Honorable Mention
As I finish up the final “Desert Island Stitch” piece, I wanted to acknowledge the pieces that almost were… the ones that just didn’t quite make the top ten cut… because those are the rules, you only get 10 albums to take with you to your desert island… no mention of a record player, but I assume that’s in the fine print somewhere… anywho… in no particular order, all that could have been [which was not one of the pieces… see what I did there?]
Massive Attack “Mezzanine”
This is, without a doubt, a fantastic album… I did even hint at the possibility early on in the series of doing this album. Then finally being able to see them live in 2019 [literally the last concert I was able to see, thanks COVID] was beyond amazing!
Ultimately I decided against it because I thought the color palette would look too similar to the New Order “Low-Life” piece.
TV on the Radio “Seeds”
This one I actually started designing, its such a great album, their best as far as I’m concerned. The plan was to use a glossy thread to give the rock image a bit of shine. Though the vertical black lines were there to give it a strobe effect when you remove the slip cover, my intent was to just pretend they weren’t there.
The challenge was going to be whether or not I could find enough shades of the glossy thread to create the slight changes in the colors on the rock. I was waffling on how to proceed when I changed direction all together.
The Horrors “Primary Colors”
The first time I heard their song “Sea Within a Sea” I was mesmerized. Seriously, it’s a journey.
This album was always floating around as a possibility, but graphically speaking, the cover itself is a bit plain. A blurry sepia tone shot of band. I really wanted to include a cover that was more recent [granted it’s just one year younger than Santigold’s self titled] but my heart was never in love with the cover image. I considered doing their album “V” as an alternative, because that album is so damn good too, but nixed that because the detail was too small and wouldn’t translate enough to the 18 point aida.
… and there you have it…
Its not to say that I won’t ever circle back around and give one of these a go, but when I initially started this project three [!] years ago, I told myself the number would be ten, because like I said, those are the rules of the Desert Island Disc.
What album covers would you have liked to see? Drop a comment…