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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Coldplay: X&Y
Posted by Apri Hendri S. on 7:40 PM
The album’s cryptic cover art was designed by Tappin Gofton (aka Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton), who created the cover for The Chemical Brothers’, Push the Button. The blocks are the Baudot code-encoding (ITA2, a 5-bit alphanumeric encoding used by telegraphs) of the title of the album, X&Y. (Quoted from the Wiki page)
The CD booklet contains the ITA2-encoded alphabet. But to save time you can use this X&Y code/artwork generator to make your own messages and artwork.
Here’s Sleevage presented in X&Y form.
The final page of the booklet (seen below) contains the slogan “Make Trade Fair”, using the same encoded alphabet. Holding this at an APEC protest will really hit hard to all the Coldplay fans at the summit.
What makes this cover work so well, besides the fact it’s abstract design created a lot of buzz, is that it could easily be adapted for the single releases. There’s no mistaking these are all part of the one album.
Note: Speed of Sound was beaten to the top spot in the UK Singles chart by Crazy Frog.
And like the London 2012 Olympics logo will be remembered long after it’s release.
Now as good as this cover is if you live in Holland or South East Asia you would have seen these two alternate covers.
Asia I can understand culturally, as Chris Martin is a good looking white guy and from my experience in Indonesia all their marketing is “face” based, however the Dutch Special Edition just confuses me.
Posted by Ash on 1 August, 2007
Album: X&Y
Artist: Coldplay
Cover Artist: Mark Tappin, Simon Gofton
Record Label: Capitol
Design Studio: Tappin Gofton
Album Art, Alternative, Rock, 00s, Concept
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Michael Jackson: Dangerous
Posted by Apri Hendri S. on 11:33 PM
Regardless of what Michael has done to himself over the years there’s no doubt the dude can sing and dance. This cover for Dangerous is one of my favs and was also submitted by Elias of A+.
Designed and painted by Mark Ryden, again of Juxtapoz fame. It’s one that would have looked glorious as a 12 inch sleeve. You can look at this for hours and not see everything reviled only by Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club as one of the most intricate covers.
They released a special edition (before the word collectors had become popular) that folded out to become a diorama.
The closed cover was a masked version of the cover (see below)
This was well before Michael’s obsession with masks.
Album: Dangerous
Artist: Michael Jackson
Cover Artist: Mark Ryden
Record Label: Epic Records
Album Art, 90s, Art-based, Pop
http://sleevage.com
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Top 25 Album Covers of 2007 - Rolling Stone Readers
Posted by Apri Hendri S. on 12:42 AM
As chosen by the readers of Rolling Stone, here are the top 25 album covers of 2007. Click image for a larger view.
Some info sourced from http://www.cddesign.com
Some info sourced from http://www.cddesign.com
Cover Styles of the Young and Naked - A Warning!
Posted by Apri Hendri S. on 12:18 AM
Naked children and album covers do not mix! Don't let it happen to your son or daughter.
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.
