Hey Brian! On that Bauhaus, I’m pretty sure that’s a cymbal that is being held upon the cover. Also, that PIL… great great record… I mean Album. Great video!
All great covers! I talk about that PiL Album all the time. So clever, and really stood out at the record stores. Released when all sorts of products were being released generically.
Hey Brian! Glad to see you jump on this thread. Love to see that Husker Du! Yayyy Bob Mould - I love Bob! London Calling is a favorite of mine as well. Great response!!
Everytime I think it is impossible to find certain albums, you show me how wrong I am. I gave up on ever finding that Human League album on vinyl long ago, but, of course, you have it. I agree that the PiL "album" cover is one of my favorites. Love the simplicity of it and the way it draws your attention. Even the colors are correct on that one. I've always loved the way Bauhaus always uses the stark greyscale for some very effective covers that really conveys the mood of the music. I think I've always been a big fan of all of The Clash's covers. So many covers to choose from, I don't know where to even start.
Sometimes I am lucky, I guess. I can't remember where or exactly when I got that Human League record. But, I remember being quite happy to have found it. I'll leave it to you in my will, which will only help you if I die first. I'd really be interested to see what you come up with. You may not know where to start, but you are probably. thinking about it already 🙂 That happens to me all of the time 🙃
@@EmbryonicRobot That's so nice of you to leave it to me in your will. I'm going to start going the gym right now to work out so I'll live longer just to have that record.
Hi Brian, excellent vid lots of stone cold classics in there. Surprised to see the Human League’s Dignity of Labour shown (1st time I’ve seen it in the VC) even more surprised to hear you think it might be your favourite HL (maybe I misheard?). It’s got Ware and Craig-March stamped all over it. Didn’t now know that was Yuri Gagarin or the tune was about the Vostok programme…every day is a school day 🙂. Love the neutral milk hotel album, hate the cover. Prob prefer On Avery Island and definitely like it’s cover more. Keep up the good work. Andy😊
Hi Andy, I really did say that The Dignity of Labour is my favourite Humam League release! There is something about it. A couple of people have mentioned that they dislike the Neutral Milk Hotel cover, which really surprised me. I do like the cover of On Avery Island. I guess it's very subjective 🙂
Hey thank you for doing a response to my video!! Ive always loved that neutral milk hotel cover as well as joy division and london calling i had a plan that if i didnt like london calling somehow i would still buy the album because of the album cover! You had some covers ive never seen before those first 2 were really fascinating
Hey Brian, nice selection of album covers. I love that NMH album too and the artwork too… the drum face lady is so effective. Unknown Pleaures’ cover is one of the most representative covers… you just know how the band will sound when you hear it. London Calling is a favourite too! Great stuff and congratulations on breaking a thousand subs too!
Hey Brian! Woo- some really fascinating choices! Hüsker Dü, Neutral Milk Hotel (…somehow missed that interesting back cover 😬), fascinating process on the Peter Gabriel (never knew that Polaroid thing), love pretty much EVERY cover (and music) of every album you presented! Well done, sir! I don’t know about you, but I could easily do several videos just on this topic 😎👍
Hi Brian. My God, I can't keep up with you. Every time I switch on my computer, you've posted another video. A great album cover doesn't necessarily mean a great sounding album, but it often seems to help. ' I know you've been showing a lot of EPs recently, but 'Land Speed Record' is definitely an album; I agree with you that it's not one of their best. I love that Neutral Milk Hotel album (and cover). I've always thought the cover maybe has an influence from Salvador Dali or Lewis Carroll. 'London Calling' remains my favourite album of all-time.
