{"id":5238,"date":"2010-11-05T02:16:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T10:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2024-01-18T08:42:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T08:42:16","slug":"cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Packaging: 12 Brilliant Typographic Album Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 12 albums that use type (letters) as the album art.<\/p>\n<p>No glossy portraits, no bling-bling, just letters made into artwork. Brilliant!<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a173079dbca7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a173079dbca7\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#zipper-catches-skin-by-alice-cooper\" >Zipper Catches Skin by Alice Cooper<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#classics-by-bugged-out\" >Classics by Bugged Out!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#the-earth-is-not-a-cold-dead-place-by-explosions-in-the-sky\" >The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#torch-songs-by-jonathan-coleclough-and-andrew-liles\" >Torch Songs by Jonathan Coleclough and Andrew Liles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#production-and-decay-by-spatial-relations\" >Production and Decay by Spatial Relations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#go-2-by-xtc\" >Go 2 by XTC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#generic-flipper-by-flipper\" >Generic Flipper by Flipper<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-by-hard-fi\" >Once Upon a Time in the West by Hard Fi<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#come-to-daddy-by-aphex-twin\" >Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#riot-by-paramore\" >Riot by Paramore<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-typographic-album-art-creative-letters\/#some-people-by-rekleiner\" >Some People by Rekleiner<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"zipper-catches-skin-by-alice-cooper\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Zipper-Catches-Skin-Alice-Cooper\/dp\/B00000G5VR\"><strong>Zipper Catches Skin by Alice Cooper<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5239\" title=\"alice-cooper-zipper-catches-skin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alice-cooper-zipper-catches-skin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alice-cooper-zipper-catches-skin.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alice-cooper-zipper-catches-skin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alice-cooper-zipper-catches-skin-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What you get here is just the lyrics from the album presented in block paragraph form on the cover. There is also the very subtle ALICE COOPER across the top of the album via a light red hue shift. This is one of the few Alice Cooper covers that doesn\u2019t feature the man himself. It\u2019s also one of two albums he doesn\u2019t even remember recording (because he&#8217;s too drunk)!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"classics-by-bugged-out\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Classics by <\/strong><strong>Bugged Out!<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5240\" title=\"bugged_out_case\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/bugged_out_case.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/bugged_out_case.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/bugged_out_case-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/bugged_out_case-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You gotta love the simplicity of the ASCII and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dayglo.com\">Dayglo<\/a> paper combo!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-earth-is-not-a-cold-dead-place-by-explosions-in-the-sky\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place by <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.explosionsinthesky.com\/\">Explosions in the Sky<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5241\" title=\"text\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/text.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/text.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/text-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/text-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks familiar? Yeah, I think they copied this from Alice Cooper. But then again, the texty concept is not so unusual anyway. Nevertheless, still looks more appealing compared to most album covers nowadays.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"torch-songs-by-jonathan-coleclough-and-andrew-liles\"><\/span><strong>Torch Songs by Jonathan Coleclough and Andrew Liles<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5242\" title=\"die-stadt-11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/die-stadt-11-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>The text was written during their performance, brush sounds incorporated into the recordings.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"production-and-decay-by-spatial-relations\"><\/span><strong>Production and Decay by Spatial Relations<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5249\" title=\"die-stadt-7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/die-stadt-7-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Reissue of original vinyl release on CD retains the 12\u2033 format with pouch for CDs. Basic design ethos is attractive in this hybrid approach.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Go 2 by XTC<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5244\" title=\"xtc_go_2_cover_500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/xtc_go_2_cover_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Go_2\">XTC\u2019s Go 2<\/a> is designed by Hipgnosis,\u00a0 the UK design group that brought us some of the most original and memorable covers for bands like Pink Floyd, Genesis, etc. Hipgnosis\u2019s trademark story like imagery is replaced by copy poking fun at the art form.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"generic-flipper-by-flipper\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Album_-_Generic_Flipper\">Generic Flipper by Flipper<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5247\" title=\"generic_flipper_280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/generic_flipper_280.jpg\" alt=\"cd packaging\" width=\"600\" height=\"579\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an abum with the same &#8220;anti-art&#8221; mockery as XTC&#8217;s Go 2. How profound, right?<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once Upon a Time in the West by Hard Fi<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5248\" title=\"hard-fi_once_upon_cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/hard-fi_once_upon_cover.jpg\" alt=\"cd packaging\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/hard-fi_once_upon_cover.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/hard-fi_once_upon_cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/hard-fi_once_upon_cover-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>and here&#8217;s another one. Hard-Fi have been patting themselves on the back for \u201cbreaking the rules\u201d for their 2007 Once Upon A Time in the West release&#8230;.err, but everybody knows it&#8217;s not original. The Times have a better article regarding this <a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/arts_and_entertainment\/music\/article2155524.ece\">found here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"come-to-daddy-by-aphex-twin\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5251\" title=\"cometodaddy_cd2_right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cometodaddy_cd2_right.gif\" alt=\"cd packaging\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Designers Republic used a similar treatment in 1997 for the 2nd print of Aphex Twin\u2019s Come to Daddy. I don&#8217;t find this very impressive, though. It&#8217;s just too much that it makes my eyes roll.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"riot-by-paramore\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Riot by Paramore<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5252\" title=\"paramore\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/paramore.jpg\" alt=\"cd packaging\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/paramore.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/paramore-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"some-people-by-rekleiner\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Some People by Rekleiner<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5255\" title=\"murmur_close_vinyl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/murmur_close_vinyl.jpg\" alt=\"cd packaging\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/murmur_close_vinyl.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/murmur_close_vinyl-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/murmur_close_vinyl-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The most creative typographic vinyl packaging I&#8217;ve seen. Go check out the other versions here.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b><i>James Hill<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope\/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole\u2019s The Way It Is. He is now helping indie artists with branding and manufacturing through his company\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Unified Manufacturing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>, a CD\/DVD,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/vinyl-pressing\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">custom vinyl records<\/a> and merch company in LA.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 12 albums that use type (letters) as the album art. No glossy portraits, no bling-bling, just letters made into artwork. Brilliant! Zipper Catches Skin by Alice Cooper What you get here is just the lyrics from the album presented in block paragraph form on the cover. 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