Noteworthy album covers of 2015

I'd by the first three and the Leviathan just based on the covers, even if I didn't know anything about them. Actually I don't know Fritch or Chenaux at all, hope they live up to their visuals.

― blindest of willies (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 1 January 2015 05:02 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/3OWz4IX.jpg

Rémi Parson - Précipitations

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 January 2015 05:34 (ten years ago)

Not really that similar but I'm getting a slight Preservation Records vibe from that last one.

This has been done to death but:

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2045871763_10.jpg
Pneu: Destination Qualité

― Dinsdale, Monday, 5 January 2015 14:36 (ten years ago)

with the exception of the eric chenaux cover almost all of these are really awesome.

can't say i like the sleater-kinney or egyptrixx covers though.

the pneu has definitely been done to death but i still dig it

― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 15:05 (ten years ago)

earthee cover is amazing

― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 15:06 (ten years ago)

Not gonna post it in here but I think Napalm Death have already won the 2015 metal album cover sweepstakes

― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 January 2015 03:04 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/wZASpDX.jpg

Len Sander - Phantom Garden

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 January 2015 07:23 (ten years ago)

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a0059460201_10.jpg

― Dinsdale, Saturday, 24 January 2015 09:42 (ten years ago)

haha what

― seandalai, Saturday, 24 January 2015 20:56 (ten years ago)

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Euclid
http://westernvinyl.com/pr/images/WV130LP.1500.jpg

― seandalai, Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:04 (ten years ago)

I really like her covers. Her photos are even pretty cool. Not digging the music so far though.

― pelvic slang (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:14 (ten years ago)

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-20-at-1-39-39-pm.png

We've not had the Björk cover in here yet. I really like it, especially the 'open heart' which also looks like a vulva. But those legs... So stiff and straight, with a big thigh gap.

― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:27 (ten years ago)

oh jesus

― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 25 January 2015 02:47 (ten years ago)

omar s does it again

http://www.residentadvisor.net/images/reviews/2015/aos928-omars.jpg

― ed.b, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:05 (ten years ago)

https://whatimg.com/i/Tr0eBk.jpg

― Mordy, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:45 (ten years ago)

xpost: kind of a cover connection with the leviathan cover (and to a lesser extent, the bjork cover - which is just inviting a world of videodrome analogies) upthread.

― ed.b, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:41 (ten years ago)

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/826/MI0003826854.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:47 (ten years ago)

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2621700183_2.jpg

― plazzTT, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 23:39 (ten years ago)

Disembodies arms/hands are totally overdone, but I really like the treatment on this one

http://i.imgur.com/wLnWGyY.jpg

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 1 February 2015 08:22 (ten years ago)

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/lapalux-closure.jpg
Lapalux: Lustmore

https://eu.rymimg.com/lk/o/l/f266ee91764c6d85f2f93ea5196dc0c3/5573549.jpg
Other Lives: Rituals

― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 10:01 (ten years ago)

http://imageprocessor.websimages.com/width/446/crop/0,0,446x446/www.sirrichardbishop.net/dc618cover_01.jpg
Sir Richard Bishop: Tangier Sessions

― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:46 (ten years ago)

oh that one is cool! here's one i like (side project from shabazz guy)

https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000099356471-bz3797-t500x500.jpg

― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:47 (ten years ago)

fantastic cover

― marcos, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:52 (ten years ago)

I love that Lapalux cover.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:24 (ten years ago)

Something about that Egyptrixx cover ... the cloth looks very CGI.

Has anyone interviewed whoever does art for the Chromatics? Is that a found piece or do they have a lot of retro equipment or something?

― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:46 (ten years ago)

chromatics cover is unreal good

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:50 (ten years ago)

Wonder the same about the Chromatics art.

That Jim White is straight '94, Grant Lee Buffalo vibes. I hate it.

― andrew m., Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:45 (ten years ago)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/bp/multi-love.jpg
Unknown Mortal Orchestra- Mulit-Love

― mizzell, Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:41 (ten years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71JVnPVz5oL._SL1400_.jpg

Lotic's Heterocetera EP. So happy that there's more Janus-affiliated stuff on the way...

― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:48 (ten years ago)

this is somewhat alarming:

http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/21513/homepage_large.3deab547.jpg

Jeff Bridges - Sleeping Tapes

(album described as a sleep-aid 'made by the actor Jeff Bridges and the composer Keefus Ciancia, the creator of the music for "True Detective" and "Nashville")

― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Friday, 6 February 2015 10:25 (ten years ago)

man i am so sick of that hyper-detailed technical crap on that Heterocetera cover, just telegraphs that this album is not for me

― marcos, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:27 (ten years ago)

aw that bridges art is a terrible shame... they really should have used this artwork instead (from his website)

http://i.imgur.com/lImLGJf.jpg

― gr8080, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:31 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/lImLGJf.jpg

― gr8080, Friday, 6 February 2015 15:31 (ten years ago)

nightmares either way imo

― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Friday, 6 February 2015 15:48 (ten years ago)

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a4177301701_10.jpg

― Mordy, Friday, 6 February 2015 21:35 (ten years ago)

Either Jeff needs to learn to tell someone no, or someone needs to learn to tell Jeff no.

― andrew m., Friday, 6 February 2015 21:55 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9bFZmhCUAApVzD.jpg

― nose, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:41 (ten years ago)

http://www.bf2d.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Buy-Now.jpg

DJ Paypal: Buy Now

― Dinsdale, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:04 (ten years ago)

too meta

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 9 February 2015 22:08 (ten years ago)

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/albums/21410/homepage_large.182237ee.jpg

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 9 February 2015 22:09 (ten years ago)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/bp/not-real.jpg

Stealing Sheep - Not Real

― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Monday, 16 February 2015 16:16 (ten years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_NyoecU0AE9qM0.jpg

― nose, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 01:19 (ten years ago)

irl lol, i must admit

― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:11 (ten years ago)

the supergroup no one could have predicted

― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:31 (ten years ago)

Lmao

― Steph def def (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:33 (ten years ago)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/bp/oh-sees-2015.jpg
Thee Oh Sees- Mutilator Defeated At Last

― mizzell, Friday, 6 March 2015 16:36 (ten years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/910AU5s%2BMQL._SL1440_.jpg

Ufomammut: Ecate

― Dinsdale, Friday, 6 March 2015 18:40 (ten years ago)

Album cover very much in character that Ufomammut, but I do like it.

― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 March 2015 18:41 (ten years ago)

no naked woman tho

― Dinsdale, Friday, 6 March 2015 18:50 (ten years ago)

I'm fine with that, it was really turning into a lazy design crutch in stoner rock and metal circles.

― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 6 March 2015 19:02 (ten years ago)

don't know who Ufomammut is but that cover is dope

― marcos, Friday, 6 March 2015 19:08 (ten years ago)

not a fan of the visible circle to show fake record wear on the thee oh sees cover (or any cover that does that), otherwise it is pretty cool

― marcos, Friday, 6 March 2015 19:09 (ten years ago)

As far as fake sleeve wear designs go, the Oh Sees one is fairly well done. Much better than many (many!) others, anyway.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 March 2015 19:36 (ten years ago)

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/58808/d47a5880.jpg

Kendrick's (still publicly untitled) album.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 06:40 (ten years ago)

wowwwwww that's pretty wild

― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 06:43 (ten years ago)

makes u think

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drones_(Muse_album)#/media/File:MuseDronesCover.jpg

― Keith Moom (Neil S), Thursday, 12 March 2015 12:31 (ten years ago)

link is broken for me. is that Muse's Drones? came here to post that.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:51 (ten years ago)

that's the one, sorry for dead link, Wikipedia ishoos

― Keith Moom (Neil S), Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:52 (ten years ago)

http://assets5.xfm.co.uk/2015/10/muse---drones-album-cover-1426175661-view-0.jpg

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 13 March 2015 23:58 (ten years ago)

really love how "terrible prog" that reads

― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:07 (ten years ago)

the goosestepping silhouettes echo the kid kicking the skull on roll the bones.

― how's life, Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:29 (ten years ago)

Love the Andre Cymone cover reference by Omar-S!

― lowlytootle, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 06:54 (ten years ago)

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/58883/b6e7601a.jpeg

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:12 (ten years ago)

lol these are getting funnier

― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:13 (ten years ago)

is that supposed to be ionic?

― cgi bubka (NickB), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:29 (ten years ago)

fedorian, surely

― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 23:03 (ten years ago)

http://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2015/03/eskimeaux-ok.jpg

eskimeaux: "O.K."

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 13:36 (ten years ago)

http://www.altpress.com/images/uploads/news/MattSkibaAndTheSekrets_-_Kuts.jpg

Matt Skiba And The Sekrets - 'Klits'

― pissbaby nobody in the corner (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:16 (ten years ago)

http://2dopeboyz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mop-street-certified.jpg
M.O.P. - Street Certified

http://i.imgur.com/X7DGzfg.jpg
Elder - Lore

http://2dopeboyz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/chillxwill-almighty-main.jpg
ChillxWill - Almighty

― brimstead, Thursday, 26 March 2015 07:43 (ten years ago)

Elder - Lore cover is amazing.

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 26 March 2015 10:57 (ten years ago)

i'm not that into the cover tbh, but i am excited to hear news of a new elder record

― cgi bubka (NickB), Thursday, 26 March 2015 11:10 (ten years ago)

wait, it came out in february already? why wasn't i told etc

― cgi bubka (NickB), Thursday, 26 March 2015 11:12 (ten years ago)

can't find a large enough picture of this in album layout but this is basically the cover and what the

http://sergedevant.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/slone.jpg

― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 April 2015 16:39 (ten years ago)

^ Serge Devant - "Fearing Love EP"

― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 April 2015 16:40 (ten years ago)

More of a 12" than an album, but good all the same. Same size too.

http://payload364.cargocollective.com/1/2/72724/9599597/DIAG020_G.Gums_F_670.jpg

http://www.diagonal-records.com/DIAG020-GREEN-GUMS-BLACK-TONGUE-EP

― neilasimpson, Friday, 10 April 2015 09:42 (ten years ago)

passion pit - kindred

http://images.musictimes.com/data/images/full/25962/passion-pit-kindred.jpg?w=775

― davey, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 00:33 (ten years ago)

Curren$y's Pilot Talk series keeps on giving
http://okp-cdn.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/currensy-pilot-talk3.jpg

― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 00:36 (ten years ago)

Liking this:

http://playtusu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Drenge-Undertow-art.jpg

Drenge - Undertow

― yeovil knievel (NickB), Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:23 (ten years ago)

Well now I've got "Poptones" going through my head

― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:32 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/5uFsM56.jpg

Came across this ep on bandcamp (it's not my thing—German post-hardcore/emo whatever), but I really like the cover.

― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 April 2015 19:42 (ten years ago)

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a3438611703_16.jpg

― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:45 (ten years ago)

http://www.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Choose-Your-Weapon-Hiatus-Kaiyote.jpg

― Mordy, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:50 (ten years ago)

http://igetrvng.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/RVNGNL30_600px-560x560.jpg

― Mademoiselle Coiffures (mattresslessness), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:09 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/lUG0pPA.jpg

― Mordy, Saturday, 9 May 2015 22:27 (ten years ago)

http://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2015/02/Blanck-Mass-Dumb-Flesh.jpg

― niels, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:22 (ten years ago)

Blanck Mass - Dumb Flesh

What is that on the cover?

― niels, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:22 (ten years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a0237074874_10.jpg

― Mordy, Monday, 18 May 2015 14:10 (ten years ago)

Miguel - Wild Heart

http://i.imgur.com/ruvRAdU.jpg

― gr8080, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 18:02 (ten years ago)

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/59164/428bd068.jpg

the image not all that remarkable, but the background is matte while o'rourke's image is glossy. has an embossed sort of feeling to it, shows a lot of fingerprints.

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 19:13 (ten years ago)

miguel went big with that and pulled it off imo. backgrounds a little busy and unnessecerary but still, thats bold

― dutch_justice, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 04:14 (ten years ago)

FIrst time I saw the Miguel cover, my immediate takeaway was "he's got HUGE thighs!"

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 05:09 (ten years ago)

i don't like the miguel cover

― check out this insane slothroprhymes yall (Spottie), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 05:48 (ten years ago)

miguel has kind of a cover connection going on with this one...

http://www.brainfeedersite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/BFDNL050_The_Epic_HIGHRES-524x524.jpeg

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

― yeovil knievel (NickB), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 09:01 (ten years ago)

and this has a cover connection with the Drenge...

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/pias/may15/boogie-500x500.jpg

Dommengang - Everybody's Boogie

― yeovil knievel (NickB), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 09:04 (ten years ago)

only thing i don't like about the miguel cover is that you can't see his right hand and it kind of looks like he's jerking off

― marcos, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 14:44 (ten years ago)

i like that kamasi washington album

― Mordy, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 15:33 (ten years ago)

https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000126671152-h37dad-t500x500.jpg
Henrik Schwarz - Instruments

― brimstead, Friday, 22 May 2015 05:05 (ten years ago)

Noteworthy, not necessarily for the right reasons
http://mute.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/albumcover_final_nipple_sm.jpg

― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Friday, 22 May 2015 05:47 (ten years ago)

http://oka-cdn.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/CONGO-PERCUSSIONS-BOLANGASSA-WEB-lg-715x715.jpg

― Mordy, Thursday, 28 May 2015 02:47 (ten years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2877845993_16.jpg

― Mordy, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 14:52 (ten years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a4050077356_10.jpg

Gurun Gurun - Kon B

― sonz of a croup da croupier (NickB), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:01 (ten years ago)

nice

― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:40 (ten years ago)

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0097/0772/products/KLP257_grande.jpg

― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 23:21 (ten years ago)

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/59999/aba65aea.jpg

― how's life, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 14:33 (ten years ago)

40 years from now we'll have a thread for this kind of cover.

― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 15:34 (ten years ago)

Oh god, Eagles of Death Metal are still a thing?

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 15:35 (ten years ago)

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/warner/june15/young-500x500.jpg

― feargal czukay (NickB), Sunday, 21 June 2015 21:12 (ten years ago)

Missed opportunity for David Dees imo

― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 22 June 2015 02:18 (ten years ago)

first half of painting would have been waaaaaay more effective on its own--too much other guff going on

― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Monday, 22 June 2015 08:46 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/Z5COwTk.jpg

The art's a little bit early 70s throwback, but this is mostly all about the stunning portrait.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 27 June 2015 06:31 (ten years ago)

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/pias/jun15/johngranttickles-500x500.jpg

^ always a reliable source of terrible covers

― feargal czukay (NickB), Sunday, 5 July 2015 22:37 (ten years ago)

Didn't know America's Test Kitchen was running a record label now

― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 5 July 2015 23:18 (ten years ago)

Probably less sexual innuendo on Bella Union.

― We'd like to conduct a wobulator test here (Sanpaku), Monday, 6 July 2015 01:08 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/aOf74vO.jpg

Suzanne Kraft - Talk From Home

― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, 16 July 2015 12:09 (ten years ago)

Precisely the sort of album cover I would hope for from someone who took the pseudonym "Suzanne Kraft".

― We'd like to conduct a wobulator test here (Sanpaku), Thursday, 16 July 2015 16:52 (ten years ago)

I can't explain why exactly, but that cover art is making me ANGRY.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 July 2015 16:55 (ten years ago)

Take it to the irrationally angry thread.

― We'd like to conduct a wobulator test here (Sanpaku), Thursday, 16 July 2015 16:56 (ten years ago)

i think it's a great cover, but it does look a lot better against a non-white background

― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, 16 July 2015 17:00 (ten years ago)

Cover connections:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510IrvQfbxL.jpg

― how's life, Thursday, 16 July 2015 17:01 (ten years ago)

Kraft cover is horrible but the album is good

― Number None, Thursday, 16 July 2015 18:23 (ten years ago)

IRL lol @ Kraft = secretly Paddington

― Jeff W, Thursday, 16 July 2015 18:31 (ten years ago)

I was thinking Monie Love might be hiding under that hat. Agreed, great image.

