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100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. "Metal Box" & "London Calling"
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somethingfamiliar
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Date Posted:
5/10/06 11:52pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Madonna's "True Blue" & Talking Heads' "Fear of Music"
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Madonna: I never liked that kind of faux-classic style back when it was popular. I hate those '80s fonts and the washed-out look. There was this whole "update the '50s" thing going on back then that has ended up looking pretty gross.
Talking Heads: I think if you came out with that cover on a new album today, it would still look up to date.
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duende
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Date Posted:
5/11/06 1:47am
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Madonna's "True Blue" & Talking Heads' "Fear of Music"
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The Madonna cover makes me want to slice her throat (ie. hawt). More generally, it does what it's supposed to do, I guess.
The Talking Heads cover is neat but I wouldn't give it a second glance, particularly. I agree though that it has a timelessness that Madonna's lacks.
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Rogue1-and-a-half
Title: Manager: Amphitheatre
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Date Posted:
5/12/06 9:19pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Madonna's "True Blue" & Talking Heads' "Fear of Music"
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Rolling Stone:
Self Portrait (1970) – Bob Dylan
Book:
Free (1969) – Free
My opinion:
Free is a bit goofy. And that one star is a little off center.
Self Portrait is easily the most controversial album in Dylan’s discography, compiled of covers and various other trivia, that Dylan either released specifically to alienate people or as a sort of ‘official bootleg’ or both, depending on when you’re talking to him.
The cover is here for one reason; Dylan painted it. Frankly, he should stick to music. It is iconoclastic, but that’s the extent of its virtues.
And why is Freewheelin’ not on this list?
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
5/12/06 9:55pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Madonna's "True Blue" & Talking Heads' "Fear of Music"
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I like "Free". "Self Portrait" reminds me of grade 7 art class.
(Takes second look.) Make that grade three. 
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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Date Posted:
5/15/06 8:43pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Dylan's "Self-Portrait" and Free's "Free"
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Rolling Stone:
Frank's Wild Years (1987) - Tom Waits
Book:
Gamma 2 (1980) - Gamma
Well now, this is surprising. Two really good covers in one post. I like the Waits cover for its color and the way the skyline meets the accordian.
The Gamma cover is pretty cool as well (though you can't help but be reminded of Spinal Tap's Shark Sandwich). I particularly like the water hose that has been sliced in two by one of the fins.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
5/15/06 8:54pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Tom Waits' "Frank's Wild Years; Gamma's "Gamma 2"
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They are both better than average, without being, I think, really memorable.
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SueAsideRide
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Date Posted:
5/16/06 4:55am
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Tom Waits' "Frank's Wild Years; Gamma's "Gamma 2"
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Rogue1-and-a-half posted:
The Gamma cover is pretty cool as well (though you can't help but be reminded of Spinal Tap's Shark Sandwich).
Two word review: **** Sandwich!
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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Date Posted:
5/19/06 8:47pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Tom Waits' "Frank's Wild Years; Gamma's "Gamma 2"
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Rolling Stone:
The Parkerilla (1978) - Graham Parker
Book:
Goodbye Jumbo (1990) - World Party
My opinion:
So, it's a sideways picture of a guy imitating an ape hiding from leopards or something and a picture of a guy wearing a gas mask and elephant ears.
Right. Sure.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
5/20/06 7:16am
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Graham Parker "Parkerilla"; World Party "Goodbye Jumbo"
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Well, he does look a bit simian, but I thought it was a semi-Dracula pose.
The elephant with the gas mask? Is strange.
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stecm
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Date Posted:
5/20/06 12:48pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Graham Parker "Parkerilla"; World Party "Goodbye Jumbo"
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Wow, another 2 terrible covers. What a surprise. Seriously, what were the people who made these lists smoking?
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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Date Posted:
5/22/06 2:48pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Graham Parker "Parkerilla"; World Party "Goodbye Jumbo"
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Rolling Stone:
Daydream Nation (1988) - Sonic Youth
Book:
Hank Mobley (1957) - Hank Mobley
My opinion:
I can't seem to find a copy of the Mobley cover online; can't even remember it from the book.
I actually like the Sonic Youth cover: a title text you can actually read, a simple, yet evocative picture . . . wow, simplicity, what a concept.
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somethingfamiliar
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Date Posted:
5/22/06 3:14pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Graham Parker "Parkerilla"; World Party "Goodbye Jumbo"
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The SY one I like because the music actually sounds like the picture looks.
This is probably the Hank Mobley (Blue Note 1568 released 6/23/57):
Looks okay to me.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
5/22/06 3:56pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Graham Parker "Parkerilla"; World Party "Goodbye Jumbo"
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I like the Sonic Youth cover, too. Especially the off-centredness; nice touch.
I'm having a hard time seeing the details of the other one.
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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Date Posted:
5/25/06 7:25pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. Sonic Youth's "Daydream Nation" & Hank Mobley's "Hank Mobley"
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5/25/06 7:26pm (1 edits total)
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62.
Rolling Stone:
In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) – King Crimson
Book:
Hapshah & Coloured Coat (1999) – Hapshah & Coloured Coat
My opinion:
Crappy image on the second one; best I could find with Google.
The first one is, well, unique is as charitable as I’m willing to be.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
5/25/06 8:44pm
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RE: 100 Greatest Album Covers: Disc. In the Court of the Crimson King/Hapshah & Coloured Coat
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5/25/06 8:45pm (1 edits total)
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It's kind of hard to tell what the second one actually looks like, the image isn't big enough, and I can't seem to enlarge it...
The first one is a caricature. I'm not that fond of looking at people's tonsils.
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