HolyLight Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 So not to be the total opposite to the other thread, since I think it will be quite limiting to find stuff with great cover art and bad music. Let's focus here on great cover art, irrespective of how the quality of the music is. Although we can of course discuss the music as well. My first example is this one, and depending on who you ask the music might be great or bad or something in-between. https://www.discogs.com/SFX-The-Unreleased-Tracks-89-94/release/68966 I never liked any of the tracks on it, as they did sound dated even when it was released. Perhaps it's interesting to hear how their sound developed since then. The artwork on it is an entirely different thing. It looks amazing even to this day with its handdrawn very psychedelic artwork. Funny thing is I didn't even notice that it has the letters SFX camouflaged into the organic looking mess, until just recently. Which basically makes it organic acid graffiti. A friend of a friend had this one as an original poster framed on the wall. Really nice This one is OK, not mindblowing but also benefitting from the organic handmade quality. Perhaps the slightly anime-influenced style makes it a tad bit on the cheesy side of things. Since I think there has been a lot of anime inspired stuff in full-on etc. So that is definitely overplayed. https://www.discogs.com/Various-Lunar-Civilization/release/83307 This CD though, has a real banger: Wizzy Noise-Shores Of Freedom Epic track still! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokanje Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Ooh I like that SFX cover, and come to think of it, some of my favorite cover art is also abstract and weird like that. VA - Vibraspirit 11 Skizologic - Stimulation (actually, most of his releases have good looking cover art) Stereofeld - Frequenzwechsel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyLight Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Love the skizologic cover, never seen it before. Looks almost like it's inspired by maya artwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyLight Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 The shamanisma looks amazing, the dragon tales as well. The letters fits really well with the handdrawn background art. The infected one is sublime, like some kind of resident evil infection with shrooms. Love the muted color scheme. The sandman Witchcraft cover is pure psychedelia. Who made that one? Looks like the quality found on blotter art. The Crossing Mind one looks very artsy and abstract. Kinda neat, I can clearly see that the inspiration must have been Pleiadians-I.F.O. But the Pleiadians one is way cooler, since it has some weird bird-like alien creatures 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 ^ the Sandman coverart is an original painting by visionary artist Alex Grey Ps. I love this VA's artwork, and tracks. To own the physical is to understand its niceness: https://www.discogs.com/Domino-Moon/release/385478 Actually, the Goagilde VA on KER is kind of inspired by it. Here is the audio: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microdelic Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Parasense first album Apple. Definitely! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microdelic Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Ozric's 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microdelic Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Bluetech's remaster version of Elementary Particles album. Amazing album and amazing Artwork !!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microdelic Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Always been loving this one. I like the dancing crowd at the background. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyLight Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Ozric and Bluetech win. Beautiful artwork! Fantastic imagination from the creators of those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyLight Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 The synsun one also really cool, reminds me of the vibe on the legend of the black shawarma cover and people walk funny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartzabel Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 This one which a brand new EP from Zenon is IMO gorgeous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyLight Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 Interesting style, very nice colors. Gives me a bit of a retrofuturistic vibe. Quite dreamy/abstract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyLight Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Fabián Arturo Jiménez Gally aka Farbo has made some very good album covers over the years, and some not so great as well. I picked out the ones I think holds up best visually, and thus it has nothing to do with the music on the album/compilations. Most of which I haven't heard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astralprojection Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 macrophage and that braincell global sect is killing the artworks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padmapani Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 global sect covers i think need either a nice screen or a large blanket to work well. they look really good in digital form (and presumably even better as deco at a party with uv light). but on a small cd in the shelf it's just a dark sheet with a few lines on it. i guess vinyl would already be better for the artwork than the dvd-size packaging that mystery and terraformer have. @diaks i've always loved the d5 covers but these are all amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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