― geoffreyess, Thursday, 16 July 2015 18:55 (ten years ago)

I think it's just that style/shade of denim that sets me off.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 16 July 2015 18:56 (ten years ago)

Agree with JF on this. It's an annoyingly bad cover.

― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 16 July 2015 19:16 (ten years ago)

Have we done Chvurches' new 'Power, Corruption and Lies' homage? I like it.

http://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2015/07/16024655/CHVRCHES_EveryOpenEye-560x560.jpg

― michaellambert, Thursday, 16 July 2015 19:39 (ten years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a1657678796_10.jpg

― marcos, Monday, 20 July 2015 14:10 (ten years ago)

love that but "sassyblack" aligned left really bothers me, should be center-aligned?

― marcos, Monday, 20 July 2015 14:10 (ten years ago)

If they're going with the Star Wars font, I want a full opening crawl.

― We'd like to conduct a wobulator test here (Sanpaku), Monday, 20 July 2015 14:58 (ten years ago)

yeah, sassyblack text position makes it look like the watermark of a bad internet meme

― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 05:30 (ten years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2786091943_16.jpg

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a3438712829_16.jpg

Found these a few days ago when I came across the Atomnation bandcamp page. Beautiful covers and the albums are quite nice as well.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 06:23 (ten years ago)

Paste are bad judges of music, but do they appreciate good art & design? find out

The 30 Best Album Covers of 2015 (So Far)
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/07/the-30-best-album-covers-of-2015-so-far.html

the first choice is a NO

― djmartian, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 13:20 (ten years ago)

not a fan of most of those covers in the paste list

― marcos, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 13:39 (ten years ago)

Any "best album covers" list that includes the Drake album gets the stink eye from me.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:36 (ten years ago)

That list was terrible. There are, like, 3 good covers in the whole thing. (The Kid Rock one would be great if you got rid of the text. And if it wasn't for a Kid Rock album.)

― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:44 (ten years ago)

Thought this effectively semaphored the content:

Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds
http://www.gretchenpeters.com/worldpetershellocruel/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/blackbirds600.jpg

― We'd like to conduct a wobulator test here (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 22:09 (ten years ago)

http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mysleepingkarma-moksha.jpg

http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/glowsun-beyond-1024x1024.jpg

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a3150985663_10.jpg

― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 22:14 (ten years ago)

I don't think I'm into psych revival covers anymore.

New Howls of Ebb EP:

http://i59.tinypic.com/f0cbgz.jpg

― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 23 July 2015 02:24 (ten years ago)

Did Tame Impala get posted?
http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/59124/04192b63.jpg

― brimstead, Thursday, 23 July 2015 03:02 (ten years ago)

capone n noreaga - lessons
http://2dopeboyz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/capone-n-noreaga-lessons.jpg

― brimstead, Thursday, 23 July 2015 03:05 (ten years ago)

Jukka Ja Jytämimmit ‎– Jytää Vaan
http://i.recordshopx.com/cover/big/4/42/428361.jpg

― brimstead, Thursday, 23 July 2015 03:09 (ten years ago)

that CnN cover is hella odd

― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 July 2015 04:09 (ten years ago)

I kinda like it for some reason

― Number None, Thursday, 23 July 2015 09:32 (ten years ago)

Howls Of Ebb cover is by Wiley Trieff.
http://trieffiewiles.deviantart.com/gallery/

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 23 July 2015 10:29 (ten years ago)

https://i2.wp.com/ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510rAosCLJL._SS420_.jpg

― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Thursday, 23 July 2015 13:32 (ten years ago)

love that capone n noreaga, could be a 70's george duke album

― D-30 (gr8080), Thursday, 23 July 2015 13:53 (ten years ago)

cover connection!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Groundhogs_-_Split.jpg

― Neil S, Thursday, 23 July 2015 13:55 (ten years ago)

i like that capone n noreaga cover

― marcos, Thursday, 23 July 2015 14:46 (ten years ago)

CnN looks like a 70s jazz record where the cover tricks you into the thinking the music is outre but it ends up being like trad standards when you put it on and you're a bit let down.

― andrew m., Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:28 (ten years ago)

New Tame Impala is a Synergy record. I actually kinda like it.

― andrew m., Thursday, 23 July 2015 21:31 (ten years ago)

I like the cover. The music... eh.

Howls Of Ebb cover is by Wiley Trieff.

Nice. Love that their label seems to have a generally high standard when it comes to the cover art.

― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 25 July 2015 19:03 (ten years ago)

Antoni Maiovvi - Avrokosm
http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2014-12/1418102492_front.jpg

Tonik Ensemble - Snapshots
http://payload345.cargocollective.com/1/6/220818/9212121/10582821_783751711694534_8580145051184956460_o_670.jpg

Sherwood & Pinch - Late Night Endless
http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pinchsherwood-12.4.2014.jpg

― brimstead, Sunday, 26 July 2015 03:01 (ten years ago)

oops, i see the johnny fever posted the tonik ensemble already.

lotta neat stuff in this thread.

