I saw this album in a shop today and thought it looked prety cool

http://www.drivenfaroff.com/wp-content/2007/07/mae.jpg

do you know what a singularity is? it makes it even cooler.

Seriously? I think that's one seriously ugly album cover. It's so... blah.

He's a Manchester United fan, and that's George Best on the cover - it's a reflex action :D

Choice :thumb: Of Elvis Costello albums though, my favourite's gotta be this (might have posted this before, but if so it's been a while, so what the hell);


^ I love that photograph. Shame the album beneath it's so boring though.

I've always dug that painting but I feel like the cheeseball Slayer logo plopped awkwardly of top of it fucks up the overall design.

doesn't it mean miracle or something? I like it.

I've always loved this cover

http://nblumber.personal.asu.edu/wor...ures-front.jpg

http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/u...esmirrored.png

I admit that I only know of Battles because I liked the album cover.

I also love how Battles' aesthetic is so minimalist.

Great covers, I like the KISS one best.

Well, it has a bunch of different meanings depending on the context, but my favorite has to do with astronomy

Gravitational singularity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basically, a point in spacetime where gravitational forces causes matter to have an infinite density and zero volume. really mind-boggling. and that's what I interpret that cover to depict, since it resembles a black hole somewhat (well, if black holes were possible to depict)

I think they're the only band you ever talk about

true. but haven't you seen me mindlessly praise Boards Of Canada? I have a few sickening BOC-related posts floating around.

perfect

i have to say that that album cover sparked interest in checking into Mae...and for some reason reminds me of this cover
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/318...lackcatnr0.jpg

also...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/11...909c75.jpg?v=0

I like to look at it a lot. I don't know why, but I just think it's so pretty. (my old avatar)

They've got some other cool album covers

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/m/m...e-everglow.jpg

http://www.photomusico.com/images/a1...-beautiful.jpg

I swear, I got to check out your "Bizarre Hipster" music, its got interesting album art!

Precisely.

Pretty much.

http://991.com/newGallery/Scars-Auth...hor-240106.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7...urulo1_500.jpg
http://www.covershut.com/covers/Pete...over-18548.jpg

http://www.cooperative-music-france....shot_small.jpg

And if I had might add... an amazingly superb purely wonderful album, that everyone should immediately listen to.

Not sure if this one was already mentioned but it goes along so nicely with the album...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MiqjkcItoV...ebut_album.jpg

Wow. I think I'll look into Mae now too, hopefully its as good as the cover.

It amazing how people really do judge things by their covers

I found this in my collection today and got it out to play in the car, and I always knew it had nice artwork... but it just struck me today how wonderful it is.

http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/ga...um_300x300.jpg

Got to be some of the finest artwork you'll see on an album.

Or not. :p:

What's not to like?

Also, this is the dog's bollocks:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rowdedWest.jpg

I like that better. Don't know about the Stone Roses one, just doesn't appeal to me. Maybe if I listened to them it would appeal to me more, but otherwise I'm unmoved.

Why don't you listen to them? Their S/T is a great album. I forgot how great it was, it's been months. So glad I decided to shuffle through some CDs.
It made me think, I really need some favourites on CD.
I have some horrible albums on CD.
Every Oasis album, GNR Appetite For Destruction, Velvet Revolver.
Urgh. Buying some new ones is in serious order.

Maybe what I've heard didn't appeal to me enough - but also they didn't get all that much exposure over here (not that that's kept me from listening to obscure bands). I think I remember liking a song at some point, I don't know.

I find that artwork to be completely boring, as is all MM artwork.

I'm thinking of hanging a big version of this one on my wall

http://weblogs.vpro.nl/radioarchief/...est-294142.jpg
So simple, yet so beautiful

Yeah but you're a shitgibbon.

I like it along with most of their artwork (Good News being my least favorite - not including Sad Sappy Sucker) - but none of them would end up on a fav. covers list.

I like all of The Pop Group's album covers:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mTQyK3r0bG...400/o17237.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8m...s400/pop+group

TCS, you have terrible taste in album covers

No I don't, I like mostly simplistic album covers.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Spiderland.jpg

I love this one for some reason, it really suits the music.
If David Lynch made music, it'd sound like this album.
Perfect album, great cover to match.

^^^

What band/album is that?

Slint - Spiderland

Hm, if David Lynch made music I'd probably like it, so I should check that album out.

I concur.

The album reminds me of Eraserhead.
It's an astonishingly good album, I highly recommend it.

:D