SATT Album cover

[A boy called Rita]

Originally Posted by ASmileBehindBrokenTeeth

Oh, I'm sorry I didn't realise I had to give a dissertation on why I don't like the album cover. I've spoken about it in other threads. I suggest you look there for a reply that is more fitting.

Someone is a grumpy boy today

[Takk]

Originally Posted by ASmileBehindBrokenTeeth

I really do laugh when people say that the bridge on the cover is the Severn bridge - that cracks me up. As if the Manics would be that cheap and obvious. This album doesn't seem remotely connected to Richey.

Well if it's not deliberate, they must realise people would make that connection.

Not a fan. Lifeblood's was okay, I loved Know Your Enemy's - especially the funky words cut between lines thing - but this one is very Westlife. I'm afraid I don't get the clever bit either. Two boozed-up students on New Year's Eve?

[Dancing Kirby]

Originally Posted by Marty993

but this one is very Westlife.

Come now, you've just decided to think up with the worst insult possible. It's bears absolutely no relation to any Westlife cover by virtue of it not being a photograph of the members of Westlife.

Maybe not Westlife specifically, but that same kinda thing. Maybe like one of those bloody club anthem compilation discs or something. It's very shiny and lifeless anyway.

[Pasquerel]

This picture would fit more for a greatest hits compilation, but nevermind, I loved it, love it still.

[A boy called Rita]

Originally Posted by Marty993

Maybe not Westlife specifically, but that same kinda thing. Maybe like one of those bloody club anthem compilation discs or something. It's very shiny and lifeless anyway.

You obviously have never seen any club anthem artwork

[Dai_in_the_summertime]

Until the Manics give a reasoning behind the artwork I'm inclined to go with the opinion that they've tried too hard to fit in with the current trendy and younger bands.

[Vancouver]

Just wondering if anyone knows where i can find some decent scans of the album cover? the amazon ones BLOW. doesn't have to be hi-res or anything.

thanks!

is the girl on the cover of the your love alone single the same girl as the blonde one on the album cover ? i think it could be .

have the album artwork been discussed at all ? anybody know the reasons for he girls on the cover of the album and the girl photos on the inlay ?

[starlover666]

Originally Posted by starlover666

Still not impressed! i like the colour though!

I've changed my mind. It looks nice on my shelf I just wish the booklet had a photo of the band...

[burnleybassman]

Originally Posted by Vancouver

Just wondering if anyone knows where i can find some decent scans of the album cover? the amazon ones BLOW. doesn't have to be hi-res or anything.

thanks!

If you use iTunes you can get the album artwork in hi-res for free.

[Jolita]

Still not sure about that album artwork. I like the idea of using already existing art photography but something a tad more edgy might have worked better. But there is an innocence about the images that sits well, although I can't say why yet (only have the album a couple of days). Overall though, the design just feels too lightweight and flyaway at the moment. If that makes any sense...

As a graphic designer, the one thing I don't like is the forced justification of the lyrics text. I just find that beyond irritating, makes reading difficult and it looks really amateurish typographically.

[Aestivate]

Having the 2005 book that the pictures came from "Monika Monster, Future First Woman On Mars" by Valerie Phillips I can tell you the following.

The book is the 2nd study of Monika (not her real name, but a nickname) the first being I Want To Be An Astronaut.

They're not staged photos but real reflections of Monika's life.

The other person in the pictures is her cousin Kate.

They dress to match the occasion, be it Christmas, Halloween or a thunderstorm.

Monika lives in Brooklyn, worked as a lifeguard and wants to be an astronaut.

In Valerie's words "Monika is now 22. She studies advanced math and science and astronomy at Stony Brook, a college she chose because it is one of the few with an astrophysics program. She looks less like a Polish schoolgirl, but just as much like a cat. In other ways she hasn't changed either - she still has the same self-possesion and calm. It's strange. Even at times of great silliness, or hilarity, or chaos, or upset, there is an odd tranquillity that never seems to leave her."

When asked "Do photographs tell the truth?" Monika's reply is "Mmm-hmmm. Yes. They do. Because they're real. Like, out of real contexts, situations. You know the photographs you see in magazines? They're very fake. There's make-up and different sceneries. And hers do tell the truth." Do they tell the truth about you "(quitely) Yes. I think so."