CD Art, A New Lame Poll Options

[Hoodstock]

I got to thinking three things:

1. Nobody's been creating any new topics lately
2. That means there hasn't been much to post about
3. Why did Live make Radiant Sea look like a burnt CD?

Hence the topic. Which Live CD has the best design on the actual CD itself. It's a pretty dry topic since most of the CD's aren't that artsy, but I thought I'd leave it up to the people.


Now, since this is such a lame topic I'm going to put some effort into it. Included below is a link to the Live albums. Off of this link you can go to each album and see each CD that is inside the case and what it looks like. I'm strictly basing this on the American versions. This way, nobody is left out if they are missing an album, or do not have the actual American albums, because they can take the time to look at each one.

Here's the link - Albums

Enjoy!

[torcatofan]

I'm basing this off album covers. Ranking CD art is sort of pointless since you can't see the CD when it's in the CD player anyways. Plus most CDs resemble the album cover.

1. Secret Samadhi
2. Throwing Copper
3. The Distance to Here
4. Awake
5. Birds of Pray
6. Mental Jewelry
7. Radiant Sea
8. V
9. Songs from Black Mountain

This post has been edited by torcatofan: Oct 14 2007, 10:30 am

[AgentK7]

I'm basing this off album covers. Ranking CD art is sort of pointless since you can't see the CD when it's in the CD player anyways. Plus most CDs resemble the album cover.

1. Secret Samadhi
2. Throwing Copper
3. The Distance to Here
4. Awake
5. Birds of Pray
6. Mental Jewelry
7. Radiant Sea
8. V
9. Songs from Black Mountain

Maybe we should have a separate new thread for album art? I agree with you, the album art is much more important to me then the physical CD art.

However, I'm surprised at your number 1 choice for album art. I personally think the album art of Secret Samadhi is another reason that album did so poorly and led to the mass exodus of US fans. (The unpronouncable name being it's biggest flaw, the cover you sometimes have to tilt to see what it is, otherwise it's black.... not even getting into its audio content).

[Hoodstock]

Maybe we should have a separate new thread for album art? I agree with you, the album art is much more important to me then the physical CD art.

However, I'm surprised at your number 1 choice for album art. I personally think the album art of Secret Samadhi is another reason that album did so poorly and led to the mass exodus of US fans. (The unpronouncable name being it's biggest flaw, the cover you sometimes have to tilt to see what it is, otherwise it's black.... not even getting into its audio content).

I don't think that the color of the album made a difference. The black album for Metallica sold very well and it looked very similar.

I think it had more to do with the lack of radio music on the album.