Too much of a good thing? 🙂 I usually don't post three videos in one week. I guess I am still struggling with the definition of an EP. It's under 27 minutes, so I put in the the EP category, but you may be right. Wikipedia calls it their first full-length release, so maybe it is! I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't heard London Calling, and I include my children in that 🤣
Fantastic video Brian! I got here initially by watching Ben Rankins vid then Jacks and now yours LoL! I love album cover art! Back before the internet that’s almost all you had to go by when trying to find unique entertaining music. For me the more color the better but a simple dark B&W cover is enough to grab me as well if it has a cool image. I love early Human League! My fave being Travelogue. You’re right it was more cold synth and experimentation. Wow that Husker Du LP is a stark and effective image for sure Quite dark! Man I have been on the hunt for that John Foxx LP forever! In fact I showed an Ultravox album in my last video I dig the John Foxx era of UV. Doesn’t that JF album have He’s a liquid? Just steely cool synth action Very good! Looking at the BauHaus album, isn’t that a drum cymbal that’s being held up? I’m torn between that and a record Cool cover tho! Great thread entry Brian! Peace ✌️👽
Hey Brian, Yes, that John Foxx album does have He's A Liquid! What a great track. Another person pointed out that that is, in fact, a cymbal of the cover of the Bauhaus record! I really had to question my grip on reality after not having recognized that! I mean, it seems so obvious now 😳
Brian, some good examples that you have selected. I really like that John Foxx cover and album. My Bauhaus is missing all of those extras, but then I did buy it used. I guess I had better watch JackTheMusicGuy's video now. Thanks, Chris
Hi Chris - I do have some other records that are missing bonus stuff like singles and posters, which is always irritating. John Foxx should be better know, IMHO. I've always really like his music 👍
Hi Brian FIFO 🎉. Love your choices. I also enjoy Jack watching him discovering new music as he gets more and more into music. I bought that Neutral Milk album because of the VC 😄
There seems to be a few album cover videos coming out. Vinyl Ritchie and Classic Rock Review have videos about bad covers and covers they hate. I love your analysis of the covers and I especially enjoyed hearing your explanation about the Melt photo. You get 50 bonus points for actually showing the camera! I have a five-album cover story video idea on my list. Hmm… Wasn’t planning to do it so soon but…
@@EmbryonicRobot Why here in Japan, of course! We have so many point collection systems in place. All you have to do is come over to the city where I live or the one where I work, and I’ll give you 50 yen to use at any Disk Union store.
Great picks! many of which I own myself ha, fascinating story about the Peter Gabriel cover I didn’t know that! I like the idea of manipulating photographs without software
I agree on your photography comment. It seems more authentic. Way back in one of my photography classes, a fellow student cut up negatives to make what turned out to be fascinating (and somewhat disturbing) prints. I still remember some of them. Meanwhile, I just did the project in infrared. Oh well.
Watching this video reminded me that everything Hipgnosis did painstakingly by hand for hours (if not days), we can now do with a few short clicks with a mouse. What a world we live in! Fun video and topic, and enjoy Jack's channel also. First time I've seen that Human League cover for that EP. I'll see if I can put something together. 🎶😎
AI is now even being used on album covers, as I learned when reading about the new Tear for Fears album. It seems like cheating now, but it does make things more affordable. I'm interested to see what you come up with.
This is definitely a good idea for a thread. I think the PIL album cover idea is very clever. Did they have an 8 track version called 8 track? The record on the Bauhaus album cover looks like the Voyager gold disc. Nice album covers and nicely done!
I did collect postcards at one time and that Neutral Milk Hotel cover does remind me of some of the strange postcards from the early 1900's. Nice use of props for this video. Joan Jett has an album entitled Album but I don't think the title is even on the cover. The Clash cover is a classic with the Presley homage. Great record too.
I feel like I need to use more props! I almost used the Joan Jett album for this video I have always loved that album cover. She has never looked cooler!
Hey Brian, you get Vinylarium points for making me think. I like that. Question I posed to myself: "What is your preferred artistic medium when it comes to album cover art? Photos? Illustrations? Paintings? A combination? Abstract? What about fonts and typeface? I know, for starters, I dislike albums that do not have the band and album name on the front cover. I don't want to have to read the spine or take the record out. I want that on the cover. As for the art: I think I prefer bright colors and lean more towards paintings or vibrant illustrations; Mark Wilkinson (Marillion, some Judas Priest) is a definite favorite. Geoffrey Gillespie's (Warlock artist) fantasy art is another that comes to mind. If a phot is used I think I'd prefer it to be a picture of the band instead of some obscure photo that is art for art's sake. What does an old tire in a field by a large flower pot have to do with the music of Tina Turner? Whay would she "Ok" that? Thankfully, I made that scenario up....but weirder things have happened on album covers. Anyway, I liked your choices. Good stuff indeed.
