Usher’s Raymond v. Raymond album cover revealed

The cover for Usher’s forthcoming album Raymond v. Raymond was revealed on the artist’s website this weekend. The final cover is significantly different from the artwork that was previously being used to promote the album (right). However, the photograph that was used for the final cover appears to be from the same photo shoot.

The final cover features a split image of the artist. It appears to be an atrempt to mimic the reverse image seen in the typography. However, the split image of Usher is not a mirror image. Instead, it is the right and left sides of the photograph. I think that this probably works better than using the left or right side twice. A complete mirror image would likely be too much.

Raymond v. Raymond is scheduled to be released on March 30, 2010. It will be the artist’s sixth studio album.