Brian's New Album Cover

[brianc]

"Love Surrounds Me" is emotional, but it's also dripping with lust and longing. Don't ruin it for me, Roger! It's the one card on that LP cover that I really, really love.

 

[Roger Ryan]

Wait a minute...we're talking about the postcard for "Love Surrounds Me"? Oh, that one's sublime! Peter Saville himself could not have done better. 

[brianc]

Nice...

[Wirestone]

I've always been partial to the Imagination promo art -- pretty disturbing, actually.

[elnombre]

I can't believe anyone likes the 'Friends' cover - it's hideous! They could have at least got someone who could draw.

[brianc]

I love the Friends cover, and that Imagination promo, if that is the real thing... incredible.

[Wirestone]

Brian -- It absolutely is the real thing. I have it in front of me now, and the promos have been bopping around the web for a few years now (presumably as record critics clear out their collections). That art is actually inside the released Imagination liner notes, only reproduced quite small.

And incredible in a good or bad way? Personally, I've always felt it was heads and shoulders above the released CD cover. But it doesn't quite reflect the music, I suppose.

[Wirestone]

And let's not forget the singles.

[phirnis]

Love the Imagination promo art. So much better than what ended up as the album's cover!

While the Friends cover might not be a piece of high art in itself, it's just as nice and charming as the brilliant music the sleeve contained.

[BiNNS]

I really like that Love & Mercy artwork. Also, that Do It Again cover is pretty nice. Brian just always looks so damn cool in sunglasses.

[shelter]

The person who photoshopped Brian's picture here went a little overboard... It doesn't actually look like Brian anymore and it looks like he's 30 years old...

[Wirestone]

And it looks like his head is exploding.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

The Love & Mercy cover looks like Daniel Johnston's art work.

That's it exactly - the image would be perfect for "All I Want To Do", but cactus as penis cheapens a really beautiful song.

All this time I thought I was the only one who felt that way about that cactus. I just though I was being perverted!

[Custom Machine]

Because of its strong sense of symmetry, the TLOS cover reminds me of Dean Torrence's graphic design work, especially on the cover of Love You.

As far as past BW solo covers are concerned, PS Live and Live at the Roxy seem like especially weak and blah designs to me, while BW 88 is my favorite.

[the captain]

The Love & Mercy cover looks like Daniel Johnston's art work.

Nah, there's no Captain America or big eyeball!

[XY]

Wow, now that's something for the more arty tastes, although I can see why it didn't make it onto the final product.
The sun reminds a bit of the Imagine mosaic in Central Park.

[smile-holland]

From 15 Big Ones on, all of the Beach Boys album covers were mediocre to horrible. Compared to these, Brian's solo album cover art has been an improvement.

I like the "LA (Light Album)" cover. Twelve postcards by twelve different artists, one for each song, one for the band name and one for the album title. That's a pretty cool concept.

speaking of postcards, check this!!
http://cgi.ebay.nl/VINTAGE-BEACH-BOYS-LOVE-SURROUNDS-ME-POSTCARD_W0QQitemZ170242247303QQihZ007QQcategoryZ32999QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[matt-zeus]

Wow, now that's something for the more arty tastes, although I can see why it didn't make it onto the final product.
The sun reminds a bit of the Imagine mosaic in Central Park.

It's a better cover than the real one. I thought the title was always very ironic considering how unimaginative I found most of the songs!

[Ron]

I like the cover.  The text is simple, yes, but it kind of has that carnival look to it, kid like text since Brian's kind of immature anyways.  I like that the cover doesn't try to necessarily mimic the music or try to be overly important, it looks lighthearted which is how I take the album anyways.  The spoken word parts are very whimsical and stuff like "Good kind of love" and "Oxygen" are really optimistic and happy songs.  Even "going home" and "Southern California" are optimistic.  Brian gets a little preachy sometimes and I'm happy that this album isn't overloaded with that. 

GO BRIAN!!

[Jay]

I've always been partial to the Imagination promo art -- pretty disturbing, actually.

Am I the only person here looking at the drawing of the person, and seeing a "bullet hole"(for lack of a better term) in the head? 

[Fun Is In]

[/quote] Am I the only person here looking at the drawing of the person, and seeing a "bullet hole"(for lack of a better term) in the head? 
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Blemish or sloppiness, like around the mouth, but could be a 45 cal entry wound.

[c-man]

I really like that Love & Mercy artwork. Also, that Do It Again cover is pretty nice. Brian just always looks so damn cool in sunglasses.

He looks like a mob hitman.