Posted on 01/05/2009 10:55:45 AM PST by weegee
The debut album by US indie rock group Fleet Foxes has won the Art Vinyl prize for best cover.
The self-titled album features the 1559 painting Netherlandish Proverbs, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
A mixture of 50 obscure and well-known vinyl record sleeves from 2008 were shortlisted for the prize, with 3,000 people voting online.
The winning covers will be on display at art galleries in London, Birmingham, Northampton and Norwich.
Londoner Roots Manuva's album Slime and Reason - featuring a classical-style bust of the rapper complete with green slime - was voted second while the cover of Coldplay's Viva La Vida came third.
In it, the band reproduce Eugene Delacroix's 1830 painting Liberty Leading the People.
"For the past four years, the Art Vinyl award has very much celebrated the work of new emerging artists and graphic designers," said awards director Andrew Heeps.
"So, this year, it has been a real surprise to see how some past artistic works have proven to be so popular from 2008's record cover designs."...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Mock and Roll PING.
Incidentally I think I read vinyl record sales are at a 17 yr high or something. The sound quality has been sorely missed.
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Sales are doing well and record quality is better than the standard product of old.
But these are NOT “great” examples of album cover art. Tagging white paint over a painting is no evidence of “creation” or “improvement”.
If these performers were Tiny Tim and Jack Jones these records wouldn’t have won the art awards.
Like most music and "art" these days its mostly derivative, it must point back to an original to have anyn value.
Have you heard the band Dr. Dog?
Sure, good band as well, from Philly.
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