It's got bad fantasy art style.

Jakeasaurus said:

Co-sign.

By the color and contrast comment, I meant the red, black and orange. Bold colors that draw your attention to the image. I didn't mean the colors with the earth cutout at the bottom. The planet just makes it look like a cheap photoshop effect.

This sybolism with him towering over the Earth makes no sense. I actually like the promo of the symbol with the Earth as the backdrop as someone posted earlier from The Quake. To me this could be the cover design. It's simple, his symbol is highly recognizable as "Prince" and it would undeniably mean a new Prince record to those who see it on the shelves. I guess I just think it's a little tacky when his covers always seem to show a highly brushed image of himself.

I just don't get calling an album "Planet Earth." Hopefully this will take on a new meaning when I hear the album. But the cover should've been designed better than it is. I know at least 5 people who could make this in a matter of minutes. Pay someone with skills to do this work. Hell, make Sony do this part.

With all this being said, I am greatly looking forward to this disc. The cover will not detract from a quality product. My whole point to this thread is to say he still needs to put more effort into his cover designs in order to bring the full project to life. Especially in the digital age we are now in.

Anxiety said:

IMO, I think the significance is a personal one to him. WHeather or not it wall be divulged what it means remains to be seen.

Funny, I like the cover.

ideation99 said:

I totally get the concept. He's touring...apparently it'll be globally. And it looks like this is trying to be a reflection on what his take is with things in the world. I think it'll be a looser concept than this, as Guitar isn't about anything worldy. I look at the caver and it seems he is beholding our planet, sort of god-like...or perhaps is stepping back and taking a look at it in that sense.

superspaceboy said:

well i think that's a lotta crap!

Anxiety said:

See my sig!

We should be used to crap covers by now.
Its a good thing that Warner controlled the Batman cover. Batman would have taken off hie gauntlets and held his hands/fingers ever-so-gently over his utility belt. His obsession with his digits is interesting.

ideation99 said:

i.c, and agree.

I like the red and black also. The orange takes that in a nice direction. The Earth cancels that out. Since the CD is already called Planet Earth, then the actual picture of it doesn't have to be so literal...it could have been a shiny sphere of any color. Black, would have been interesting and would have opened up all other kinds of controversy...

Either way, I just want to push the earth an inch to the left or right(while keeping it in orbit), It bothers me every time I see it right in the center.
It would also carry Prince's line down but more importantly, it would tell a slightly different story.

Literal photograph-real imagery with glows and lens flares is a bit like velvet club shirts...

God, can´t Prince just hire a good designer for a change?

It´s been years since he had a good album cover, TRC aside...

ideation99 said:

WOW, i'd have to totally disagree because I like some of those covers you have in that list but as for this one i'd agree I guess not that its but but boring.

We've seen it for awhile now and I was hoping we'd get something different.

Seems very bland.
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Love2tha9s said:

mmm, the lovesexy cover can´t compare to all the others mentioned. It´s a truly iconic and fantastic cover...those were the days...sigh...
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viewaskew said:

co sign

the more i look at it the more horrible it becomes, lol.

i guess i should love it for that alone

although i thought that 3121 was a huge improvement on
Musicology. it was clean, simple and effective plus it
had a great color contrast scheme.

the inside booklet though, was another "i'm the prince
of disneyland" affair much like emancipation.

still it was better than that horrible musicology art,
remember when everyone was all like "hell no that is
NOT the cover art for the new album! is it?"

and yet, it was

as someone mentioned i also don't get the idea behind
calling an album "planet earth" lol.

i guess he didn't want to go naming it after the track
"revelation" and give all the orgers the satisfaction,
after all these years of saying "i predicted it!!!"



having said that, i guess "planet earth" is a lot more
cool than naming it "future baby mama"

Jakeasaurus said:

It would not be "the org" without bitchers and complainers, now would it?!?!?!



The cover is fine with me

superspaceboy said:

your sig would make a better brand name than 3121!

Aw man, yo is my main apple scrapple ; matter of fact ima watch Guitar

So Prince just called me up to say:

"Anon, you know I was lookin' at this here planet and I got to thinkin' that it's not really working too good with my complexion...I think it's competing with me and it's not letting me POP! the way that I should"

And I said "so what do you want to do about this Prince"?

He went on about how he was frustrated because he didn't want to be misunderstood...that he wanted to portray a perfect world...a world the way he envisions it...
He said (almost tearfully): Anon I want the world to see what I see when I look at Planet Earth.

So I took notes and we hung up and stuff, and I pretty much made the changes based on his description and I e-mailed it to him.

He just called me back to say:
"That's what I'm talkin' 'bout gurl"

anon said:

this damn site is BEGGING for a 'planet earth' photoshop thread.

anon said:

this one is better

anon said:

I like it better...though I like the original one too.

Horrible Cover. In fact, he had worse covers in the past (new power soul, e.g.), but it is one of the worst.

3121 was much better, it had something mystical. This one here is a bad. Come on i don't wanna see the body hair of a 50 years old man. That's ridiculous.

tainacher said:

I F*cking Do , if it is Prince, anyway

Love the cover...btw

tainacher said:

lol glad i aint da only one to notice all dat taco meat

I actually like this cover. It sort of reminds me of One Song with the lyrics "I am the Universe..." Seems to have a very spiritual (not religious) connotation to me.

i don't really think it's bad since it catches the eye (i guess it's doing it's job). and considering it's supposed to draw your attention to a serious issue concerning our planet, i think it should be loud and bold.

....that plus it totally reminds me of every sticker book i had growing up (minus prince in a corset )
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