Noteworthy album covers of 2014

some searching along this train of thought led me to discover that wishbone ash is still releasing new records in 2014

http://nowagainrecords.com/up/MVPCover.jpeg

loving the orlando julius + the heliocentrics collaboration that's just come out, so this set with melvin is very much top of my list of albums i am looking forward to.

i'm not mad at that pink floyd cover

like if anyone can get away with that, it's Pink Floyd

http://cdn.albumoftheyear.org/album/2014/17720-wonder-where-we-land.jpg

sbtrkt - wonder where we land

No! No more mysterious hands!

Also sick of that New Dorp, New York song already. Sounds like shitty David Essex meets shitty Suicide in a shitty remix by some shithead.

So, this is what the new U2 cover looks like...

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/56872/e25d915f.jpg

http://media.tumblr.com/054d29543dd2f95f1394721c422d9e09/tumblr_inline_nbv13qQkBt1rfy1yb.jpg

Yelle - Complètement Fou

http://www.mxdwn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sinoia-caves-beyond-good-and-evil.jpg
Sinoia Caves - Beyond the Black Rainbow (soundtrack). Cover is a still from the film.

I just realized last weekend that a frozen yogurt place near me has those exact same chairs, only green.

THIS ENDS THE RIVETING "FROZEN YOGURT CHAIRS" STORY

How dystopian is their froyo on a scale from 1 to 10.

i was just about to comment that my university's social spaces have the same chairs. this album speaks to us all on many levels

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61elpp0I7bL._SS420_.jpg

yeah this is ridiculous

http://acloserlisten.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/split.jpg?w=600

Thomas Carnacki / Vulcanus 68 ~ Split LP

http://i.imgur.com/jTMxmAo.jpg

That title is pretty accurate: notice how is face is Photoshopped but his arms are not?

Mangarth

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/471/MI0002471828.jpg http://image.pollstar.com/WeblogFiles/pollstar/1410030315309470670_v1.jpg

Lookin' pretty tough, dad.

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/andy-stott-cover_Image.jpg

Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers LP

The froyo chairs are Pantone chairs, they're a design classic.

Panton -- Pantone is the color company.

http://i.imgur.com/2ZZ1zBC.jpg

Riff Raff - Neon Icon

Neon must be in this year:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81HfH8Qm8%2BL._SL1500_.jpg

(Stars - No One is Lost)

why are elizabeth shepherd's antlers on sideways? that bugs me

the Carnacki cover is great, it's a drawing by the irr.app.ext guy, don't often see him do color

Also, keep reading the Garth Brooks things as . . .

MANGARTH

which sounds like a black metal band.

There's been some great album covers this year. Here's a compilation of some of my favorites, several of these have been mentioned already. If you don't identify a cover and want some more info just ask.

http://i.imgur.com/b6Oc4Gx.jpg

If reissues count I think the Adore reissue looks great and I like it even more than the original one.

http://www.crestfallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/smashing_pumpkins_adore.jpg

Mangarth

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Dot Hacker, 'How's Your Process'

My vinyl copy of Adore actually has that same red cover

http://i.imgur.com/b6Oc4Gx.jpg

Does the cover in the lower right actually have fake ring wear enbedded in the art?! Has vinyl fetishism really gone this far?

Sorry, I meant lower left.

It went that far a long time ago. Just off the top of my head:

http://scoot.net/gallery/bbs/wearrings.jpg

That's just stupid.

Well it is the Black Keys so

Yes, Tuomas unfortunately it does! In their defense the album is meant as a vinyl only release and you'll only find a CD version in Europe. But, yeah the vinyl wear is obnoxious. The overall vinyl art is good ignoring that detail

The Strokes also did it recently no? I remember a red cover one that's designed as a used copy.

http://dis.resized.images.s3.amazonaws.com/540x540/98067.jpeg

look at the fucking state of this

seems this is also on his own record label which he's called Female Energy

http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/56889/4e0ac6fd.jpg

get the fuck out, neil young.

http://i.levykauppax.fi/cover/big/3/39/392035.jpg

Bit of a break from the usual Scared Bones tastefulness...

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pharmakon_Bestial_Burden_Pakshot_lo.jpg

Pharmakon - Bestial Burden

I love that Pharmakon one. It is all about the body horror.

http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/images/hires_products/gram1403.jpg

I'd think I'd be bored of the Sacred Bones template by now but I really love it.

http://cdn2.thelineofbestfit.com/images/made/images/remote/http_cdn2.thelineofbestfit.com/media/2014/HowToDressWell-WhatIsThisHeart_535_535_c1.jpghttp://dis.resized.images.s3.amazonaws.com/540x540/98067.jpeg

That Kindess cover is pretty much the same as the Yumi Zouma one which I actually love. This one doesn't disgust me but I'll get bored pretty soon if this portrait cover becomes a bigger trend by the end of the year.

That said, FKA Twigs puts all the other portrait covers this year to shame and I doubt I'll see one I like better by the end of it.

https://twitter.com/marathonpacks/status/521080090566746112