Bigbobby10 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Just as the title asks, do album covers give you a good or bad first impression of an album. Unfortunately it does for me, and for some reason it is really bad. A perfect example is The Eagle- The long run The album itself is great, but when I looked at the cover at first, it made me not listen to it at all, I'm not sure why the visual look of an album can turn me away from it before I pay attention to the most important part, THE MUSIC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) This really didn't make me want to listen to the albumhttp://assets.blabbermouth.net.s3.amazonaws.com/media/metallicahardwiredcd.jpeg I did and I'll say the album is better than the cover, which isn't saying too much Edited November 23, 2016 by Union 5-3992 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) It can do either but if a bad album has a great cover it's still a bad album and if a good album has a bad cover that cover tends to look better and better over time because of what it represents. That or it just is what it is and you look at it differently or see it differently or you get used to it. Edited November 23, 2016 by treeduck 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) "Don't ever judge a book by its cover." :) Edited November 23, 2016 by Lorraine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 "Don't ever judge a book by its cover." :) Exactly, but unfortunately, I want to believe that, but my mind is a rebel sometimes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I used to go and by albums from bands that I didn't know just by the appeal of the cover. Strawbs - Hero and HeroineNektar - Remember The Future ...to name a few. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 I used to go and by albums from bands that I didn't know just by the appeal of the cover. Strawbs - Hero and HeroineNektar - Remember The Future ...to name a few. I do the same thing, if im looking for new music, the first thing I look for is a cool album cover, then the music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I used to go and by albums from bands that I didn't know just by the appeal of the cover. Strawbs - Hero and HeroineNektar - Remember The Future ...to name a few. I do the same thing, if im looking for new music, the first thing I look for is a cool album cover, then the musicYou're better off listening to it to see if you think it's any good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I used to go and by albums from bands that I didn't know just by the appeal of the cover. Strawbs - Hero and HeroineNektar - Remember The Future ...to name a few. I do the same thing, if im looking for new music, the first thing I look for is a cool album cover, then the musicYou're better off listening to it to see if you think it's any good. It was tough finding 'new' music back in the early 70's. The radio stations played the commercially successful bands and the magazines such as Creem and Circus pretty much covered the same. Yeah, I picked a lot of bad music but I did find a few gems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Three of my favourite bands have pretty boring covers: NightwishRushToto Seriously...rarely have they released an album with a cover that gets me excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Three of my favourite bands have pretty boring covers: NightwishRushToto Seriously...rarely have they released an album with a cover that gets me excited.You better take that back!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I love it when Treeduck and Segue have at it. :whip: :bang bang: :fuckinputer: :LOLsign: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Three of my favourite bands have pretty boring covers: NightwishRushToto Seriously...rarely have they released an album with a cover that gets me excited.You better take that back!!! MAKE ME MISTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Three of my favourite bands have pretty boring covers: NightwishRushToto Seriously...rarely have they released an album with a cover that gets me excited.You better take that back!!! MAKE ME MISTERWe're not in the schoolyard. :pokercards: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I can remember buying a lot of music because of the album cover back in the day. A specific one was the queensryche ep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Three of my favourite bands have pretty boring covers: NightwishRushToto Seriously...rarely have they released an album with a cover that gets me excited.You better take that back!!! MAKE ME MISTERWe're not in the schoolyard. :pokercards: I am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Three of my favourite bands have pretty boring covers: NightwishRushToto Seriously...rarely have they released an album with a cover that gets me excited.You better take that back!!! MAKE ME MISTERWe're not in the schoolyard. :pokercards: I amThis is you: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Yes, I judge a book by its cover. The priority of how I determine whether I'm interested in giving an album a go:Sample song / single > Genre, band bio > Album cover The only time going off of album cover + genre has failed me miserably is with this album: http://img2-ak.lst.fm/i/u/300x300/74e47fb6a7e044a48ce6ea8e03b20bf8.jpg ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I don't consider this a coincidence 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) I can remember buying a lot of music because of the album cover back in the day. A specific one was the queensryche epThis^^^. Way back in the day I bought quite a few albums based on the cover only. It was the "lack of information age"... Edited November 23, 2016 by Narps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 This is my favorite Viking Metal album http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DkSA1UJC4TA/TPetl_LjJDI/AAAAAAAABy0/c4QyemsjYsk/s1600/Picture5.png 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I can remember buying a lot of music because of the album cover back in the day. A specific one was the queensryche epThis^^^. Way back in the day I bought quite a few albums based on the cover only. It was the "lack of information age"...Bands (especially new ones) were careful to make sure you could tell about the genre by the album cover. No way you would think a new wave album was metal and vice versa. Iron maiden did a nice job of this. There was no mistaking what was inside. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Hindsight be damned, there was no way this was going to be a bad album http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/5/0/8/4508.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Scorpions' Blackout and Iron Maiden's Killers grabbed me with their covers. The first two Cars albums as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I am a proud victim of graphic exploitation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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