I don't know about you guys but I think the artwork for 'Is There Anybody Out There?' is utterly awful. I obviously like the juicy photographs but the style of the thing is so un-wall like - There's just none of original Wall feel. One of the first pages has the word 'Wall' with each letter as 3D blocks which just screams 'post-Waters Floyd'. It really bugs me; something which was obviously more Roger's project faggotted up with the revolting Division Bell treatment.
What are your thoughts on this?
'Is There Anybody Out There?' sleeve design
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Re: 'Is There Anybody Out There?' sleeve design
decampos wrote: the style of the thing is so un-wall like - There's just none of original Wall feel.
If I had to guess, I'd say that it has something to do with the fact it's not a reissue of the original album. It's a live document.
PULSE has little to do with TDB artwork, after all.
ITAOT's packaging is, I think, quite splended. Seeing the latex masks on the front is pretty cool...the whole "wallpaper" effect on the interior covers of the book threw me until I realized..."WALL paper."
Then I felt rather stupid.
But I'm always happy to be outsmarted by PF...keeps me on my toes, you know.
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Re: 'Is There Anybody Out There?' sleeve design
Yeah but Pulse isn't just live Division Bell tunes and anyway, the Pulse artwork does share it's look feel with The Division Bell. They're both full of pretentious and meaningless bits of crap.mosespa wrote: If I had to guess, I'd say that it has something to do with the fact it's not a reissue of the original album. It's a live document.
PULSE has little to do with TDB artwork, after all.
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if thats your opinion, then that's your opinion.
personally, i think PULSE works well, combining several albums together, like Echoes has.
ITAOT is brilliant, the 3 dimensional stuff works with the design (and gives the package more 'depth' - rather like the Wall album and shows had)
if you're the expert on pretentious crap - then open up Photoshop and give us a new design.
personally, i think PULSE works well, combining several albums together, like Echoes has.
ITAOT is brilliant, the 3 dimensional stuff works with the design (and gives the package more 'depth' - rather like the Wall album and shows had)
if you're the expert on pretentious crap - then open up Photoshop and give us a new design.
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god damn it, that actually means finding the cover and having a look.
... from memory, theres all sorts of objects in the iris (ala Echoes) like Bikes, gears etc.
theres the whole feeling that the image is circular, or repeats itself, like Floyd records do
theres water. there pyramids (Dark Side...) there a plane in the sky (learning to Fly), theres the diver from WYWH. the beach reminds me of the cover of AMLOR
in the back, theres also a 'pulse' which in fact directly relates to Dark Side of the Moon taking up most of one of the disks.
a lot of records feature a water theme ( even if only in graphics - meddle, WYWH, momentary lapse ofreason...)
ive got nfi about the tadpoles and the eggs and the birds. i guess theres a lot of birds really
theres a few ive missed, but i cbf getting the cover out and having a look.
... from memory, theres all sorts of objects in the iris (ala Echoes) like Bikes, gears etc.
theres the whole feeling that the image is circular, or repeats itself, like Floyd records do
theres water. there pyramids (Dark Side...) there a plane in the sky (learning to Fly), theres the diver from WYWH. the beach reminds me of the cover of AMLOR
in the back, theres also a 'pulse' which in fact directly relates to Dark Side of the Moon taking up most of one of the disks.
a lot of records feature a water theme ( even if only in graphics - meddle, WYWH, momentary lapse ofreason...)
ive got nfi about the tadpoles and the eggs and the birds. i guess theres a lot of birds really
theres a few ive missed, but i cbf getting the cover out and having a look.
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Re: 'Is There Anybody Out There?' sleeve design
We all know your irrational distaste for the current Floyd. This said, we are not surprised that you must see/find something bad or disgusting in this "recent" product of PF. It's so obvious.decampos wrote:I don't know about you guys but I think the artwork for 'Is There Anybody Out There?' is utterly awful. I obviously like the juicy photographs but the style of the thing is so un-wall like - There's just none of original Wall feel. One of the first pages has the word 'Wall' with each letter as 3D blocks which just screams 'post-Waters Floyd'. It really bugs me; something which was obviously more Roger's project faggotted up with the revolting Division Bell treatment.
What are your thoughts on this?
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Re: 'Is There Anybody Out There?' sleeve design
Yep...this thread sure is about ITAOT artwork.decampos wrote:
Yeah but Pulse isn't just live Division Bell tunes and anyway, the Pulse artwork does share it's look feel with The Division Bell. They're both full of pretentious and meaningless bits of crap.
Which, by the way, I feel is pretty darned good. I love the whole section of behind the scenes photos and stuff.
At least, I should say that I'm glad it's not just a bunch of white bricks.
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Re: 'Is There Anybody Out There?' sleeve design
Ok, I'll concede a little, the sections with the semi-tranparent pages are pretty cool and so are the masks on the front.mosespa wrote: ... Which, by the way, I feel is pretty darned good. I love the whole section of behind the scenes photos and stuff.
At least, I should say that I'm glad it's not just a bunch of white bricks.