il Buono, il Brutto, il AlbumArto
Take a band. Take its album cover highlights. Take its album cover lowlights.
Swish it all around in your mouth. Comment.
The Moody Blues
This is a 2001 compilation of the Moody Blues' pre-Justin Hayward days, before they got all epic and grandiose. In the early-to-mid 1960's the band was riding the English Merseybeat wave, though here they look like Dutch Reservoir Dogs. This is a cool picture made cooler by the sleek silhouettes, the empty sky space, and just the right amount of windmill. I also like the throwback label at the top, and even the name of the album works in a Meet the Beatles sort of way.
This is the cover to The Other Side of Life, released in 1986. OF COURSE it was released in 1986. Look at it. Xeroxed head shots of the band floating around a chemistry lab in space. The other side of life doesn't make any sense. And even though these glamor shots are floating around in zero gravity, somehow the beakers and crap remain affixed to the tables, which themselves somehow remain affixed to the floor. Also, nice spacelab wall trim.
Again, back to the pre-Hayward days. In fact this is the band's debut album, The Magnificent Moodies, released in 1965. I don't know if this picture came from the same photo shoot as the image that appears on the cover of An Introduction to the Moody Blues, but it very well could have. It would be a great cover too were it not for the goofy Rocky & Bullwinkle-fonted text spilling all over everywhere. I like that the horizon is hard to discern. I like the guy on the right straddling the water. I don't like the gigantic letter E balancing on that one guy's head.
Take a band. Take its album cover highlights. Take its album cover lowlights.
Swish it all around in your mouth. Comment.
The Moody Blues
This is a 2001 compilation of the Moody Blues' pre-Justin Hayward days, before they got all epic and grandiose. In the early-to-mid 1960's the band was riding the English Merseybeat wave, though here they look like Dutch Reservoir Dogs. This is a cool picture made cooler by the sleek silhouettes, the empty sky space, and just the right amount of windmill. I also like the throwback label at the top, and even the name of the album works in a Meet the Beatles sort of way.
This is the cover to The Other Side of Life, released in 1986. OF COURSE it was released in 1986. Look at it. Xeroxed head shots of the band floating around a chemistry lab in space. The other side of life doesn't make any sense. And even though these glamor shots are floating around in zero gravity, somehow the beakers and crap remain affixed to the tables, which themselves somehow remain affixed to the floor. Also, nice spacelab wall trim.
Again, back to the pre-Hayward days. In fact this is the band's debut album, The Magnificent Moodies, released in 1965. I don't know if this picture came from the same photo shoot as the image that appears on the cover of An Introduction to the Moody Blues, but it very well could have. It would be a great cover too were it not for the goofy Rocky & Bullwinkle-fonted text spilling all over everywhere. I like that the horizon is hard to discern. I like the guy on the right straddling the water. I don't like the gigantic letter E balancing on that one guy's head.
