Artist: The Accidental
Album: There Were Wolves
Record Label: Full Time Hobby
Designer: Rob Lowe, Supermundane
Listen: Wolves
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Artist: Bon Iver
Album: For Emma, Forever Ago
Record Label: 4ad
Designer: Photography by Gilbert Vernon
and Design by Daniel Murphy
Listen: Creature Fear |
Artist: Fleet Foxes
Album: Fleet Foxes
Record Label: Bella Union
Designer: Original Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Listen: Mykonos |
Artist: The Gutter Twins
Album: Saturnalia
Record Label: Sub Pop Records
Designer: Photography by Frank Relle
and Art Direction by Scott Ford
Listen: Each to Each
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Artist: The Notwist
Album: The Devil, You + Me
Record Label: City Slang
Designer: Yokoland
Listen: Where in This World |
Artist: Black Mountain
Album: In The Future
Record Label: Jagjaguwar
Designer: J. Schmidt
Listen: Angels |
Artist: Coldplay
Album: Viva la Vida
Record Label: Parlaphone
Designer: Art Direction & Design by Tappin Gofton,
Original Painting by Eugene Delacroix
Listen: Lost! |
Artist: Foals
Album: Antidotes
Record Label: Sub Pop Records
Designer: Tinhead
Listen: Olympic Airways |
Artist: Santogold
Album: Santogold
Record Label: Downtown
Designer: Isabelle Lumpkin
Listen: Creator
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Artist: Bloc Party
Album: Intimacy
Record Label: Witchita
Designer: Photography by Perry Curties
and Art Direction by Rob Crane
Listen: Biko |
Artist: Micah P Hinson
Album: And the Red Empire Orchestra
Record Label: Full Time Hobby
Designer: Micah P Hinson
Listen: I Keep Havin’ These Dreams |
Artist: Neon Neon
Album: Stainless Style
Record Label: Lex Records
Designer: EhQuestionMark
Listen: I Lust You |
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Album: The Slip
Record Label: The Null Corporation
Designer: Rob Sheridan
Listen: The Four of Us are Dying
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Artist: The Twilight Sad
Album: Killed My Parents and Hit the Road
Record Label: FatCat Records
Designer: The Twilight Sad
Listen: Half a Person (The Smiths) |
Artist: Minotaur Shock
Album: Amateur Dramatics
Record Label: 4ad
Designer: Warwick The Skipper
Listen: This Plane is Going to Fall |
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December 30th, 2008 at 12:43 am
I tagged ya in the latest post, Danielle ;)check it out
December 30th, 2008 at 2:12 am
awww thank you sweet Karin, that made me happy!
December 30th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Great post. I feel obligated to say - although it might be obvious - that The Twilight Sad basically re-used/copied the cover of Sonic Youth’s “Goo” (1990).
December 30th, 2008 at 10:15 am
thanks Skip! good observation :)
“The cover art is a doctored version of Sonic Youth’s classic ‘Goo’ album; the recognizable masks which link this to past Twilight Sad releases now cover the couple’s faces.”
December 30th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Great post! I agree on most of these, especially the beautiful cover of The Accidental, and also The NoTwist. The Accidental cover is both a visual and a tactile delight! I strongly disagree on the cover for Nine Ince Nails, which I think looks awful, - nothing less than that…
I would also like to note that your blog still is among the most beautiful ones out there!
Best wishes for 2009!
December 30th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
thank you so much eardrums, best wishes to you for 2009!
at first, i felt the exact same way about the cover for NIN but as i listened to the album, the art started to blend (slip) into the sounds and felt almost fitting for the dark transparency of the music.
December 30th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Cool picks but the album cover for Mono In Vcf was better than all of these.
December 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Good stuff
December 30th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Nice selections. I especially love that Gutter Twins cover. The NoLa photo reminds me of “Down by Law”
December 31st, 2008 at 2:00 am
Good post, but I think the Coldplay one is too obvious and trite. It would be like putting the Mona Lisa on an album cover.
December 31st, 2008 at 11:13 am
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January 6th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Thank you very much,your site is perfect
:)
January 6th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Love this post my dear! Great selections. So I assume this is your favorite cover art along with choice track?
January 6th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
thank you so much rachel, happy new year! the tracks chosen are definitely my favorites from each special album cover, but with bon iver, that is truly in my top ten list of favorite albums of 2008, period :)
January 7th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
having server problems at the moment
so I am not going to send you web page
but I have an album cover that I wanted to show you late 08 release
who May I email for this site to possibly post it to ?
regards
deborah
January 8th, 2009 at 11:07 am
of course deborah, id love to see your recommendation. please feel free to email musicisart @ gmail dot com.
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January 21st, 2009 at 5:36 am
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed them. Your post is great too. The Nine Inch Nails is one of my favorites too!
January 28th, 2009 at 3:06 am
no doubt !!these are best album of art specially .Saturnalia which is my favorite.
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