BOC, OFF: Blues music, Iron Maiden, BOC lyrics, album c

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, <Nick English> wrote:

> > >Sorry if that seemed like a rant, but to me, album covers are just
> > >artwork that often have little to do with the musical content contained
> > >within.  Not always of course, but often enough.
>
>
> I'll agree. My personal example is Sabbath's "Born Again". The cover
> is wretched, but I absolutely love this album. Probably not a very
> popular one overall, though.

        Sabbath covers are often good examples - the single reason I
haven't yet bought _Sabotage_ is that the cover makes me cringe every time
I pick up a copy. I know it's good, but I cannot help but see a bunch of
stupidly-dressed pot-rockers running to fat and put it back, every time...
Yours,
        Jon