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MicShazam 07-31-2018 03:56 PM

It tends to make me curious if the cover artwork seems incongruent with the genre. That usually makes me take a listen. I use Allmusic.com a lot and most albums allow you to listen to 30 second previews. Mostly, album covers are an arbitrary thing to go by, but I've got to sort through all this stuff somehow.

Semi irrelevant side note: One of my favorite covers that happens to belong to an excellent album.

EDIT: Elphenor would dig that Neko Case album. I'm sure of it. Listen to it, mother****er! Just do this one thing for me!

Frownland 07-31-2018 03:57 PM

I feel the exact opposite about MX-80's Hard Attack.

Blank. 07-31-2018 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1982636)
I'm confused as to where you're in a situation of having to judge of album covers anymore

unless you frequent your local record store and buy things you haven't heard in which case props I need to get into doing that

but otherwise don't you use a "similar artists" search or something

I do still frequent my local record store but I only by stuff I've heard or if I haven't heard it, I know the artists work

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1982646)
plus it's so easy to do a quick youtube search play 30 seconds of something

that's admittedly not a good thing to go off of

but loads better than the cover

So you never happen across something that you have no reference points on, but think the cover is cool so you check it out. Whether that's 30 seconds or the whole thing.

Blank. 07-31-2018 04:15 PM

I get that. I don't judge off covers of as much anymore too. Mostly just use RYM, this place, and previous experience from artists.

MicShazam 07-31-2018 04:20 PM

It wouldn't be accurate to say that I judge from album covers either. It's more that a particularly creative or interesting cover makes me more likely to give it a chance, no matter what genre it falls under.

The Batlord 07-31-2018 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1982650)
ghastly

hauntering

Key 07-31-2018 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1982636)
I'm confused as to where you're in a situation of having to judge of album covers anymore

unless you frequent your local record store and buy things you haven't heard in which case props I need to get into doing that

but otherwise don't you use a "similar artists" search or something

I didn't say I judge it solely, i said I usually listen to something new if the album cover pulls me in. I've listened to albums from artists I've never heard of based on the album cover alone. I'll think of specifics later but it does happen.

Key 07-31-2018 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1982709)
please don't

Well now I have to.

Janszoon 08-02-2018 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1982636)
I'm confused as to where you're in a situation of having to judge of album covers anymore

unless you frequent your local record store and buy things you haven't heard in which case props I need to get into doing that

but otherwise don't you use a "similar artists" search or something

I use a site called musicbanter.com where a lot of the time in threads about what people are currently listening to they just post album covers with little to no explanation.

Goofle 08-02-2018 05:05 AM

What does it sound like?


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