― brimstead, Sunday, 26 July 2015 03:06 (ten years ago)

Antoni Maiovvi only just put out a different album a couple of weeks ago, it feels like; i didn't know about this one, cheers

― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Monday, 27 July 2015 10:26 (ten years ago)

http://cdn.discogs.com/mbdsU58NVlo7OR9JZnd7kz1x3zk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-7057180-1432695714-1927.jpeg.jpg
This one, Antoni Maiovvi & Umberto ‎– Law Unit

― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Monday, 27 July 2015 10:28 (ten years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a0965700161_10.jpg

Foodman - COULDWORK

― List of people who are ready for woe and how we know this (seandalai), Monday, 27 July 2015 19:37 (ten years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a4050077356_10.jpg

Gurun Gurun - Kon B

― List of people who are ready for woe and how we know this (seandalai), Monday, 27 July 2015 21:36 (ten years ago)

Think I might have posted that one upthread. Nice record too btw

― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 27 July 2015 21:39 (ten years ago)

aha sorry for 2xposting, should have checked. Just discovered it myself.

― List of people who are ready for woe and how we know this (seandalai), Monday, 27 July 2015 23:29 (ten years ago)

The Black Ryder - The Door Behind The Door

http://popstache.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Black-Ryder-The-Door-Behind-The-Door.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 03:48 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/MLQDjmT.jpg

― Adam J Duncan, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 04:47 (ten years ago)

I really like that Black Ryder cover. Kind of Twin Peaksy.

― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 20:39 (ten years ago)

CnN looks like a 70s jazz record where the cover tricks you into the thinking the music is outre but it ends up being like trad standards when you put it on and you're a bit let down.

― andrew m., Thursday, July 23, 2015 5:28 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hahaha

― marcos, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 21:01 (ten years ago)

Posting this here for album cover geeks, if it hasn't shown up elsewhere:

http://www.npr.org/2015/07/29/427427711/first-watch-kalle-mattson-avalanche

― Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:13 (ten years ago)

I enjoyed this article: http://apps.npr.org/lookatthis/posts/album-art/

― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:19 (ten years ago)

Very cool. I've always wanted that job (cover design), but in 2015 it's easier just to grab some design interns for the summer and have them dick around in photoshop for 8 minutes to create this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91NIOKNtQoL._SX522_.jpg

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:34 (ten years ago)

http://i58.tinypic.com/2iswkr4.jpg
(Michael Vallera - Distance)

― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:01 (ten years ago)

CnN cover apparently based on this from 1974

http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000004964545-5unugc-original.jpg

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:20 (ten years ago)

^saw this in a record store over the weekend, was just coming here to post!

― gr8080, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 12:34 (ten years ago)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/bp/monastic-living.jpg

― mizzell, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 15:14 (ten years ago)

wow cant say why but i love that one

― gr8080, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 15:16 (ten years ago)

did they draw it on the bus on the way to the label meeting?

― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 15:24 (ten years ago)

don't care for the music but that's a lovely cover

― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 18:17 (ten years ago)

http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/field/image/Jaga-Jazzist-Starfire-600x600.jpg

― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 18:23 (ten years ago)

The gradient on the gold was a poor last minute decision, but otherwise nice.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 19:10 (ten years ago)

The reviews editor of The Wire posted this one on Twitter this morning...

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41TLEy6V7HL.jpg

― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 13:22 (nine years ago)

scraping the bottom of the ugly barrel:

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/miscellaneous/july15/world-500x500.jpg

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/warner/july15/duran-500x500.jpg

― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 12:47 (nine years ago)

The DD one looks like a Trapper Keeper with stickers on it.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 14:26 (nine years ago)

The DD one looks like:

http://i0.wp.com/twinstickgaming.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/homers-web-page.png

― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 14:37 (nine years ago)

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fka.jpg

― List of people who are ready for woe and how we know this (seandalai), Thursday, 13 August 2015 21:56 (nine years ago)

aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHH

― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 13 August 2015 21:57 (nine years ago)

yeah, liking the ep but not feeling the FKA Escher image

― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 August 2015 22:09 (nine years ago)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/as/deerhunter-fading-frontier.jpg
Deerhunter - Fading Frontier

― mizzell, Monday, 17 August 2015 14:16 (nine years ago)

http://www.vfeditions.com/media/catalog/product/127a773a2dd51a1f02723597d73d41c2.gif

ltd edition bo ningen record with black hair dye headbanged onto the sleeves

― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 17 August 2015 17:02 (nine years ago)

I like it. Feel bad for their necks though.

― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 17 August 2015 18:31 (nine years ago)

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fka.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91t2bmSsd0L._SL1500_.jpg

― Now Dom Go Suggbanizer Way (Why?) (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 20:09 (nine years ago)

don't really know what this is but a cover like that makes me want to buy it on sight:

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2138872518_10.jpg

Glassine - No Stairway

― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, 20 August 2015 12:49 (nine years ago)

No Stairway is an album comprised solely of manipulated field recordings taken from a Guitar Center... Danny Greenwald, working under the name Glassine, took samples from a couple of stores and produced a glimmering, soothing album from the results.

― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, 20 August 2015 12:52 (nine years ago)

jjjusten's christmas present right there

― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, 20 August 2015 12:53 (nine years ago)

Apparently there is another project using the exact same concept, maybe the cover art is better.

