Irene McC wrote:
quoted 13 lines Is the cover of an album supposed to serve a function? Does copy on>
>
> > Is the cover of an album supposed to serve a function? Does copy on
> > the sleeve really need to inform the viewer,
>
> Every time I'd answer a resounding YES. Fine : if you must make the
> cover a work of art, go ahead. But *somewhere* in the liner notes,
> or inside the sleeve or printed onto the disc itself.... please let
> the more pedantic among us have relevant (maybe some of you consider
> it irrelevant?) information such as : Artist, release date (year)
> and tracklisting. It's also nice to have some reference regarding
> the names of who actually collaborated on the work, who producee (if
> applicable) etc.
I'd agree with this sentiment in general, but I s'pose we're drifting a bit from the
original focus, i.e. Chiastic Slide. This release has all of the info there - on the
disc itself the titles of the songs are clearly legible (not the clearest of fonts,
but not too hard to decipher), and Booth+Brown are named as being the producers of
the music. Unless the vinyl version (I have the CD) doesn't have the tracks clearly
labeled then I could see your point.
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.
GD