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Kanye West’s cover for his single “Love Lockdown” on the left and the cover for his album “808s and Heartbreak.” Both are amazingly simple and effective. My two things to look for in any piece is 1) color scheme and 2) simplicity. Both deliver. The cover on the right of course is more complicated, but it also has adds a nice sense of humor and a comic book feel to it, which belies the emo angst that is this album. (The album starts off well and then progressively gets worse but I still enjoy this album more than his others. I like mellow music?)
Another cover that uses the heart imagery so well:
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Utada Hikaru’s single “HEART STATION/Stay Gold,” which I think was one of the best Jpop singles from this year, and was subsequently included in one of my favorite albums of the year. :)
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