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 20 August 2015 14:27 (nine years ago)

love the twigs cover

what is that on her shoulder though

― marcos, Thursday, 20 August 2015 14:53 (nine years ago)

hand #2

― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 August 2015 16:14 (nine years ago)

http://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2015/08/12223305/helentheoriginalfaces_PromoImage-560x560.jpg

― Number None, Saturday, 22 August 2015 17:38 (nine years ago)

what is that on her shoulder though

It's her other hand.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 August 2015 18:13 (nine years ago)

Would have preferred if she went all Chris Cunningham.

http://keef.tv/images/uploads/Cunningham_Jones.jpg

― cryptic 'failure of bread' (Sanpaku), Sunday, 23 August 2015 01:12 (nine years ago)

http://siltbreezerecords.com/shop/sarah-mary-chadwick-9-classic-tracks-lp

Can't get the direct image link on my phone, sorry. Just go on there.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 27 August 2015 02:23 (nine years ago)

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/524e1b1ae4b0db2f799d65d7/524e1c5be4b075e4d3b8cda5/554a54b4e4b0cb414e996c72/1430934708749/6550301167110_main.jpg?format=500w

― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 27 August 2015 14:20 (nine years ago)

the Chromatics album from the first reply still doesn't have a release date, smdh

― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:06 (nine years ago)

No Stairway is an album comprised solely of manipulated field recordings taken from a Guitar Center... Danny Greenwald, working under the name Glassine, took samples from a couple of stores and produced a glimmering, soothing album from the results.

― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, August 20, 2015 7:52 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OMG I had a similar idea for a record, wish I posted it to "terrible ideas" to document it

― keep clams and jive on (man alive), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:11 (nine years ago)

I had sim idea but involving sampling bad bands doing soundcheck at the local place and then making something better out of it all.

― andrew m., Friday, 28 August 2015 20:10 (nine years ago)

the Chromatics album from the first reply still doesn't have a release date, smdh

For real. When it was first announced, it was supposed to be February 2015.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 28 August 2015 20:14 (nine years ago)

I had thought Simonetti, that thief asshole, was the reason they could be flaky as a label, but it seems like it might have been both of 'em!

― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Monday, 31 August 2015 20:26 (nine years ago)

knowing them it'll hit Soundcloud in its entirety about a year after it got a tracklist...so, December sometime?

― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Monday, 31 August 2015 20:33 (nine years ago)

Australian music website, Happy:

Are we late to the mid-year list party? Screw it, here are our Top 10 album covers of the year so far.
http://hhhhappy.com/are-we-late-to-the-mid-year-list-party-screw-it-here-are-our-top-10-album-covers-of-the-year-so-far/

we thought we’d look over our shoulders at 2015 and throw in our two cents for the best Aussie album covers of the year so far.

― djmartian, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 12:03 (nine years ago)

good luck AUS

― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 12:31 (nine years ago)

https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.JHhhIpo0kmXLfVEOsx1fyg&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300

― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Saturday, 5 September 2015 12:47 (nine years ago)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/bp/sof-lp.jpg
Soldiers of Fortune - Early Risers

― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 19:57 (nine years ago)

http://i58.tinypic.com/5ee2x0.jpg

Fuck you, Duran Duran.

― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:51 (nine years ago)

from Nagel to NAGL.

― pplains, Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:56 (nine years ago)

it took me a while to figure out that those bits of clipart are all references to previous duran records: seven and the ragged tiger (tiger), the chauffeur (hat), hungry like the wolf (ice cream), cos i've got my o.j. (glass of juice), is there sumothing i should know (wrestler) etc

― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:59 (nine years ago)

http://assets2.thefourohfive.com/data/38122/medium_picture/Dominique.jpg

― niels, Monday, 21 September 2015 10:41 (nine years ago)

http://images.junostatic.com/full/CS575604-01A-BIG.jpg

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 17:18 (nine years ago)

beat me to it niels

― marcos, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 17:19 (nine years ago)

http://fiverosespress.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tiresias_cover.jpg

(google image page full of this made me smile)

― Ludo, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 19:14 (nine years ago)

it's Niton – Tiresias

― Ludo, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 19:14 (nine years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COeHkikWsAA7QpU.jpg

― marcos, Friday, 25 September 2015 15:00 (nine years ago)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/as/tortoise-catastrophist.jpg

― mizzell, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 15:23 (nine years ago)

SUPER not into that cover. Kind of hope it's not the actual cover. The TNT cover is one of my favorite covers ever, weirdly. But no dice with fella there for me

― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 16:22 (nine years ago)

http://images.junostatic.com/full/CS2851292-02A-BIG.jpg

― gate gate paragate parasamgate (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:09 (nine years ago)

http://exclaim.ca/images/joshuaabrams.jpg
Joshua Abrams- Magnetoception

Noteworthy also because Abrams' instrument is the Moroccan guimbri, and the recordings are urban improvisation/gnaoua.

― gate gate paragate parasamgate (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:14 (nine years ago)

I love that Abrams cover (his last album was even better). They're fabric works made by Lisa Alvarado, who plays the harmonium on those albums and the band often play with the pieces behind them.
http://www.filhounico.com/upload/joshua_abrams_web.jpg

― mizzell, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:23 (nine years ago)

http://www.undergroundbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/L99A9108.jpg
The dude wears some pretty cool shirts as well

― xelab, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:28 (nine years ago)

glad u guys are talking about the abrams album. i only just heard it the other day; it's fantastic.

