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)

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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
> Fine Art & Illustration Album Covers
> Mixed Media & Collage Album Covers
> Photography & Digitally-Manipulated Album Covers

― 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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