Where have all the decent album sleeve designers gone?
It has been worrying me for a while, brought home when I bought a copy of Floyd's pretty forgettable "Endless River". What on earth was going on with the sleeve design - it looks like some dreadful Athena (remember them?) poster - just plain silly:
https://static.independent.co.uk/s3f...less-River.jpg
Compare that to this......
http://www.yalescientific.org/wp-con.../DarkMoon3.jpg
...or this....
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/170...g?v=1485380135
Last week, I bought Mike Oldfield's "Return To Ommadawn". The original is an all time favourite so I was in some trepidation, but actually it's a lovely album. However, the sleeve - what on earth?
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3a...A3-1200-80.jpg
Compare to....
https://img.discogs.com/jJuomHS8TV1a...-3318.jpeg.jpg
It's as if we have lost all the great album art designers - all the invention has disappeared. Where are you Storm when we need you?
Am I alone in thinking this?
Cheers
Phil