― Mordy, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 20:35 (nine years ago)

http://ninjatune.net/files/images/iglooghost/two/5054429003451.jpg

artist : iglooghost
ep : chinese nu year

truly awful coverart from the brainfeeder set up.

― mark e, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 13:31 (nine years ago)

http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a3749898540_10.jpg

― marcos, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 15:15 (nine years ago)

^ christian scott "stretch music" ^

― marcos, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 15:16 (nine years ago)

dope

― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 15:42 (nine years ago)

http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/08/31/benfoldscoverart_sq-41ae0ae73a6b917898341e67a3b35f85df1e83ee.jpg

this upsets me so much

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 20:59 (nine years ago)

The cover or the content?

― jimmy falloff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 23:17 (nine years ago)

the letters look really computer-y, like when i'm trying to make an album cover on photoshop

― brimstead, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 23:41 (nine years ago)

http://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2015/07/14120416/dillydally-sore.jpg

― niels, Friday, 9 October 2015 10:07 (nine years ago)

Unpleasant.

― jimmy falloff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 9 October 2015 10:10 (nine years ago)

very

― niels, Friday, 9 October 2015 10:55 (nine years ago)

yea that is awful

― marcos, Friday, 9 October 2015 13:46 (nine years ago)

lots to dislike there

― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 October 2015 15:42 (nine years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2633842828_10.jpg
We Lost the Sea - Departure Songs

― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 10 October 2015 13:57 (nine years ago)

nice cover, sadder when you find out it's an instrumental album by a band whose singer killed himself

― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Saturday, 10 October 2015 14:38 (nine years ago)

The silhouette not being centre is bugging me too much.

― nashwan, Saturday, 10 October 2015 15:12 (nine years ago)

The silhouette is bugging me no matter where it is.

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 October 2015 16:30 (nine years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/j5Dx5EV.jpg
Western Haunts - Gradients

― ArchCarrier, Monday, 12 October 2015 18:33 (nine years ago)

http://okp-cdn.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kelela-rewind-mp3-715x715.jpg
Kelela - Hallucinogen EP

― davey, Friday, 16 October 2015 11:00 (nine years ago)

Droll James Bidgood meets vintage Cantopop vibes on Sui Zhen's Secretly Susan:
http://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2791975649_10.jpg

― etc, Friday, 16 October 2015 11:15 (nine years ago)

Was it two years ago that every cover was weird expression+looking off-lens+solid background? Glad they're reviving that shit.

― si monvmentvm reqvires, pvmpkin spice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 16 October 2015 12:00 (nine years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/pdyeGMr.jpg

― Number None, Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:04 (nine years ago)

Is that real?

― niels, Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:15 (nine years ago)

argh at fake flash flare

― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Thursday, 22 October 2015 23:27 (nine years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51B3T63IgKL._SS280.jpg

― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Sunday, 25 October 2015 14:16 (nine years ago)

https://i1.wp.com/ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Err0LYuFL.jpg

!!! - As If

― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Sunday, 25 October 2015 14:18 (nine years ago)

we have an all-time winner:

http://www.forcedexposure.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/product_images/close_up/p/PAL039LP_CU.jpg

― alpine static, Wednesday, 28 October 2015 23:58 (nine years ago)

Yeah, that's awesome.

― Walter Galt, Thursday, 29 October 2015 00:37 (nine years ago)

kinda reminds me of ovlov's kickdrum head

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BZX3dHQIIAAdEMx.jpg

― billstevejim, Thursday, 29 October 2015 00:42 (nine years ago)

Santigold

http://i.imgur.com/cHAJwM6.jpg

Grimes

http://i.imgur.com/PzUyth4.jpg

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 22:20 (nine years ago)

Rachel Foxx's self titled EP

http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/grmdaily/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/30133713/Rachel-Foxx.jpg

― soref, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 22:47 (nine years ago)

Kauan - Sorni Nai

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61XIfpXl9sL._SS280.jpg

― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Sunday, 8 November 2015 21:43 (nine years ago)

The 50 best record sleeves of 2015
Covers for Blur, Bjork and Kendrick Lamar are among 50 sleeves shortlisted in Art Vinyl’s annual cover design competition.
http://www.designweek.co.uk/the-best-record-sleeves-of-2015/

vote:
http://www.artvinyl.com/vote/
Voting will begin from 2nd November 2015 & the winners will be announced on 7th January 2016 at the Belgraves Hotel, London.

― djmartian, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:13 (nine years ago)

Teeth Of The Sea – Highly Deadly Black Tarantula
http://d250ptlkmugbjz.cloudfront.net/images/covers/91/38/5055300383891_600.jpg

― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:48 (nine years ago)

Good one!

― niels, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 07:29 (nine years ago)

That designweek selections seems really poor to me.

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:11 (nine years ago)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51B3T63IgKL._SS280.jpg
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Sunday, October 25, 2015 9:16 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's time to play... DAVE GAHAN FREEZE-FRAME

― gr8080, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 18:36 (nine years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://cf-images.emusic.com/music/images/album/159/521/15952102/600x600.jpg

― Mordy, Friday, 27 November 2015 02:33 (nine years ago)

http://i65.tinypic.com/2cnutmg.jpg
Wolf Eyes - I Am A Problem (Mind in Pieces)

― Capitalism Is A Death Cult And Science Is A Whore (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 27 November 2015 03:43 (nine years ago)

The Vinyl Factory's 20 best vinyl record sleeves (or rather, best all-round 'products') of the year:

http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/the-20-best-vinyl-record-sleeves-of-2015/

― Jeff W, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 18:17 (nine years ago)

http://geo.static.traxsource.com/files/images/506691_large.jpg

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:18 (nine years ago)

oops

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:18 (nine years ago)

http://geo.static.traxsource.com/files/images/506691_large.jpg

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:18 (nine years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a0781477511_10.jpg
Black Moth Super Rainbow - SeeFu Lilac

― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:39 (nine years ago)

As terrible as I'd expect from a band called that.

