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Thread started 09/25/07 2:57pm

Haystack

Prince Album Cover/Artwork Questionnaire

Just a few questions to answer as deep or as shallow as you like. And feel free to comment and agree/disagree on other Orgers' answers. Also, if you think that the cover of an album isn't necessarily cohesive with the rest of the album's artwork, then comment on that too, and feel free to differentiate.

1. Which Prince album cover(s)/artwork(s) do you think are the most apt for their content? You can answer with more than one album if you wish.

2. Which Prince album cover(s)/artwork(s) do you think are the least relevant to their content? Again, one or more answers are fine.

3. Which cover/artwork do you find the least inspiring, whether or not you enjoy that album's content?

4. Which cover/artwork do you find the most visually appealing, whether or not you enjoy that album's content?

5. Are there any official Prince photos that you think would have made a better cover photo for that era's album?

6. Scenario: Prince is planning a compilation of fan-favourite tracks throughout the years. To narrow it down, he put up the questionnaire on 3121.com and your fantasy results are now in. It's going to be released on NPG Records and it can contain any offically released track (including internet only releases).

(i) Describe your artwork and its relevance to the compilation - Prince will be up for a photoshoot for the album, so don't feel that you have to use any old photo for it (though you can if you want). How would you photograph him for it?
(ii) List your tracklisting. It's strictly only a single CD. For extra points, give an example of which font you'd use for the collection.
(iii) What would the package look like, physically? Jewel Case? Digi-Pack? Cardboard Slip? Fuck-The-Earth-esque mega package? What about the booklet? What info would be on it?

7. Scenario: Prince has decided to release a live album from the 21 Nights In London Earth Tour and YOU are in charge of the packaging. Go into as much detail as you like; what are your ideas for the cover, artwork and the package as a whole?

8. Can you think of any artwork/album exchanges that would work?
As an example, would Musicology's artwork theme/font have worked with Lovesexy?
Would 1999's artwork theme have worked with Around The World In A Day?
Could Sign O The Times' identity have been improved with the Graffiti Bridge font/visual concept and likewise, vice versa?
Okay, not necessarily good examples, but you see what I'm getting at; each album has it's unique, visual style. So would any of the visual styles from any of one of his albums have worked with the content of any other of his albums of his career? Even as a possibility?
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Reply #1 posted 09/25/07 3:47pm

Tame

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Chaos and Disorder was the only cover I thought was boring.
The rest of them were good, especially for the year that they were printed.

As far as a new CD...Prince can have anything come together well, I'm sure.

However, I always wanted to take a picture of Prince in a Cowboy hat, leaning
against the front end of an old baby pink pick-up truck. I saw this truck in
Burbank, in 1986. It had the wooden posts on the back. I thought of that
then....and to throw fans into the shot, would be a bunch of people in a
meadow in the background....

But hey...One idea, is as good as another..Maybe too country to be a cover,
but it would still be a nice photo....
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #2 posted 09/25/07 8:51pm

mplsmike

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1. Around The World In A Day
2. The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale
3. Batman /
4. Diamonds And Pearls
5.?
6.?

My ?estion to U Haystack hmmm Are U working for 3121.again?
Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need
smoker

... wave
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