That is a big list of questions! I think I can make an exception for albums with no band name on the cover, or maybe that is just for bands that I appreciate 🤣 That's a tough one. As I age, I realize that I hate fonts that are hard to read. I also wondered about record company interference. I am sure some bands may not even have any say, or maybe I am totally wrong on that 🙂
@@EmbryonicRobot Yes, heavy metal band fonts can be ridiculous. I do appreciate amusing covers regardless of how they’re done. The little kid with the bee costume on the cover of the Blond Melon comes to mind or some of the photos in and on albums by The Who.
Dracula would really like that sports jacket. Early Human League was so much better than their later era. I have yet to hear Neutral Milk Hotel but that cover is intriguing. I didn't know you could manipulate Polaroids 😮. Didn't Flipper have an album called "Album"? If you appreciate Nas, you appreciate great rap music. "London Calling" is so iconic and set the template for punk rock imagery for years to come. We must not forget that it was the Who who did this kind of thing first. Great records, great album covers. Cheers!
Someone else mentioned that Flipper has an album called Album. I had no idea! I always wondered how much money Pete Towshend had to be able to smash guitars like that .. and drum kits!
Good covers Gryphon/Red Queen to Gryphon three Anthony Phillips /The Geese& the Ghost Bad album covers..Just about any Rod Stewart album Except maybe Never a Dull Moment
Too many quotable moments. Nice camera. Bring it to the party next summer! I have the compact disc version of that PIL album from when it was first released. Cool Bauhaus Live! I wish I had a vinyl copy of Unknown Pleasures, but have my CD copy. I’m in agreement with your ranking of it. ✌️
I think NMH are generally defined as indie, but that might not cover it entirely. Maybe also alternative, lo-fi, and psych folk? That's a tough one. Brilliant, though 🙂👍
That Neutral Milk one just doesn't do it for me - I know, don't judge a book by its cover, but somehow it leaves me cold. I love watching these types of thread responses; so much variety out there. Cheers from Oz. John D.
Very nice selection overall. The Gabriel cover is his best I think but my favourite one is Car as it's so haunting. My video was done some time ago but you'll find it if you run a search.
It;s funny, but I was immediately captivated by that Neutral Milk Hotel album. Even Cecile was impressed, but I think I can see how it might not appeal to everyone.
That's a fantastic Human League cover. I wasn't familiar with that release. Pretty powerful Hüsker Dü cover. It’s very unsettling, especially in today’s political climate . That's an unusual camera. I've never seen one like it. I have an old Polaroid. That looks like a cymbal. Iconic Clash cover.
Hi Mark - Yes, one other person suggested that it is a cymbal, and I said to myself, "of course, how did I miss that?" I mean, after all of these years, too! 🙂 And, I call myself a Bauhaus fan.
Hey Brian! On that Bauhaus, I’m pretty sure that’s a cymbal that is being held upon the cover. Also, that PIL… great great record… I mean Album. Great video!
Hey Trevor, you are obviously right about that! How did I miss it? 🤔
All great covers! I talk about that PiL Album all the time. So clever, and really stood out at the record stores. Released when all sorts of products were being released generically.
I agree! Too bad they didn't name the deluxe box set "Box Set." 😁
Hey Brian! Glad to see you jump on this thread. Love to see that Husker Du! Yayyy Bob Mould - I love Bob! London Calling is a favorite of mine as well. Great response!!
Thanks, Emma. This was s fun thread. I need to see Bob again. The last time was a solo acoustic show, and it was magnificent 🙂
Hi Brian. Nice follow-up to Jack's video. The London Calling cover is the pick of the litter for me. Striking photo and great artwork. Hard to beat.
I agree. It's pretty much a perfect cover (and album) 🙂
Everytime I think it is impossible to find certain albums, you show me how wrong I am. I gave up on ever finding that Human League album on vinyl long ago, but, of course, you have it. I agree that the PiL "album" cover is one of my favorites. Love the simplicity of it and the way it draws your attention. Even the colors are correct on that one. I've always loved the way Bauhaus always uses the stark greyscale for some very effective covers that really conveys the mood of the music. I think I've always been a big fan of all of The Clash's covers. So many covers to choose from, I don't know where to even start.
