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03 November 2005

Lazy album covers, excellent albums →[More:]This is one of the greatest live albums of all time, but it has the laziest cover design I've ever seen.

Text on the upper right and lower left--smaller, I'll give it that--a (nice) picture of Jimi playing the guitar against a black background, and some blue rays.

Has anyone seen an album cover that belies its content in such a way?

post by: interrobang at: 00:00 | 6 comments

The White Album

(Although I actually think it is quite lovely in its simplicity.)

posted by amro 03 November | 00:10

Although I despise the Beatles, I don't think the cover of the White Album is actually lazy. I think it's pretty clever.

posted by interrobang 03 November | 00:11

Well, I guess I wouldn't use the word lazy to describe it either, normally. But it immediately sprang to mind when I read your post as an album cover that belies the content.

posted by amro 03 November | 00:14

Yes

Shellac

I'm just not buying the whole minimalism thing. Great albums though.

posted by panoptican 03 November | 00:40

Though that Hendrix cover is far worse.

posted by panoptican 03 November | 00:40

Fillmore East June 1971

Actually I quite like that one, but it sorta fits here. Cabaret Voltaire's Live at the YMCA is smilar, though I can't find an image at the moment.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 03 November | 12:15

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