Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
despite it falling completely outside the era of their best work.
It was designed in 1969, precisely at the beginning of their best era.
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 08:36 (five years ago) link
The Kinks have to be the winners here?
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 09:42 (five years ago) link
lol snoball
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:18 (five years ago) link
I dunno, I actually think the Kinks' covers hold up decently, apart from Think Visual and Phobia.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, May 1, 2019 1:36 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i now see it was used starting in 1971 (still well within their best peak era)...
― omar little, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
It's Hard was received at the time as a commentary on the record sales slump iirc
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
― bendy, Thursday, 2 May 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link
https://rocknloadmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/086806.jpg
this is maybe slightly better than one might expect from a septuagenarian in 2019, but that doesn't make it good
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 May 2019 02:43 (five years ago) link
not a real nominee, but since we're posting bad album art by vets
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/419RV53NRTL.jpg
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 2 May 2019 03:54 (five years ago) link
I think Steel Wheels has a perfectly serviceable cover, with some added credit for visual conciseness. And Fork in the Road, which I've never seen until upthread, I find quite charming. This thread made me check out Dylan's Tempest, and urgh that is bad. Too late to vote, though.
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 3 May 2019 09:22 (five years ago) link