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Does cover art of an album or recording influences your purchase?

For me, album or recording cover art definitely influences physical media purchases, where the physical object is part of the experience.

Cover art may never be as powerful as the music itself, but it carries its own quiet weight. It represents love, life, death, and the essence of a particular time in a musician’s journey. It captures what the music feels, without needing a single note.

Many are works of art and have become as famous as the music they stand for—Andy Warhol's covers, for example, including the banana he designed for The Velvet Underground. And there are many more! 

On flip side, If you’re buying based purely on artist or recommendation, cover art may not matter. But for exploration, vinyl hunting, or curating a vibe, it remains quite influential.

I’d love to hear what album covers have etched themselves into your memory or even convinced you to listen before you knew the artist. 

Thank you! 

lalitk

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oberoniaomnia
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I am also a visual person with photography interest. I particularly like when the cover and the music have relationship. Some examples:

The Ex - Blueprints for a Blackout

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Yakima Jera - Capture

Videotraum - Ebbe // Flut

I don't buy albums just for the cover art, but certain cover art has made me pause with the purchase. E.g., She pleasures herself - Latex, but I very much like the music.

And then there are the creative cover arts such as the variable inserts into the die-cut cover of Throwing Snow's - Dragons. Or the Art edition of Volcan's - Chansons pour le néant. Or the friendship editions from eins.zwei.acht label. That is I find truly exciting.

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