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100 Obscure and Remarkable CD Covers
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/13/100-obscure-and-remarkable-cd-covers/

Just for funsies...

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Nice. I never get bored of album art.

In keeping with the criteria of that article, one of my favourites in recent memories is Le Shok's We Are Electrocution

http://www.clyric.com/upload/061937/_193G34B8.jpg

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Most of the covers are great because of the music within. All they need is a small iconic potential and...presto! A decent drawing becomes great art.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Most of the covers are great because of the music within. All they need is a small iconic potential and...presto! A decent drawing becomes great art.
Very true!

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Originally posted by Palynka
Most of the covers are great because of the music within. All they need is a small iconic potential and...presto! A decent drawing becomes great art.
The white album (beatles) had no album art and yet its music was great.

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Originally posted by generalissimo
The white album (beatles) had no album art and yet its music was great.
And?

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Originally posted by Palynka
Most of the covers are great because of the music within. All they need is a small iconic potential and...presto! A decent drawing becomes great art.
Yep. In the Court of the Crimson King is a great example.

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Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Yep. In the Court of the Crimson King is a great example.
Ha! That was the first one that came to my mind. 🙂

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In the days of vinyl, rolling spliffs on an album cover while listening to the music could often make the artwork seem special, just as the spliff could make the music seem special.

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Originally posted by FMF
In the days of vinyl, rolling spliffs on an album cover while listening to the music could often make the artwork seem special, just as the spliff could make the music seem special.
Indeed. Then came CDs, which just wasn't the same.

And I have yet to successfully roll a spliff on an MP3...

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Originally posted by FMF
In the days of vinyl, rolling spliffs on an album cover while listening to the music could often make the artwork seem special, just as the spliff could make the music seem special.
Can it get better than rolling one on the inside jacket to 'Eat a Peach'?
Woooah dude.... seriously, Wooah....

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King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson king cover with the Schizoid man.

Noted above, I see.

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Check out "artbytom.com" this guy is amazing.

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Originally posted by DrKF
Then came CDs, which just wasn't the same. And I have yet to successfully roll a spliff on an MP3...
Smoke pipes, then. Better for you. And even better for the music.

CDs offer their own pleasures. The weight, the size, the booklet, the shiny disc, the digital contents. Different from 12" cardboard album covers. But a fondleable artefact that one can peer at while listening to music all the same, with a charm of their own.

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Originally posted by StTito
Can it get better than rolling one on the inside jacket to 'Eat a Peach'?
Perhaps you're right.

But then there is 'In The Land of Grey And Pink" by Caravan. A case can also be made.