Album Art and CD Cover Design

The Simpsons Spawn Worst Album Cover Hoax

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:59:33 -0600

Perhaps you've seen this album art while browsing the internets. It quietly makes all the worst album art lists out there. But in a shocking new report, gawker.com exposes the truth and the fraud behind this piece o fart. Wait until you hear the connection with The Simpsons. Go now.

80s Rock Album Cover Art Quiz

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:50:44 -0600

The Columbus Dispatch has posted an album art quiz. In their Jacket Jumble, the band names and titles have been removed. How many covers you can identify? Lots of hints are given, answers are at the bottom of the page. Check it out the Jacket Jumble

Flip Though Album Covers on Blackberry and Windows Mobile Smartphones

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:50:38 -0600

Looking for that iPhone-like interface for your Blackberry or Windows Mobile phone. FlipSide turns your smartphone into your favorite MP3 player allowing you to visually "swoosh" through music quickly and easily. Scroll though album covers or flick through them with your finger.

FlipSide downloads and displays the cover art of each album and even links to FlipSide Extras to provide biographies of the artists, recommendations for similar artists and more.

Discarded Album Art Concept: Pink Floyd Animals

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:32:08 -0600

Storm Thorgerson, one of the greatest album cover designers of all time, originally created this sketch for the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals (1977):

Weezer Album Art

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:12:34 -0600

I suppose there's something to be said for consistency, but I'm not sure what it is. Weezer's self-titled release comes out in June in both US and UK.

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300,000 LP Albums and Covers Recycled into Art

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:40:00 -0600

Vinylux transforms vintage LPs and Album Covers into a variety of gift items - coasters, bowls, clocks, trays, ornaments, notecards, sketchbooks etc. Artist Jeff Davis estimates he will recycle 150,000 LPs and 45s in 2008 alone. What started as his design school master's thesis project turned into a full time business.

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Cover Styles of the Young and Naked - A Warning!

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:30:13 -0600

Naked children and album covers do not mix! Don't let it happen to your son or daughter.

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The real story of the naked kid on Nirvana Nevermind - [VH1.com]
Whatever happened to the naked kids on Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy - [dailymail.co.uk]
The real story behind the naked girl holding a spaceship on Blind Faith's self titled album - [bobseidemann.com, photographer].

Photographer Bob Seidemann was hired for the cover design of Eric Clapton's new band in 1969. He titled his striking image of innocence meets human achievement Blind Faith. The name stuck for the group. The album art was changed (to a band picture) for the US release, but album art censorship is nothing new.

Clown are Scary, Even on LP Album Covers

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:49:52 -0600

There are two types of people in the world: those freaked out by clowns, and those who mock us. Perhaps by posting these old LP album covers I can begin to exercise the fears. So here they are - 4 freaky clown covers from the past. Their smiles are hiding all that big top evilness... and they're watching me... I just know they are.

Beatles Album Covers Lego'd

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:40:48 -0600

Seven famous Beatles album covers recreated - Lego style.

See them all: Bootlego Beatles

Pink Floyd Box Set Interactive Promotion

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:44:23 -0600

A great interactive promotion for Pink Floyd's 14 cd box set. The packaging is demonstrated nicely. One by one, each disc rises out from the box, leading to a jukebox style browser of each album cover and sample track. You can flip the cover art around to see the art on the back and the track listings. Arrows appear to let you browse forward and back chronologically through each release of the box set. The iconic prism-separated light streams pulsate with each sample track.

Album Cover Art Downloader for Linux

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:02:14 -0600

Here's a program for Linux that adds album art to your music library. It searches Amazon, Yahoo! Images, Wal-Mart and Buy.com to find cover designs for your music collection. It can automatically make decisions or you can review the covers manually before accepting them.

Design Goodie: 11 Free Vectors - Japanese Themed Freebies

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:52:24 -0600

11 awesome, highly detailed free vectors with a Japanese theme - there's a dojo, latern, buddha statue, tower roof, street signs, and a few palaces of Japan. They're free and downloadable at keepdesigning.com.

Check out all the thumbnail screens after the jump.

Be the Cover Art at Sleeveface

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:56:30 -0600

I just discovered Sleeveface, where lp album covers merge with reality. Visit the flickr pool or the website. A 3 minute film short is also in the works.

HISTORY OF SLEEVEFACE (from flickr pool discussion)
Carl Morris placed an old album cover of McCartney II over his face while djing in Cardiff, England. The crowd went wild. It caught on with other DJs who then did the same.

then a few folks opened up a Facebook group, and photo'd themselves a la Sleeveface and well, it's history.

definition: SLEEVEFACE: " one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their boyd or bodies with record sleeves causing an illusion." according to Carl Morris.

2 Dashboard Widgets for Finding Missing Album Art

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:50:02 -0600

Hands-on with two Dashboard widgets for iTunes: Amazon Album Art and Album Art Widget. Both can search for and add missing cover art to your iTunes library.

Panic at the Disco Album Cover - Pretty. Odd.

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:28:34 -0600

Available March 25 - Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd.

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