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Discussion: Laziest album cover/art of all time?
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by AlphaOmega
Glory.
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I don't get why everyones bringing up Glory when its at least nicer than these
 
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by Bounce
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was about to say this one too, but the logo is beautiful and probably took some skill to make.
The LED Neon colors in the logo also made sense because of the EDM songs and her Vegas residency
Also her being naked or "bare" coincides with the Personal theme.
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Originally posted by britkneepopboi
was about to say this one too, but the logo is beautiful and probably took some skill to make.
Also her being naked or "bare" coincides with the Personal theme.
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I actually really liked the neon sign heart logo as well, I just wish they had used it for this album instead of that one. its pretty sick. britney jean didnt deserve that dope logo.
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Originally posted by Misanthrope
I actually really liked the neon sign heart logo as well, I just wish they had used it for this album instead of that one. its pretty sick. britney jean didnt deserve that dope logo.
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Honestly.
The original Glory shoot (Make Me cover art) would have been 10x better
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Originally posted by britkneepopboi
Honestly.
The original Glory shoot (Make Me cover art) would have been 10x better
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fuuuuck yeah. she looked amazing in those shots and I loved the desert landscape aesthetic.
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I AM JUST NOW NOTICING THE JUDAS SINGLE COVER  IS that REAL 
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Originally posted by AlphaOmega
Glory.
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I defended it when it came out, but now I'm slowly starting to realise exactly how tragic it is 
EDIT: OMG IT IS REAL 
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Originally posted by Tutankhamun
This photoshop stamp tool mess 
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Terrible
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Originally posted by americanlife
Omg just noticed the reflection
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She did it for texture 
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Originally posted by Aurora
It's literally just a photo (and a bad one at that) The fact that they didn't even bother trying to edit it / add text to it is tragic (and no it's not artistic, it's lazy). Thank god for the deluxe cover, which is 10000% better (and the lack of text is actually fitting since she's not wearing any clothes either). |
I actually love this one, the shattered glass, and blue coloring is really nice
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Originally posted by MissedTheTrain
Lazy means they didn't even try or put much effort, like a screenshot from a music video with some text added.
The Piece By Piece cover, although it looks messy, wasn't lazy by any means. It's not like they found a random plain pic of her and pressed a button for an effect. That effect was done by the camera, not the computer. The photographer used a lot several unique camera lenses and lighting effects, and he experimented a good bit with it. The only photoshopping done to it was the colors.
He used that same lens attachment for a few other pics they released.
BTW clearly was a concept, although it was out there. Another one that was far from lazy. |
This is so ridiculously tacky. The fact that you're arguing that there was thought put into this lazy mess does not help your case.
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Originally posted by BYoncé
The Self-Titled cover is impactful, hence why pink on black all-caps fonts are instantly associated with Beyoncé, the cover went through many revisions before achieving the desired punch and you can just stay mad that it's iconography is more memorable than a majority of your faves last album covers.
The album and it's visuals are link, and there's no reason why she should've done a typical pop-girl glamazon shoot when each of the visuals had associated photoshoots to represent the songs already. On that note, the single covers aren't video stills, they're actual photographs. There's a difference between taking a screencap of a video (a la the Glory cover) versus an actual photograph, hence why this was the booklet image for Flawless, but Beyoncé standing like this is not a scene in the videos.
You can try to spin this any way you want, but it's hilarious how you run into every thread looking to make a disparaging comment about Beyoncé, do something better with your time |
oh my
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Originally posted by Aurora
It's literally just a photo (and a bad one at that) The fact that they didn't even bother trying to edit it / add text to it is tragic (and no it's not artistic, it's lazy). Thank god for the deluxe cover, which is 10000% better (and the lack of text is actually fitting since she's not wearing any clothes either).
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I mean, the photo itself is nice. I like the cracked effect and the fact that theres no text. If this were Little Boots or Madonna or anyone else I would accept it. But since its Selena Gomez I can't take it seriously. I wouldnt brand this messy or lazy, but I wouldnt say I liked it either. Anything she does just feels empty and contrived by default. Whereas if I were to see Rihanna do this exact cover I would like it a lot actually.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Misanthrope
This is so ridiculously tacky. The fact that you're arguing that there was thought put into this lazy mess does not help your case.
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I think some of you need to learn the definition of "lazy". Tacky/messy? Maybe. Lazy, no, he experimented and put some thought into that.
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Originally posted by Mast
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First one is tragic, second is lazy. Third is pretty elaborate tbh, and 4/5 are meant to be simplistic.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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MESS. Y'all need to pick up a dictionary/go back to school and learn the definition of the word 'lazy'.
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I'd agree that the Judas cover fits here
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Member Since: 10/12/2010
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Albums that are video stills are LAZY, no matter how you spin it, it means there was no photoshoot which is plain lazy.
'Blackout's cover isn't lazy, the graphics took some time to do and it has a whole photoshoot to go with it, also represents the dark theme pretty well.
Same for 'Circus', even though I don't like it, it's pretty much sums up the album content.
Kelly Clarkson's 'Piece by Piece' isn't lazy as well, that camera effect isn't easy to do at all let me tell you that.
It's not just putting on a special lens, you have to make sure the lighting etc is correct cause a lens like that changes everything.
Also a lot of psychedelic albums in the 60's/70's used that same effect so yeah no, it's not lazy as they def. worked w/ a concept in mind and the title also makes sense w/ the imagery.
I'd say that BEYONCE is one of the laziest even though she did do a lot of photoshoots for all the songs, that makes up for it.
Nicki has some really lazy ones though, there's no discussion there, only 'Pink Friday' had a good cover.
Having a photoshoot for an album is needed unless you do a crazy good graphic design cover but that also can still turn out lazy if you're not putting time in it.
However if you're using a photoshoot, it should reflect the style of the album otherwise just doing a photoshoot for the sake of needing pictures which is being lazy again.
But I don't know, in my mind it's only natural that an artist actually takes the time to create a packaging that reflects the material.
I mean how can you not put any creative thought into it?
That's just weird to me...
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Member Since: 8/31/2013
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Originally posted by MissedTheTrain
I think some of you need to learn the definition of "lazy". Tacky/messy? Maybe. Lazy, no, he experimented and put some thought into that.
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Everything requires some semblance of thought man. Theres nothing released that wasn't technically thought about. But just because he used some cheap effect and filter and spread it throughout the campaign doesnt make it not wack. Quite honestly though, lazy is not the right term that should be used for this thread though. Lazy in this case really just means cheap/tacky/messy.
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Member Since: 10/12/2010
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Originally posted by Ryanicorn
The US Re-Release is so much better>>>>>
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In their defense, they started out on their debut album with a graphic design cover that made sense for that album, they continued that style for the more poppy/electronic follow-up so in my mind, it makes sense.
I don't love it though but I'd say the re-release is so much lazier, it's literally taken from a magazine photoshoot.
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Originally posted by Outlaws
Never forget.
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This was amazing though, it's actually mysterious in a grungy kinda way.
And it def. worked with her whole album theme / music.
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