(idm) illegible covers, graphic design etc.

From Pacman
Sent Mon, Nov 3rd 1997, 21:38

>I guess my preference would be to have the artwork of the album cover as
expressive
>as needed and then have track info. credits etc. on the disc itself.  Much
cleaner
>this way.

nooo! artists, don't listen to him. :) albums with the tracklisting on the
disc itself (and nowhere else) have always infuriated me; it really disrupts
the listening experience when you have to take out the disc to find out what
that wonderful (or horrible) track was called. bdp's bytes is a case in
point; i STILL don't know the name of most of the tracks on there, thanks to
that smudgy crap over the titles on the back. 

now that those transparent backs on cd cases (you know, the thing that
actually holds the disc in there) are becoming more common, people could
start putting the tracks under there .. that way it won't be too in the way.
or they can always go like reload and write a little story for their songs.. 

noah

np: ironically enough, cichlisuite .. now that is a functional cover. the
track titles     look nice up there.