English rock musician Peter Frampton recently revealed the cover for his forthcoming album Thank You, Mr. Churchill. The album is scheduled to be released on April 27, 2010 and is currently available for preorder on Amazon.com.
The cover features the unlikely combination of a WWII era fighter plane and a baby. One may at first assume this pairing may have a bad result, that is absolutely not the case. Either element would be seem ordinary seperately. Together, there is an implied story of hope and wonder. I really like it. I would compare it to Nirvana’s Nevermind for effective use of an infant on an album cover. And who doesn’t like vintage airplanes?
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Thanks for posting this! While I really enjoy the usage of two disparate elements to create impact I’m not sure about this cover.
If the light source was more consistent on both the baby and the plane perhaps the cover would have more unity. The plane looks stuck in the sky without movement… these things are distracting me from the concept.
The Nirvana one works a lot better… the dollar bill does actually look like it’s under water and not just cut + pasted onto a photo.
My two cents! :-)
Good points, Bethany. I agree that the Nirvana cover is superior. It is the baby’s line of sight that bothers me the most. He’s not looking at the bottom center of the airplane, which would make it work — but would require some skill to accomplish. The distance between the baby and the plane can be assumed to be abbreviated. But, the line of sight has to be right.