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  1. ah well, the next one might be decent
  2. Originally posted by germcevoyah well, the next one might be decent
    Hope that... If recording in Morocco has any influence in the albumart, then we're going to have a GREAT album art...
  3. I don't care much about artwork for me it's important that there are good songs on that CD
  4. Originally posted by BenkyI don't care much about artwork for me it's important that there are good songs on that CD
    Yes, I agree,but the artwork is a very important piece of the album...
    Many people (really, some of my friends), has bought the Zooropa and the Joshua Tree albums only because they've good artworks.
    And The Bomb has NOT a good artwork.
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong[..]Yes, I agree,but the artwork is a very important piece of the album...
    Many people (really, some of my friends), has bought the Zooropa and the Joshua Tree albums only because they've good artworks.
    And The Bomb has NOT a good artwork.


    And that's more to say, LikeASong. The artwork of an album should communicate the best themes of the album itself. In other words by looking at the cover you should be able to know what the album is talking about. I could make thousands of positive (and also negative) examples, but I think I said it clearly.
    So these are the two best reasons because of which an album's artwork is important: because it has to persuade people to buy it (it has to be cool anyway) and it has to communicate the "soul" of the album (it has to fit with the content).

    I hope my teacher-like explanation won't bother any of you...

  6. Originally posted by sadb7788[..]

    And that's more to say, LikeASong. The artwork of an album should communicate the best themes of the album itself. In other words by looking at the cover you should be able to know what the album is talking about. I could make thousands of positive (and also negative) examples, but I think I said it clearly.
    So these are the two best reasons because of which an album's artwork is important: because it has to persuade people to buy it (it has to be cool anyway) and it has to communicate the "soul" of the album (it has to fit with the content).

    I hope my teacher-like explanation won't bother any of you...




    I agree with you about the artwork communicating the themes of the album, but what the heck is
    Zooropa's artwork communicating?
  7. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    I agree with you about the artwork communicating the themes of the album, but what the heck is
    Zooropa's artwork communicating?


    Well, actually I don't have the complete album, I only know a few songs from Zooropa. So I can't say if it fits or not... though I think it does. Great artwork, anyway! Do you agree?

  8. Originally posted by sadb7788[..]

    Well, actually I don't have the complete album, I only know a few songs from Zooropa. So I can't say if it fits or not... though I think it does. Great artwork, anyway! Do you agree?




    Yeah. I love the artwork, I just don't really know what it represents or what they're trying to say.
  9. Best Album: Rattle & Hum


    Worst Album: HTDAAB


    Best Single: City Of Blinding Lights and The Saints Are Coming
    &

    Worst Single: Even Better Than The Real Thing [which is a shame 'cause you'd expect from the song title to get a very good cover!]
  10. Originally posted by NoamTG
    Worst Single: Even Better Than The Real Thing [which is a shame 'cause you'd expect from the song [/quote]

    Well, the cover for the single is great, but not the remixes version
  11. Best Album Art - Achtung Baby // Zooropa
    Worst Album Art - October.

  12. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    Yeah. I love the [Zooropa] artwork, I just don't really know what it represents or what they're trying to say.

    Here's my personal interpretation: It's all about the changes in European society caused by technology - Vorsprung durch Technik. A gain in technology doesn't always bring a gain in life quality and life meaning.

    The stars on the cover symbolize the unifying globalizing European Union - as seen in the EU flag. Astronauts reach for the stars. So the astronaut- like figure symbolizes the modern European. The stars are circling like orbital TV broadcast satellites around his head. Now he lives between these satellite stars but is isolated in his own personal space suit in a status of information, advertising and entertainment overflow. He's cut from his traditional roots, and there's no direct human contact any more. Basically he's alone, and his only communication to the world is through antennas - and his facial expression's not happy at all. The cover background symbolizes the multi- channel TV info overflow that sums up to meaningless static pink noise. We are isolated from each other's souls and lost in space.

    Just my two cents, of course.

    Alex
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