2008. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/02/best-album-art-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Monovolume » Blog Archive » As listas de 2008. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:41:58 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1124#comment-2436 [...] 2008 Telegraph - Best songs of 2008 Rolling Stone - 2008’s Best Live Shots Brain Pickings - Best Album Art of 2008 Said the Gramophone - Best Songs of 2008 Drowned in Sound - What are your top 8 albums of 08? [...] [...] 2008 Telegraph – Best songs of 2008 Rolling Stone – 2008’s Best Live Shots Brain Pickings – Best Album Art of 2008 Said the Gramophone – Best Songs of 2008 Drowned in Sound – What are your top 8 albums of 08? [...]

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