Sometimes I am lucky, I guess. I can't remember where or exactly when I got that Human League record. But, I remember being quite happy to have found it. I'll leave it to you in my will, which will only help you if I die first. I'd really be interested to see what you come up with. You may not know where to start, but you are probably. thinking about it already 🙂 That happens to me all of the time 🙃
@@EmbryonicRobot That's so nice of you to leave it to me in your will. I'm going to start going the gym right now to work out so I'll live longer just to have that record.
@@TCatsDeepVinylTraxx Good luck. I feel like I am in a contest now!
Hi Brian, excellent vid lots of stone cold classics in there. Surprised to see the Human League’s Dignity of Labour shown (1st time I’ve seen it in the VC) even more surprised to hear you think it might be your favourite HL (maybe I misheard?). It’s got Ware and Craig-March stamped all over it. Didn’t now know that was Yuri Gagarin or the tune was about the Vostok programme…every day is a school day 🙂. Love the neutral milk hotel album, hate the cover. Prob prefer On Avery Island and definitely like it’s cover more. Keep up the good work. Andy😊
Hi Andy, I really did say that The Dignity of Labour is my favourite Humam League release! There is something about it. A couple of people have mentioned that they dislike the Neutral Milk Hotel cover, which really surprised me. I do like the cover of On Avery Island. I guess it's very subjective 🙂
Hey thank you for doing a response to my video!! Ive always loved that neutral milk hotel cover as well as joy division and london calling i had a plan that if i didnt like london calling somehow i would still buy the album because of the album cover! You had some covers ive never seen before those first 2 were really fascinating
Thanks, Jack. This was a really great idea. I hope you get a lot of responses!
Hey Brian, nice selection of album covers. I love that NMH album too and the artwork too… the drum face lady is so effective. Unknown Pleaures’ cover is one of the most representative covers… you just know how the band will sound when you hear it. London Calling is a favourite too! Great stuff and congratulations on breaking a thousand subs too!
Thanks, Jack. It took a while. You will be there soon!
Hey Brian! Woo- some really fascinating choices! Hüsker Dü, Neutral Milk Hotel (…somehow missed that interesting back cover 😬), fascinating process on the Peter Gabriel (never knew that Polaroid thing), love pretty much EVERY cover (and music) of every album you presented! Well done, sir! I don’t know about you, but I could easily do several videos just on this topic 😎👍
I feel like I have only scratched the surface of album covers I like. The world is full of awesome album covers!
Hi Brian. My God, I can't keep up with you. Every time I switch on my computer, you've posted another video. A great album cover doesn't necessarily mean a great sounding album, but it often seems to help.
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I know you've been showing a lot of EPs recently, but 'Land Speed Record' is definitely an album; I agree with you that it's not one of their best.
I love that Neutral Milk Hotel album (and cover). I've always thought the cover maybe has an influence from Salvador Dali or Lewis Carroll.
'London Calling' remains my favourite album of all-time.
Too much of a good thing? 🙂 I usually don't post three videos in one week. I guess I am still struggling with the definition of an EP. It's under 27 minutes, so I put in the the EP category, but you may be right. Wikipedia calls it their first full-length release, so maybe it is! I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't heard London Calling, and I include my children in that 🤣
Hey Brian. Great video! Nice you had the camera prop for the Gabriel. Love that NAS album. The Clash! Great choices. Cheers
Thanks, Bobby. I don't often have props, but I think I need one for Halloween!
Fantastic video Brian! I got here initially by watching Ben Rankins vid then Jacks and now yours LoL!
I love album cover art! Back before the internet that’s almost all you had to go by when trying to find unique entertaining music. For me the more color the better but a simple dark B&W cover is enough to grab me as well if it has a cool image.
I love early Human League! My fave being Travelogue. You’re right it was more cold synth and experimentation. Wow that Husker Du LP is a stark and effective image for sure Quite dark!
Man I have been on the hunt for that John Foxx LP forever! In fact I showed an Ultravox album in my last video I dig the John Foxx era of UV. Doesn’t that JF album have He’s a liquid? Just steely cool synth action Very good!
