I vote Loveless all day long, for the same reasons as littered all throughout this thread.
But, when I had a quick thought about these two, I really made the connection between Loveless' cover and how much it is a visual representation of the music. The album is as romantic and emotional as any album ever released and it's depths are still undiscovered by those who have even listened to it even 100 times. I remember staring at the album cover the 4/5th time I heard this album and feeling like I discovered how to truly interpret music visually. The faded, blurry, guitar, smothered in layers and layers and layers of pinks and reds combine the infinite planes of sound and the romantic power has oozing out of every single track.
Album covers usually don't mean much to me, but Loveless is not only an exception, it's also the tangible evidence for what an albums cover can do combined with the music.
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