― Capitalism Is A Death Cult And Science Is A Whore (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 3 December 2015 22:36 (nine years ago)

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/12307958_965636960160432_350534334712149341_o.jpg

Kyle Hall - From Joy

― mattresslessness, Thursday, 3 December 2015 22:44 (nine years ago)

http://assets2.radiox.co.uk/2015/28/nothing-but-thieves-album-cover-1437136361.jpg

― ArchCarrier, Friday, 4 December 2015 16:13 (nine years ago)

FACT have some strange selections

The 30 best album covers of 2015
http://www.factmag.com/2015/12/04/the-best-artwork-of-2015/
BY JOHN TWELLS, CHAL RAVENS, CHRIS KELLY, SCOTT WILSON, TOM LEA AND MILES BOWE, DEC 4 2015

― djmartian, Saturday, 5 December 2015 16:21 (nine years ago)

Wara From the NBHD - If Guns Could Speak PSA
http://imh.ulximg.com/image/620x412/gallery/1449296689_2aa9b02488d1094ecaf87d8f278a0e49.jpg/ac9120e53e3acdea4cc9cc7ae6b8fb19/1449296689_b8083bfd63e5fb1c2b2ac751e0f8866a.jpg

― Spottie, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:53 (nine years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hwLwd5UEL.jpg
Christians Catch Hell - Gospel Roots 1976-79

― mizzell, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:36 (nine years ago)

oh yeah I need to listen to that

Feeling the cover to Cassie Ramone - Christmas in Reno:

http://burgerrecords.11spot.com/media/catalog/product/cache/51/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/a/cassie_ramone_-_christmas_in_reno_sm.jpg

― a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 7 December 2015 21:51 (nine years ago)

these aren't very good
http://www.10x2015.com/

― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:04 (nine years ago)

So this is 2016, but the new Roly Porter:

http://cdn.self-titledmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Roly_Porter-third-law.jpg

― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Sunday, 13 December 2015 05:13 (nine years ago)

I would like to see that one irl

― niels, Sunday, 13 December 2015 14:59 (nine years ago)

three weeks pass...

Album Covers of the Year 2015
http://www.redefinemag.com/2015/album-covers-of-the-year-2015/

Another year of our favorites in Top Album Cover Artwork, and once again, we interview musicians and artists on the often-underappreciated work that goes into creating a product that not only tickles your ears, but speaks to your eyes and hearts. Album artwork, though often only viewed on tiny screens in this day and age, is indeed a long and laborious process that we love to give its due credit.
So read on, and choose your own artistic adventure:

> Digital & 3D Album Covers
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― djmartian, Monday, 4 January 2016 14:04 (nine years ago)

that's fantastic

― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 4 January 2016 14:16 (nine years ago)

https://cdn.xlr8r.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/RS1515LP_packshot1.jpg

― definite classic, predicting a solid 8/10 from the p-fork boys (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 4 January 2016 14:44 (nine years ago)

Are there 3 people there? Isn't it just a lady and a man superimposed over each other? Why are there 6 arms? Why are my coworkers looking over at my monitor at that taintgina?

― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 11:09 (nine years ago)

is there going to be a 2016 thread

― alpine static, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:03 (nine years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://theformant.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Egyptian-Lover-1984.jpeg

― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, 21 January 2016 21:53 (nine years ago)

http://narcmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Outfit.jpeg

― niels, Saturday, 23 January 2016 10:12 (nine years ago)

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2424691948_10.jpg
Francis Plagne - Funeral Mutes

― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Saturday, 23 January 2016 16:47 (nine years ago)

that's 2016, I think

― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Saturday, 23 January 2016 16:58 (nine years ago)

oh right I figured we were rolling with this thread until someone less lazy than I started a new one

― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:07 (nine years ago)

My bad actually, I was positive we already had started it (I got it mixed up with the cover connections one)

― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Saturday, 23 January 2016 20:38 (nine years ago)

Finally an actual noteworthy cover (the one for Slowness)

― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 24 January 2016 14:51 (nine years ago)

Certainly noteworthy:

http://www.asburyrecords.com/public/cover/9379_2.jpg

Not recommendations below, I just liked the album art:

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a0327000372_10.jpg

https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a1543308321_10.jpg

― Flesh emoji (Sanpaku), Monday, 25 January 2016 02:11 (nine years ago)

Whoever starts the 2016 thread should start by reporting the Dear Tommy cover

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 25 January 2016 02:14 (nine years ago)

*reposting

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 25 January 2016 02:14 (nine years ago)

The Outfit one reminds me of Katy Lied.

― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 07:53 (nine years ago)

Noteworthy album covers of 2016

― niels, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 08:32 (nine years ago)

A belated notable 2015 album cover I just saw:

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/861/MI0003861863.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Kinski - 7 (or 8)

― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Saturday, 30 January 2016 04:33 (nine years ago)

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