So I've been thinking a lot about album covers lately. Perhaps it was a delightful mention by mitochandrea of some lego parodies. Or all of the chatter about Britney's Rodarte dress (swoon) in the art for Circus. Or maybe it's the upcoming Nasher exhibit The Record (curated by the one, the only, the adorable, Trevor Schoonmaker; on display in fall of 2009) which encompasses album art as well as literal album art-- sculpture created from LPs.These things all made me wonder (cue introspective Carrie- Bradshaw-is-typing-on-her-Macbook-music), in this day and age of digital music, how relevant is album cover art anymore? Unless I happen to glance down at my iPod or read a review of a new release, I am ashamedly unfamiliar with the graphics chosen to represent the band's work. So readers, is this true for you too?
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Hey, its one of your 3 readers. I think you might be right about the album cover art. That is a shame though as that has been a source of some great art. I own a great coffee table book with just such artwork. I think some of this has to do with the size of CD (yes, in this instance, size does matter), and the fact that so much music is accessible on the internet. Still, be on the lookout for the wonderful artwork that still may pop up from time to time at a music store near you. CWH
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