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    Posted: September 23 2009 at 09:02
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

no that's a genuine error on my part, thanks for pointing that out, as a dyslexic I have problems with words that look wrong, but are right, and look right but are wrong.


It's okay, but you weren't the only one doing it. I realize that not everyone can see word-shapes the way I do (that's how I spell correctly - it's almost entirely a visual process for me), but to me the difference between Hipgnosis and Hypnosis is like the difference between Camelot and Camel. ;)
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Making art in an child-like style isn't bad at all, while it is done professionally and with real inspiration. That Moon Safari looks like it tries to emulate the cover of Genesis' Foxtrot... with no real success. 


Oh, sure. Not that I think that Foxtrot is a great sleeve, but you can tell it's done by someone with some sort of artist's eye. Actually, properly capturing childlike innocence towards art as an adult is one of the hardest things in the world.
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Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom. Wonderful album, dreadful art work.
With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince.
With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2009 at 07:38
Originally posted by Teaflax Teaflax wrote:

Also, is it some sort of weird-ass tribute to the opening post's gratingly repetitive use of "grate" that not a one of you can be bothered to spell Hipgnosis right?

Hip = slang term meaning "with the times"
Gnosis = esoteric spiritual knowledge
no that's a genuine error on my part, thanks for pointing that out, as a dyslexic I have problems with words that look wrong, but are right, and look right but are wrong.
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Originally posted by Teaflax Teaflax wrote:

. Even Dean has turned out some clunkers in his time, like the ABWH sleeve, which is a garish mess.



For me...one of the better aspects of that album is the cover. 
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Making art in an child-like style isn't bad at all, while it is done professionally and with real inspiration. That Moon Safari looks like it tries to emulate the cover of Genesis' Foxtrot... with no real success. 
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yeah that's more likely
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ looks like a classic case of "hey my roommate's an artist, he could do the cover!"


Actually, I think it's worse than that. It's "Hey, our singer can draw, right?"
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^ looks like a classic case of "hey my roommate's an artist, he could do the cover!"
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The overrealiance on fantasy-like imagery by sub-Roger Dean imitators in the lower tier of modern Prog is just embarrassing (although it occasionally works, like on Trion's Tortoise). Even Dean has turned out some clunkers in his time, like the ABWH sleeve, which is a garish mess.

The worst recent offender is Moon Safari's  [blomljud], which looks like it was drawn by a color-blind ten-year-old. The logo is equally terrible.


Both Circa albums have sleeves that pretend to be minimalistically stylish, but are just lazy (the second one more so than the first, though).

Also, is it some sort of weird-ass tribute to the opening post's gratingly repetitive use of "grate" that not a one of you can be bothered to spell Hipgnosis right?

Hip = slang term meaning "with the times"
Gnosis = esoteric spiritual knowledge
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Originally posted by Luke. J Luke. J wrote:

You may start throwing tormatoes at me.
The Wall. It might fit. Nevertheless, it is not the best to do to an album as great as The Wall is.

The Walls cover fits the contents perfectly for me. It's dull and it makes me angry.
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ehh not all Supertramp covers are that grate (its probably art for some peapol
http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Supertramp_-_Indelibly_Stamped.gif what were they thinking
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Originally posted by theBox theBox wrote:

^^^^^ I always thought it was SCALES and some poor guy's FEET hovering up there in space....


I think my tongue was maybe not a million miles away from my cheek re satellite TV Wink
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Originally posted by explodingjosh explodingjosh wrote:

Originally posted by kingfriso kingfriso wrote:

Originally posted by theBox theBox wrote:

^^^^^ I always thought it was SCALES and some poor guy's FEET hovering up there in space....


Damn... I thought it was a Van der Graaf Generator (science instrument) in space. The cover is however among my favourites! The strange this is: The one shown is dark blue, mine has a light blue cover and I've seen purple and white covers... strange that is .

Haha, the irony...... not only is the imagery strange, but the background color is strangely seen in different hues
In 40 years I've never seen this as a strange image, I've always thought it was Themis, (Blind Justice).
 
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Originally posted by kingfriso kingfriso wrote:

Originally posted by theBox theBox wrote:

^^^^^ I always thought it was SCALES and some poor guy's FEET hovering up there in space....


Damn... I thought it was a Van der Graaf Generator (science instrument) in space. The cover is however among my favourites! The strange this is: The one shown is dark blue, mine has a light blue cover and I've seen purple and white covers... strange that is .

Haha, the irony...... not only is the imagery strange, but the background color is strangely seen in different hues
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Originally posted by theBox theBox wrote:

^^^^^ I always thought it was SCALES and some poor guy's FEET hovering up there in space....


Damn... I thought it was a Van der Graaf Generator (science instrument) in space. The cover is however among my favourites! The strange this is: The one shown is dark blue, mine has a light blue cover and I've seen purple and white covers... strange that is .
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Points: 2506 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2009 at 02:23
Originally posted by Tarquin Underspoon Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:


^ yep - should never take Hypnosis covers at face value Wink

 


 

Oh wow. Ok, you guys win, that's awesome. That's what I get for not owning a physical copy. Shame on me.


Yeah shame on you! We shall publibly nail you down!
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Points: 65858 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2009 at 01:35
Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:





 
Red is horrible, Led Zeppelin II is great.
Wat? Red is awesome, it's just the three of them looking all dark and intense, perfect for the music.

Bah, that LZ cover is lame, who the hell is that with them, pirates, sea captains of some sort? I've never gotten what was going on there. :P



I always liked the Zep ll cover, they just superimposed their faces on a group shot of some old airship crew (or motorcycle gang, not exactly sure myself)..

and the Red photo is just a lift from the With the Beatles classic cover




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Originally posted by Jake Kobrin Jake Kobrin wrote:


Originally posted by KoS KoS wrote:

Ever since I started buying download-able albums, I have stopped looking at cover art. Unless, of course it is really impressive.
I wish Steven Wilson would smash an iPod over your head. Wink




Gotta love the anti-downloads mentality
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^^^^^ I always thought it was SCALES and some poor guy's FEET hovering up there in space....
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