FEATURE:
Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder
PHOTO CREDIT: Unsplash
The Best Cover Art of 2017
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PERHAPS an album/E.P. cover is less important now than…
IN THIS PHOTO: Jane Weaver/PHOTO CREDIT: Getty Images
in past years. The digital nature of music means there is less of an emphasis on a sleeve and the look of a record. People are more interested in the music and forget about the effort and dedication it takes to get that perfect image. If you look back at the greatest album/E.P. covers from history; they have captured the imagination and struck the eye – either due to their simplicity or a vivid and intricate design. A lot of those classic covers have been about capturing something instant and pure; a shot that defines the music inside and differs from anything out there. I have been looking at the album and E.P. covers from the year and have assembled, what I think, are the finest and most alluring…
ALBUM COVERS: Getty Images
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Jay Som – Everybody Works
Release Date: 10th March
Label: Polyvinyl Record Co.
St. Vincent – Masseduction
Release Date: 13th October
Label: Loma Vista Recordings
Lorde - Melodrama
Release Date: 16th June
Label: Republic Records
Arca - Arca
Release Date: 7th April
Label: XL Recordings
Feist – Pleasure
Release Date: 28th April
Label: Interscope Records
Kehlani - SweetSexySavage
Release Date: 27th January
Label: Atlantic Records
Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology
Release Date: 19th May
Label: Fire Records
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
Release Date: 21st July
Label: Columbia Records
Girlpool – Powerplant
Release Date: 12th May
Label: Anti-
Halsey – Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
Release Date: 2nd June
Label: Astralwerks
Thundercat – Drunk
Release Date: 24th February
Label: Brainfeeder
Tove Lo – Blue Lips (Lady Wood Phase II)
Release Date: 17th November
Label: Universal Music LLC
Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel
Release Date: 10th March
Label: Atlantic Records UK
Mura Masa - Mura Masa
Release Date: 14th July
Label: Polydor, Interscope, Downtown and Anchor Point Records
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Release Date: 7th April
Label: Sub Pop
Kelela – Take Me Apart
Release Date: 6th October
Label: Warp Records Limited
Baek A Yeon – Bittersweet (E.P.)
Release Date: 29th May
Label: JYP Entertainment
Arms and Sleepers – Life Is Everywhere
Release Date: 27th January
Label: Arms and Sleepers
SZA - Ctrl
Release Date: 9th June
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment