Destination: Beautiful. The Everglow. Mae’s first two albums had cover artwork that were received extremely well by fans and non-fans alike.
Then came Singularity. The artwork for this album was met with derision from the second it was released from the same people who lauded the other covers. Its simplistic, colorless nature led to many labeling it boring and, perhaps unconsciously, these people may have gone into their first listen with a bias toward the album being a boring one because the art under whelmed them. Regardless of your thoughts on this particular album, we at Absolutepunk.net would like to know--do you think that there is a correlation between the artwork and the album?
Some will argue that album art is the reason for the purchase of the album in these digital days, offering that it is as much a part of the album entity as the music itself. Some say that it’s unnecessary; the music is all that matters. However, it is undeniable that the artwork can be its own subject of controversy.
Album artwork can be a factor of influence not only for how an album sounds, but also for the decision to listen to it. Maybe you remember this album? While the reaction of the typical Absolutepunk.net reader was one of shock, imagine being someone who had never heard of this band before and saw this album in the store. Do you think that they would give it a chance or pass it up?
There are many bad album covers out there; would you take the time to listen to them or would you judge the music by its bad cover? Can you recount any experiences of being turned off from trying out an album because of its art?
On the other hand, there is some spectacular artwork out there. Has album artwork ever influenced you to purchase or listen to an album on a whim?
Does the artwork need to correlate to a specific theme, feeling, or mood that the album conveys? Does it even matter?
Do you think album art still matters?
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Then came Singularity. The artwork for this album was met with derision from the second it was released from the same people who lauded the other covers. Its simplistic, colorless nature led to many labeling it boring and, perhaps unconsciously, these people may have gone into their first listen with a bias toward the album being a boring one because the art under whelmed them. Regardless of your thoughts on this particular album, we at Absolutepunk.net would like to know--do you think that there is a correlation between the artwork and the album?
Some will argue that album art is the reason for the purchase of the album in these digital days, offering that it is as much a part of the album entity as the music itself. Some say that it’s unnecessary; the music is all that matters. However, it is undeniable that the artwork can be its own subject of controversy.
Album artwork can be a factor of influence not only for how an album sounds, but also for the decision to listen to it. Maybe you remember this album? While the reaction of the typical Absolutepunk.net reader was one of shock, imagine being someone who had never heard of this band before and saw this album in the store. Do you think that they would give it a chance or pass it up?
There are many bad album covers out there; would you take the time to listen to them or would you judge the music by its bad cover? Can you recount any experiences of being turned off from trying out an album because of its art?
On the other hand, there is some spectacular artwork out there. Has album artwork ever influenced you to purchase or listen to an album on a whim?
Does the artwork need to correlate to a specific theme, feeling, or mood that the album conveys? Does it even matter?
Do you think album art still matters?
More...
