Tuesday, 11 February 2014

NEW ALBUM & SINGLE ARTWORK : katy b - little red & 5am & what love is made of & crying for no reason

Really loving the visuals for Ms. B's sophomore outing - 'Little Red' - each single has held to a strong visual theme. Very photography based, but those rays of light (a la Madonna) are giving me life!! Dive in below...




Saturday, 2 November 2013

NEW ALBUM ARTWORK : britney spears - britney jean

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : dev - kiss it (ft. sage the gemini)

Dev is back with her usual sing/rap awesomeness...but is also back with the awful artwork :/

NEW SINGLE & ALBUM ARTWORK : leona lewis - one more sleep & christmas, with love


NEW ALBUM ARTWORK : sky ferreira - night time, my time (NSFW)

CLICK THE LINK TO SEE THE COVER... Sky has her boob out, so careful who's stood behind ya ;)

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : rihanna - what now

NEW SINGLE & ALBUM COVER : one direction - story of my life & midnight memories

New single:


Third album:

NEW SINGLE & ALBUM ARTWORK : little mix - move & salute


Standard edition album cover:


Deluxe edition album cover:

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : mariah carey - the art of letting go

#photoshop #glorious #onlymimi

NEW ALBUM ARTWORK : lady gaga - ARTPOP

AND FINALLY to catch my Gaga posts up (oops) - here is the Jeff Koons designed album cover, which I am in love with! Drawing inspiration from the painting 'The Birth Of Venus', the artist used multiple techniques to make it. Koons created a new art piece (a sculpture of Gaga), which he photographed and collaged with images of the renaissance painting. He also hand crafted the typography, creating a bespoke font exclusive to the release. It is simply gorgeous!


Gaga also revealed that the first 500 000 copies of the album will have a specially foiled element to the type (how Koons intended it to look), which she uploaded images of to Twitter:


#soexcited


NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : lady gaga - do what u want (ft. r kelly) & dope

After the 'ARTPOP' era seemed to have quite a solid aesthetic to it at first...these promo singles (and the alternate covers for 'Venus') all feel so different, I'm really questioning how the album art will turn out, ha! But you can't argue with Stefani's buns...ooft!


...Or her gnarled teeth for that matter... Is anyone else getting Gorillaz vibes from this one?

NEW SINGLE ARTWORK : lady gaga - venus (3 versions)

The original second single from Gargs' 'ARTPOP' album, was unveiled to have three alternate artworks...all with a weirder look than the last. Check out the slightly NSFW, Steven Klein photographed pieces below...



NEW ALBUM ARTWORK : tlc - 20

Being touted not as another greatest hits collection, but the soundtrack to their recently released biopic (a great watch - check it out!). The cover is slick and draws upon their two best covers ('CrazySexyCool' and the logo from 'Fanmail'), so it's thumbs up from me :)

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

NEW EP ARTWORK : jhené aiko - sail out

Jhené has fast become one of my alternative favourites with her gloomy R&B mixtapes and hip hop collabs - here is the artwork for her debut EP release.

NEW ALBUM & SINGLE ARTWORK : toni braxton & babyface - love, marriage & divorce & hurt you

Longtime collaborators Toni and Babyface have finally got back together for a duets album titled 'Love, Marriage & Divorce' - great title, pretty meh "duets" album cover...


Also, check out the single artwork for 'Hurt You', below:

Thursday, 17 October 2013

* BUMPER CHRISTMAS ALBUM POST * NEW ALBUM ARTWORK : kelly clarkson - wrapped in red, mary j blige - a mary christmas & tamar braxton - winter loverland

So, I held back from posting these albums (even though they were announced over two months ago...), as I was not about to be talking about sleigh bells and bellies like bowls full of jelly while the Summer was still hurr, ya hurr? But it's mid-October now, so I can be coaxed into some Christmas cover chit chat...but lets do it in one big post ;)


Kelly C's album artwork history has had some hits ('Breakaway'/'My December') and misses ('All I Ever Wanted' - ugh, the colour blocking...) and I think her festive release falls on the hit side of the fence. You can get away with a lot of cliche sap when it comes to Christmas visuals (looking at you Mariah), but KC keeps it 100% classy and it's working for me. Loving the little flair of the original-type of "red" and the more understated feel of the whole thing. 9/10


Mary wins on the album title front - ain't nobody going to beat some wordplay! The artwork is pretty much standard fair and could of done with some Kelly-esque typography to jazz it up. 6/10


Tamar only released her debut album a hot minute ago and already she be jumping on the Christmas market #GetMoney #RespectTheHustle! I feel she's gone for a less garish cover this time round, to match the content - but it just feels a little too wimpy to me :/ Liking the fonts though T! 6/10