Good and bad album covers
Pitchfork picks the worst record covers of all time. A fun read/watch.
Which brings the Australian music magazine Cyclic Defrost to my mind, because they have a great column called “Sleeve reviews”. In each issue art director Alex Crowfoot writes about album artworks and packagings. It’s good to see that elaborate and thought-out artworks get some attention there. More music magazines should do that, I think. Sure, the music is what it’s about, but to me the artwork as an important part of each release. And in these digital times it might become even more relavant for certain people, because while your MP3-player may look sexy, your files do not.
You can find Crowfoot’s sleeve reviews in the PDF-version of the latest Cyclic Defrost issue on page 43/44. Older issues are also available.