Genesis album art
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Topic: Genesis album art
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Subject: Genesis album art
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 18:50
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I think both of these have fantastic art... Gonna go with Wind and Wuthering. Any time I listen to it, I always picture what's going on in the songs in black and white. Sets the mood for the entire album.
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Posted By: Snowbound1997
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:00
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I can't vote, but i choose Wind And Wuthering ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/whankggh/?chartstyle=lastfmblue" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:03
| Wind And Wuthering for me. It's my favorite album art by them. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:16
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W&W for sure. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 19:17
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i can't decide here; ill go for ATotT just to boost its self-esteem a bit. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 21:20
| Wind and Wuthering... it might just as well be my favourite cover art from them. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 23:09
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Wind and Wuthering. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 00:23
| Both artworks suit the music contained within, but W&W is my preferred cover. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 00:43
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Support for the subtlety and nuance of W&W. I just love the stark atmospheric nature of it. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 01:39
| A Trick of the Tail |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 02:17
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Trick. WAW is nice but Trick artwork is classic. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 02:21
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Wind and Wuthering. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 02:30
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To me Genesis has always had consistently bad cover art; the only one worth its salt is Selling England. Trick of the Tail is okay but Wuthering? It's some friggin trees in a meadow with some birds. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 02:31
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The drawings on A Trick of the Tail is wonderful but Nursery Cryme has my actual favorite Genesis-cover (possibly not so interested in W&W cover art because I don't enjoy it as much as you all seem to)
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 02:47
| Better the pale, neutral front cover of W&W than the over-convoluted one for ATotT (I'd rather have the latter done in black-and-white than brown-and-yellow). |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 02:51
And your avatar is a talking fruit
 ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Atavachron wrote:Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 02:59
Simplicity sometimes is perfection.
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Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 03:00
| A Trick of the Tale, I like the squonk or whatever that thing is. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 03:03
It is indeed, unfortunately Wuthering is simply bad. I've seen better paintings by children. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 03:08
The album art is beautiful,bro.Take a second look ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 03:18
| I agree that cover art was not Genesis's strong suit. Music still rocks though. Yes had the best cover artwork, and I wonder why that was... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 03:20
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^^ are they leaves from an Autumnal deciduous tree, or are they birds..... .....are the seasons changing, what the heck is going on.....?? The scene of the tree, the colours and the tone really match the mood of the album, not to mention the opening minute or so of Eleventh Earl Of Mar sums up the cover better than I could visually...... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 03:30
I'm guessing because they wisely hired a world class artist to represent their hard-worked music. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 03:54
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WaW cover is the winner for me. And it is fine. As somebody said before me - it adds to the album music another tone... BTW Genesis art covers really hasn't been nothing special. I quite like Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot covers (they are strange but in some way entertaining with pieces of songs pictured on them). SEBTP is neutral and TLLDOB is not so good. And then it IMO goes worse (except WaW) all the time.
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Posted By: PrognosticMind
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 05:23
| I've always liked A Trick of The Tail's album art. Whimsical and fitting. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 08:18
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I'm partial to Wind and Wuthering.
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 09:25
I think it's a nice painting that evokes a mood---but my complaint about it is it's very subtle and doesn't stand out unless you have the album---it doesn't read well on a small CD---but it's still a tough choice as I like both--as art I'd choose W&W as an album cover Trick.Love lot's of Genesis covers especially, SEBTP (a great illustration) The Lamb, Foxtrot, Trick and W&W and Seconds Out!
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 12:41
| Wind and Wuthering's cover art is rather subdued compared to its predecessor's. That one had the appropriate amount of what was needed right out of the gate with Collins taking over on vocals: a grand visual statement of the band's new direction and vision. A lesser effort, art-wise, would have somewhat diminished the effect of the band's restart. All hail A Trick of the Tail! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 14:47
Especially at the flip side. It is true that the image has more impact on the larger vinyl cover, the medium for which the image was designed. Many albums in the 70s had this quality - what you see on the obverse is modified or reflected on the reverse in some clever way. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 02:52
| Got to admit I've never cared that much for Genesis artwork apart from maybe Cryme and Foxtrot at a push. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 13:27
This ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 16:40
A Trick of the Tail.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 18:32
Wind And Wuthering - fits the music better, and ATOTT's cover feels a bit taped together (as with Foxtrot) 
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Posted By: midnightmadness
Date Posted: September 30 2014 at 02:59
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As you can probably tell from my avatar, my choice is Wind and Wuthering. I love how it tells a story (albeit a very short one) and amplifies the album's autumnal feel. It's my favourite album musically, so I'm probably a bit partial towards it. As for A Trick of the Tail's artwork, like someone else mentioned, it's really just some characters from the songs thrown onto a parchment, as compared to W&W, which has a lot more depth and serves more of a purpose. I also think that ATOTT's artwork gives the album an antiquated feel (for better or worse). I haven't decided whether ATOTT's art reflects the music or if I have just come to associate the two. Although, I do quite like ATOTT's art.
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: September 30 2014 at 04:10
| ATOTT |
Posted By: Darious
Date Posted: September 30 2014 at 05:19
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Sorry to say that, but lonely tree in a field surrounded by the mist is as cliché and bad to me as the picture of some blonde virgin riding a white horse along the beach, or even worse, Manhattan skyline at night. Wind & Wuthering cover is, I personally feel, the most unfortunate Genesis album cover of all. I prefer the Trick of the Tail album cover as I like to observe behaviours. And the Trick of the Tail cover is very rich in presenting behaviours. Therefore my vote goes for the Trich of the Tail album cover ------------- Writing about truth is a little bit like getting your dick out in public and hoping no one laughs (Steve Hogarth) |