Looking at the BauHaus album, isn’t that a drum cymbal that’s being held up? I’m torn between that and a record Cool cover tho! Great thread entry Brian! Peace ✌️👽
Hey Brian, Yes, that John Foxx album does have He's A Liquid! What a great track. Another person pointed out that that is, in fact, a cymbal of the cover of the Bauhaus record! I really had to question my grip on reality after not having recognized that! I mean, it seems so obvious now 😳
Brian, some good examples that you have selected. I really like that John Foxx cover and album. My Bauhaus is missing all of those extras, but then I did buy it used. I guess I had better watch JackTheMusicGuy's video now. Thanks, Chris
Hi Chris - I do have some other records that are missing bonus stuff like singles and posters, which is always irritating. John Foxx should be better know, IMHO. I've always really like his music 👍
Hi Brian FIFO 🎉. Love your choices.
I also enjoy Jack watching him discovering new music as he gets more and more into music.
I bought that Neutral Milk album because of the VC 😄
FIFO! Yes, Jack is interesting to watch, but I feel old when I watch his videos 😔
There seems to be a few album cover videos coming out. Vinyl Ritchie and Classic Rock Review have videos about bad covers and covers they hate.
I love your analysis of the covers and I especially enjoyed hearing your explanation about the Melt photo. You get 50 bonus points for actually showing the camera!
I have a five-album cover story video idea on my list. Hmm… Wasn’t planning to do it so soon but…
I have seen the Vinyl Richie video! Where can I redeem my 50 bonus points? 🙂🤣
@@EmbryonicRobot Why here in Japan, of course! We have so many point collection systems in place. All you have to do is come over to the city where I live or the one where I work, and I’ll give you 50 yen to use at any Disk Union store.
@@musicisajourney Wow, this is very generous! 😁
@@EmbryonicRobot You bet! That's about 40 cents Canadian.
@@musicisajourney 👍👍Excellent!
Nice choices Brian .. pil clash joy division are my favourites too 👍
Thanks, Rob. They are great records too. I'd be interested to see fabulous covers on terrible records. That would be intriguing!
Great picks! many of which I own myself ha, fascinating story about the Peter Gabriel cover I didn’t know that! I like the idea of manipulating photographs without software
I agree on your photography comment. It seems more authentic. Way back in one of my photography classes, a fellow student cut up negatives to make what turned out to be fascinating (and somewhat disturbing) prints. I still remember some of them. Meanwhile, I just did the project in infrared. Oh well.
Watching this video reminded me that everything Hipgnosis did painstakingly by hand for hours (if not days), we can now do with a few short clicks with a mouse. What a world we live in! Fun video and topic, and enjoy Jack's channel also. First time I've seen that Human League cover for that EP. I'll see if I can put something together. 🎶😎
AI is now even being used on album covers, as I learned when reading about the new Tear for Fears album. It seems like cheating now, but it does make things more affordable. I'm interested to see what you come up with.
Hipgnosis, always made interesting album covers!
I agree! They did some great work 👍
This is definitely a good idea for a thread. I think the PIL album cover idea is very clever. Did they have an 8 track version called 8 track? The record on the Bauhaus album cover looks like the Voyager gold disc. Nice album covers and nicely done!
8 track would have been awesome. There is a box set called Album but I think it should have been called Box Set!
@@EmbryonicRobot So would the digital version be called download?
@@rallstonianmusicreport1975 It better be!
I did collect postcards at one time and that Neutral Milk Hotel cover does remind me of some of the strange postcards from the early 1900's. Nice use of props for this video. Joan Jett has an album entitled Album but I don't think the title is even on the cover. The Clash cover is a classic with the Presley homage. Great record too.
I feel like I need to use more props! I almost used the Joan Jett album for this video I have always loved that album cover. She has never looked cooler!
