Author Topic: Best Album Covers of 2008  (Read 5118 times)

tommyneo

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2009, 06:54:17 PM »
I like The cover of 808s and heartbreak very much.

Reminds me of the Peter Saville sleve for New Order's Blue Monday.
Peppers and eggs? That's what I should have got.

Pat K

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2009, 01:15:55 PM »
Respect must be paid:

I'm warning you with peace and love.

Spoony

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2009, 04:56:07 PM »
Pete Seville's one of The Greats when it comes to album design. The running joke in design is how notoriously bad with deadlines he is.

He's gotten really into materials in the last few years, like with Nick Cave's Abbatoir Blues double, which is a shame because packaging in itself is going the way of the dinosaur.

hugman

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2009, 05:41:23 PM »
where can we see your work, sir spoon?

Spoony

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2009, 06:09:14 PM »
WHY THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION!

I don't have an online portfolio. I'll see if I can find links to anything.

andrew in philadelphia

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2009, 06:20:42 PM »
man man - "rabbit habits"



boris - "smile"


Spoony

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2009, 06:40:04 PM »
Here are a couple of album covers from my brief stint as a High-Powered Record Label Art Director. I'm not completely embarrassed by these.





This was a nightmare, from beginning to end, but holey moley, the stories I got out of it....


Great illustrator, Nic Rad.


I can't find anything terribly exciting. My division of the High-Powered Record Label Art Director didn't handle very many exciting acts. Although I don't think she's in the good graces of the Show, Nicole and I still stay in touch and her music stands out among the mediocre fare that you'll usually find at Sony.

masterofsparks

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2009, 06:59:23 PM »
I like those, Spoony (especially the first one). Nice work!

Like I said earlier, I have no visual skills whatsoever, but my wife designed this cover:

I'll probably go into the wee hours.

hugman

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2009, 03:19:07 AM »
Nice work, spoony. Thanks for sharing.

iAmBaronVonTito

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Re: Best Album Covers of 2008
« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2009, 09:58:32 AM »
nice work, Spoony.

MoS, your lady does have a good eye.