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« Reply #100 on: July 18, 2008, 11:17:01 AM »

"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.

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« Reply #101 on: July 18, 2008, 11:41:33 AM »

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.  Wink
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« Reply #102 on: July 18, 2008, 11:42:16 AM »

Nice...
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« Reply #103 on: July 18, 2008, 12:38:34 PM »

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

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« Reply #104 on: July 18, 2008, 12:50:14 PM »

I can't believe anyone likes the 'Friends' cover - it's hideous! They could have at least got someone who could draw.
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« Reply #105 on: July 18, 2008, 01:38:14 PM »

I love the Friends cover, and that Imagination promo, if that is the real thing... incredible.
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« Reply #106 on: July 18, 2008, 02:33:18 PM »

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.
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« Reply #107 on: July 18, 2008, 02:49:51 PM »

And let's not forget the singles.




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« Reply #108 on: July 18, 2008, 03:29:24 PM »

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.
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« Reply #109 on: July 18, 2008, 03:42:34 PM »

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.
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« Reply #110 on: July 19, 2008, 12:08:07 PM »


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...
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« Reply #111 on: July 19, 2008, 12:47:36 PM »

And it looks like his head is exploding.
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« Reply #112 on: July 19, 2008, 01:04:23 PM »

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

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« Reply #113 on: July 19, 2008, 03:46:05 PM »

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.
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« Reply #114 on: July 19, 2008, 05:09:51 PM »

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

Nah, there's no Captain America or big eyeball!
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« Reply #115 on: July 20, 2008, 12:14:06 AM »



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.

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« Reply #116 on: July 27, 2008, 04:27:40 AM »

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.

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« Reply #117 on: July 28, 2008, 02:25:01 AM »



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!
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« Reply #118 on: August 02, 2008, 08:54:46 PM »

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. 

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« Reply #119 on: August 02, 2008, 11:49:42 PM »

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?  Shocked
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« Reply #120 on: August 03, 2008, 06:10:33 AM »


[/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?  Shocked
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Blemish or sloppiness, like around the mouth, but could be a 45 cal entry wound.
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« Reply #121 on: August 03, 2008, 09:35:24 AM »

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.
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