Did you ever NOT buy an album because of its cover? - Page 3

atsonicpark · 11.19.2008, 04:01 PM

I'm pretty sure it's a promotional picture..

noisereductions · 11.19.2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I'm pretty sure it's a promotional picture..

for Kevin Shields' house.

This Is Not Here · 11.19.2008, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

I bought my first Butthole Surfers casette (Rembrandt Pussyhorse) when I was 5 because I liked the name, I didn't like the music till I was about 10.

I'm sorry dude, no offence or anything, but I just don't beleive you at all.

gohleekwang · 11.19.2008, 06:46 PM

YES,i will not buy an album with shit cover.

Death & the Maiden · 11.20.2008, 12:20 AM

I remember when I wanted to buy an Einstuerzende Neubauten album, and the only ones available were Halber Mensch and Haus der Luege. I went with Halber Mensch, because I didn't get or appreciate Haus der Luege's cover art.

EVOLghost · 11.20.2008, 12:28 AM

SuperCreep · 11.20.2008, 12:32 AM

Haus der Luge's cover art makes me feel muy uncomfortable.

Poor horsey. :7(

barnaclelapse · 11.20.2008, 12:59 AM

I can be annoyed by a really crappy cover, but if it's a band I know and love, it won't stop me from checking it out.

An unknown band, I suppose it's come up a couple of times in the past. I generally try not to focus on things like covers though, unless it's something particularly extraordinary.

gohleekwang · 11.20.2008, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by SuperCreep

Haus der Luge's cover art makes me feel muy uncomfortable.

Poor horsey. :7(

NO, that is a GREAT cover.

RdTv · 11.20.2008, 05:31 AM

Nefeli makes a good point about multi-album artists. You could even see that related to SY. For instance I love the cover of Murray Street. Interesting picture, good font, overall unassuming yet effective aesthetics. Based on my taste for cover art and inability to posses lots of money, I would probably pick that record over say BMR, if I didn't know anything about this band. Not that I dislike the BMR cover, but I never really liked the font chosen for the lettering, I dunno, doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the photo. Musically however, BMR surpasses Murray Street, no question.

greedrex · 11.20.2008, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Glice

your grandparents fought in two or more wars so that people wouldn't have conversations about effects pedals.

LAME AND ILL-INFORMED

batreleaser · 11.20.2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here

I'm sorry dude, no offence or anything, but I just don't beleive you at all.

I got the Green Day "Dookie" casette too that same day, believe what you will.

11.20.2008, 09:30 AM

It's not so strange. I've listened to my first Can and Neu! lp's when I was about 10. They weren't mine, but if I had the dough I'd have probably bought them.

batreleaser · 11.20.2008, 09:33 AM

Did anyone used to shop at record places like Coconuts or Strawberries like that when they were younger? There was a Coconuts next to the Stop n Shop when I lived in a town in Mass called Franklin, and once a week when my mom would go shopping she'd take me to Coconuts and buy me one casette, and later, one cd. Man, I got all sorts of shit from that lame ass store; "Ride the Lighning", "Master of Puppets", "Paranoid", "Nevermind", "Appetite for Destruction", The Kinks Greatest Hits, etc.. Wierd to think about now but that terrible commerical shop was super influential in my development as a lover of music.

batreleaser · 11.20.2008, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

It's not so strange. I've listened to my first Can and Neu! lp's when I was about 10. They weren't mine, but if I had the dough I'd have probably bought them.

Welp, that's way cooler than what I could even imagine listening at age 10, not that Slayer and Metallica aren't cool, yknow what I mean. I didn't really hear any Krautrock till I was like, 16, I think. The first Krautrock LP I heard was Can's "Future Days", decent album but bad intro to the genre.

PAULYBEE2656 · 11.20.2008, 09:34 AM

covers dont really matter to me. if they are nice, thats a bonus...

This Is Not Here · 11.20.2008, 09:37 AM

Much as I love the man, I'm not sure I could ever offend my record collection with this cover:

11.20.2008, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here

Much as I love the man, I'm not sure I could ever offend my record collection with this cover:

And the grand total of 1 good song is on that album too.

This Is Not Here · 11.20.2008, 09:55 AM

which is?

MellySingsDoom · 11.20.2008, 10:19 AM

For great sounds/"arrgh!" artwork, the first album by The Feelies takes some beating.

You can usually tell the greatness/crapness of most Krautrock by the relative goodness/shittiness of the cover (I speak as somoeone who was suckered into buying the Grobschnitt LP...)

11.19.2008, 04:01 PM	#41
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11.20.2008, 12:20 AM	#45
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	I remember when I wanted to buy an Einstuerzende Neubauten album, and the only ones available were Halber Mensch and Haus der Luege. I went with Halber Mensch, because I didn't get or appreciate Haus der Luege's cover art. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	Haus der Luge's cover art makes me feel muy uncomfortable. Poor horsey. :7( __________________
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11.20.2008, 12:59 AM	#48
barnaclelapse the destroyed room Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Waverly, Virginia Posts: 577	I can be annoyed by a really crappy cover, but if it's a band I know and love, it won't stop me from checking it out. An unknown band, I suppose it's come up a couple of times in the past. I generally try not to focus on things like covers though, unless it's something particularly extraordinary.
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11.20.2008, 05:31 AM	#50
RdTv invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lexington,KY USA Posts: 2,512	Nefeli makes a good point about multi-album artists. You could even see that related to SY. For instance I love the cover of Murray Street. Interesting picture, good font, overall unassuming yet effective aesthetics. Based on my taste for cover art and inability to posses lots of money, I would probably pick that record over say BMR, if I didn't know anything about this band. Not that I dislike the BMR cover, but I never really liked the font chosen for the lettering, I dunno, doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the photo. Musically however, BMR surpasses Murray Street, no question.
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11.20.2008, 09:30 AM	#53
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	It's not so strange. I've listened to my first Can and Neu! lp's when I was about 10. They weren't mine, but if I had the dough I'd have probably bought them.
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11.20.2008, 09:33 AM	#54
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	Did anyone used to shop at record places like Coconuts or Strawberries like that when they were younger? There was a Coconuts next to the Stop n Shop when I lived in a town in Mass called Franklin, and once a week when my mom would go shopping she'd take me to Coconuts and buy me one casette, and later, one cd. Man, I got all sorts of shit from that lame ass store; "Ride the Lighning", "Master of Puppets", "Paranoid", "Nevermind", "Appetite for Destruction", The Kinks Greatest Hits, etc.. Wierd to think about now but that terrible commerical shop was super influential in my development as a lover of music.
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	covers dont really matter to me. if they are nice, thats a bonus... __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	Much as I love the man, I'm not sure I could ever offend my record collection with this cover: __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	which is? __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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11.20.2008, 10:19 AM	#60
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	For great sounds/"arrgh!" artwork, the first album by The Feelies takes some beating. You can usually tell the greatness/crapness of most Krautrock by the relative goodness/shittiness of the cover (I speak as somoeone who was suckered into buying the Grobschnitt LP...) __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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