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Dalen
 Post subject: Bands with consistently great album/single artwork
PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 3:25 pm 
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I'm on this blur kick again since I checked out their DVD doc, and reviewing their albums I've found that across their studio albums, and even singles, their cover artwork has always been great.

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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 3:30 pm 
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use the cimg tag, asshole.

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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 3:37 pm 
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Dalen
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fuck your little 12 inch screen pussy, i'm rockin' a 32.
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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 3:54 pm 
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good pick, dalen. I always loved the cover of great escape.

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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:08 pm 
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shiv
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Leon
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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:11 pm 
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That twilight sad one made me think of this, which is one of my favorite album covers of all time.

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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:15 pm 
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The longest run of great album art... (Ignoring, of course, Too High To Die.):
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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:21 pm 
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i lumped all those band arts together
i love frobergs art

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WIRE. The first generation, especially.

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Not all of them, but some highlights from The Residents.
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The Residents do have some great covers. My favorite may be Tweedles, which looks like this:

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And when the outer cover is pulled off, it reveals this:

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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2010 5:41 pm 
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i've always enjoyed these

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I'm tempted to mention KMFDM here.
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Always a fan of Will Schaff and his covers for Okkervil River:


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