Hey Brian, you get Vinylarium points for making me think. I like that. Question I posed to myself: "What is your preferred artistic medium when it comes to album cover art? Photos? Illustrations? Paintings? A combination? Abstract? What about fonts and typeface? I know, for starters, I dislike albums that do not have the band and album name on the front cover. I don't want to have to read the spine or take the record out. I want that on the cover. As for the art: I think I prefer bright colors and lean more towards paintings or vibrant illustrations; Mark Wilkinson (Marillion, some Judas Priest) is a definite favorite. Geoffrey Gillespie's (Warlock artist) fantasy art is another that comes to mind. If a phot is used I think I'd prefer it to be a picture of the band instead of some obscure photo that is art for art's sake. What does an old tire in a field by a large flower pot have to do with the music of Tina Turner? Whay would she "Ok" that? Thankfully, I made that scenario up....but weirder things have happened on album covers. Anyway, I liked your choices. Good stuff indeed.
That is a big list of questions! I think I can make an exception for albums with no band name on the cover, or maybe that is just for bands that I appreciate 🤣 That's a tough one. As I age, I realize that I hate fonts that are hard to read. I also wondered about record company interference. I am sure some bands may not even have any say, or maybe I am totally wrong on that 🙂
@@EmbryonicRobot Yes, heavy metal band fonts can be ridiculous. I do appreciate amusing covers regardless of how they’re done. The little kid with the bee costume on the cover of the Blond Melon comes to mind or some of the photos in and on albums by The Who.
Dracula would really like that sports jacket. Early Human League was so much better than their later era. I have yet to hear Neutral Milk Hotel but that cover is intriguing. I didn't know you could manipulate Polaroids 😮. Didn't Flipper have an album called "Album"? If you appreciate Nas, you appreciate great rap music. "London Calling" is so iconic and set the template for punk rock imagery for years to come. We must not forget that it was the Who who did this kind of thing first. Great records, great album covers. Cheers!
Someone else mentioned that Flipper has an album called Album. I had no idea! I always wondered how much money Pete Towshend had to be able to smash guitars like that .. and drum kits!
Good covers
Gryphon/Red Queen to Gryphon three
Anthony Phillips
/The Geese& the Ghost
Bad album covers..Just about any Rod Stewart album
Except maybe Never a Dull Moment
Ha ha! I love the Rod Stewart comment! You may be right about that and Gryphon 🙂 I just looked up Anthony Phillips. Very cool covers.
Too many quotable moments. Nice camera. Bring it to the party next summer! I have the compact disc version of that PIL album from when it was first released. Cool Bauhaus Live! I wish I had a vinyl copy of Unknown Pleasures, but have my CD copy. I’m in agreement with your ranking of it. ✌️
"Too many quotable moments." Ha ha. I don't even try 🙂 Maybe I should bring a camera next year.
What would you consider Neutral Milk? I've seen the cover so many times but have never given it a spin.
I think NMH are generally defined as indie, but that might not cover it entirely. Maybe also alternative, lo-fi, and psych folk? That's a tough one. Brilliant, though 🙂👍
@EmbryonicRobot I'll have to investigate
That Neutral Milk one just doesn't do it for me - I know, don't judge a book by its cover, but somehow it leaves me cold. I love watching these types of thread responses; so much variety out there. Cheers from Oz. John D.
Hi John - A couple of people mentioned that they dislike the Neutral Milk Hotel cover. That is surprising to me, but I guess it make sense!
That Neutral Milk cover is pretty strange. Same as the album...I've listened to it several times over the years but never much warmed to it somehow.
Very nice selection overall. The Gabriel cover is his best I think but my favourite one is Car as it's so haunting. My video was done some time ago but you'll find it if you run a search.
The first four Gabriel records all had impressive covers. His first album is so good, I wore out my cassette copy of it!
It;s funny, but I was immediately captivated by that Neutral Milk Hotel album. Even Cecile was impressed, but I think I can see how it might not appeal to everyone.
That's a fantastic Human League cover. I wasn't familiar with that release. Pretty powerful Hüsker Dü cover. It’s very unsettling, especially in today’s political climate . That's an unusual camera. I've never seen one like it. I have an old Polaroid. That looks like a cymbal. Iconic Clash cover.
Hi Mark - Yes, one other person suggested that it is a cymbal, and I said to myself, "of course, how did I miss that?" I mean, after all of these years, too! 🙂 And, I call myself a Bauhaus fan.
I have done album cover videos. I may do a good and bad album covers video. I have never listened to Nas. Some of these are great covers. Some.
Some! I hesitate to guess 🙂🤣