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Below are six album covers that were preselected from among this week's new music releases. The covers were chosen based on Amazon.com sales rank and for their noteworthy designs. Please vote for the cover that you believe is the best of the bunch.
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare   |
Best Coast - Crazy for You  | |
Fat Joe - The Darkside  |
Jorn - Dio  | |
Menomena - Mines  |
Rufio - Anybody Out There  |
According to our AlbumArtExchange Blog poll, the best album cover for the week of July 20, 2010 is Zero 7's Record: Best of Zero 7. The abstract design won with 57% of the vote. Brian Culbertson's XII and Sheryl Crow's 100 Miles from Memphis tied for a distant second place. Tokio Hotel's Humanoid City Live came in third with only two votes.
The artwork is by London-based artist and designer Zakee Shariff. It is an interesting image. The marble effect was created using silk-screened version of a painting and pen and ink.
Check back later this evening to vote on your favorite album cover from among this week's new music releases.
Below are six album covers that were preselected from among this week's new music releases. The album covers were chosen based on Amazon.com sales rank and for their noteworthy designs. Please vote for the album cover that you believe is the best of the bunch.
Brian Culbertson - XII  |
Lillian Axe - Deep Red Shadows  | |
Rick Ross - Teflon Don  |
Sheryl Crow - 100 Miles from Memphis  | |
Tokio Hotel - Humanoid City Live  |
Zero 7 - Record: Best of Zero 7  |
According to our AlbumArtExchange Blog poll, the best album cover for the week of July 13, 2010 is M.I.A.'s /\/\ /\ Y /\. The votes were very close this time, in part because all of the album covers in this batch of new releases were weak designs. There really wasn't a cover with a "wow" factor. Dark Night of the Soul by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse was in second place. Intriguer by Crowded House was third. Just one vote separated all three album covers this week.
The winning cover is interesting at best. It features a photograph of M.I.A. covered with the control bars for YouTube video players. Other elements of the design include a brick wall and bars of gold. There's supposed to be a message about corporate censorship or something.
Posted by: Joseebus
Check back this evening to vote on your favorite album cover from among this week's new music releases. The aritsts include Sheryl Crow, Tokio Hotel and Rick Ross.
Below are six album covers that were preselected from this week's new music releases. They were chosen based on Amazon.com sales rank and for their noteworthy album cover designs. Please vote for the album cover that you believe is the best of the bunch.
Crowded House - Intriguer |
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul  | |
Hellyeah - Stampede  |
M.I.A. - /\/\ /\ Y /\ | |
Norma Jean - Meridional |
Sting - Symphonicities  |
It looks as if Kylie Minogue fans rallied to vote for the cover of her new album Aphrodite in our Best Album Cover for the Week poll. The cover won by one of the largest percentages I have seen since we started running the poll. It received 67% of the vote. The self-titled album by How to Destroy Angels came in second with 20%. Flesh Tone by Kelis was a very distant third place winner with 7%.
Although I am not wild about this album cover (I think it looks more like a perfume ad), it shows that a flattering image of a popular recording artist always wins the hearts of his or her fans. Had this album cover not featured Minogue in this glorious pose, it could have been a dud with those who adore her.
Posted by: zeefritz
Come back later this evening to vote on the best album cover from among this week's new music releases. This week, we have a very eclectic mix of covers.
The AlbumArtExchange.com blog has been asking readers to vote on the Best Album Covers for the Week all year. Since we have passed the halfway mark of 2010, it is time to do a recap of the 26 album covers that have been selected as the best of the year so far.
The covers below are presented in chronological order. As always, you can click the image to see a larger view.
Below are six album cover that were preselected from this week's new music releases. They were chosen based on Amazon.com sales rank and for their noteworthy designs. Please vote for the album cover that you believe to be the best of the bunch.
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot...  |
Enrique Iglesias - Euphoria  | |
Five for Fighting - Slice  |
How to Destroy Angels - S/T  | |
Kelis - Flesh Tone  |
Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite  |
According to our AlbumArtExchange blog poll, the best album cover for the week of June 29, 2010 is Night Work by Scissor Sisters. The cover won with 54% of the vote. In second place with 25% of the vote was Wolf Parade's Expo 86 and Streets of Gold by 3OH!3 was a very distant third.
While many people assume that the cover is a photograph of the band's vocalist Jake Shears, it is actually an art photograph by the late Robert Mapplethorpe.
The photographer is known for his often controversial nudes with homoerotic and S&M themes. However, he also shot numerous photographs of rock stars such as Debbie Harry (right), Peter Gabriel, and Patti Smith. Mapplethorpe took the photograph for the cover of Smith's 1975 debut album Horses.
Come back this evening to vote for the best album cover from among this week's new music releases. I am going to predict that Kylie Minogue fans are going to rise to the occassion. The pop star is going up against Enrique Iglesias, Kelis, and a few surprise artists.
Below are six album covers that were preselected from among this week's new music releases. They were chosen based on Amazon.com sales rank and for their noteworthy album cover designs. Please vote the cover that you believe is the best of the bunch.
3OH!3 - Streets of Gold  |
Alex Band - We've All Been There  | |
Parkway Drive - Deep Blue  |
Scissor Sisters - Night Work  | |
The-Dream - Love King  |
Wolf Parade - Expo 86  |
According to our AlbumArtExchange blog poll, the best album cover for the week of June 22, 2010 is Further by The Chemical Brothers. The cover received 44% of the vote. Coming in second was Macy Gray's The Sellout, followed by Sia's We are Born.
The cover features a photograph of a woman diving into a pool of water. I have read some online comments from people who wrote that they couldn't figure out what the image was until they stared at it for a few minutes. I registered immediately for me.
Check back later this evening to vote for the best album cover from among this week's new music releases. We will have a controversial cover from Scissor Sisters and a rather eclectic assortment of artists.
Below are six album covers that were preselected from this week's new music releases. They were chosen based on Amazon.com sales rank and for their noteworthy designs. Please vote for the cover that you think is the best of the bunch.
The Chemical Brothers - Further  |
Laurie Anderson - Homeland  | |
Macy Gray - The Sellout  |
Ozzy Osbourne - Scream  | |
Sia - We are Born  |
Stars - The Five Ghosts  |
According to our AlbumArtExchange blog poll, best album cover for the week of June 15, 2010 is Devo's Something for Everybody. The cover won with 45% of the vote. Thank Me Later by Drake and Recovery by Eminem tied for a distant second place.
The album was supposedly created using market research that allowed fans to select everything from the tracks to the color of the band's costumes. The image on the album cover is called "Sexy Candy Dome Girl" and it depicts a sexy girl eating the band's trademark energy dome hat.
Check back later this evening to vote for the best album cover from among this week's new music releases. This week's poll features covers by Macy Gray, The Chemical Brothers, Ozzy Obbourne and three other noteworthy artists.
Below are six album covers that were preselected from among this week's new music releases. The were chosen based on Amazon.com sales rank and for their noteworthy designs. Please vote for the album cover that you believe is the best of the bunch.
Devo - Something for Everybody  |
Drake - Thank Me Later  | |
Eminem - Recovery  |
Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1  | |
Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion  |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo  |
According to our AlbumArtExchange Blog poll, the best album cover for the week of June 8, 2010 is Christina Aguilera's Bionic. It looks as if a large number of Aguilera's fans rallied to vote for her cover. It won with 56% of the vote. Travie McCoy's Lazarus came in second and LP4 by Ratatat was third.
I made it clear when this album cover was released that I think it is far from good. Everything from the cliché cartoon lips to the dripping paint effect on the typography looks like a first year art school project. The drawing on the robot side of the face looks like a doodle on the cover of a bored high school kid's notebook.
Check back this evening to vote on the best album cover from this week's new music releases. There are covers from Eminem, Sarah McLachlan, Drake, and a couple of surprises.
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