ElectricalVoice
Refugee
You see ... the thing is ... this album is so kick ass that they don't kneed any more than this for cover!
(09-27-2004) U2 Album Cover on Amazon -- Interference.com *
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White_Dove
The Fly
Thats what I thought when I first saw it!
I like it!
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Slapnutz
Refugee
Edge looks like a pimp. Which is never a bad thing.
L03VIk
War Child
bratty_cat said:
Exactly right! It´s an Clash or Ramones feeling to it...
Kinda like ATYCLB + red...
L03VIk
War Child
Btw, are we shure we can trust Amazon on this?
U2girl91289
War Child
The picture is cool, but the red stripes bug me. Not bad overall, though
Zooropa man
Refugee
I think it'll be interesting to see the inside to see what pic's are there....
joerags
War Child
I think that picture of them would go nice inside the album, not on the cover.
For such a creative title, they could have done an artistic, creative cover, not just another picture of them. They have done too many album covers with a picture of them. My favorite album covers are the ones that they are not on, like War, Zooropa, Best of 1980-1990 and Best of 1990-2000. Rattle and Hum is the only cool one with them on it, although it's just Bono and Edge. It's the pose of Edge with the spotlight on him that is so cool.
For such a creative title, they could have done an artistic, creative cover, not just another picture of them. They have done too many album covers with a picture of them. My favorite album covers are the ones that they are not on, like War, Zooropa, Best of 1980-1990 and Best of 1990-2000. Rattle and Hum is the only cool one with them on it, although it's just Bono and Edge. It's the pose of Edge with the spotlight on him that is so cool.
Zooropa man
Refugee
Yeah, true....like a bomb exploding or something huh....
The Disciple
New Yorker
u2ulysses said:Nothing incredible (like the AB cover), but a great photo. Again, elegance in its simplicity. I think with a title like that, a simple cover was definitely needed - let the music do the talking, not the album cover.
That said, the band has a AB-ish look to them, especially Bono. Are those his FLY glasses again?I wonder how many pairs of those he'll lose (if he's like me and my sunglasses, a fair number).
I agree...my first thought as well, Achtung Baby-ish looking Bono. I 2 have spent more $ on sunglasses, especially lost/broken ones than I care 2 admit.
The Disciple
New Yorker
U2girl91289 said:
I think the red stripes r kind of like decor around "hazard" signs around toxic waste or nuclear material....
Its interesting that the the Band Name and the Title name are separated by 2 slashes "//"
This is used in programming languages such as Java or C++ to specify that whatever is written after those slashes are just comments, not part of the code, therefore should be ignored.
I wonder if it has a double meaning?
Anyways, I just found that interesting since I never see that outside of the programming world.
This is used in programming languages such as Java or C++ to specify that whatever is written after those slashes are just comments, not part of the code, therefore should be ignored.
I wonder if it has a double meaning?
Anyways, I just found that interesting since I never see that outside of the programming world.
P'tit Praince
Babyface
I think it is an 80's style cover, isn't it?
(yes...I know...my english is "poor"...sorry...I'm french)
(yes...I know...my english is "poor"...sorry...I'm french)
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I don't know what to think about this. Its too plain, and there's nothing significant about it. JT had the desert in the background, ATYCLB was in an airport. Here, they do look like they're dead and Bono is up to no good. I don't know...
I'll have to wait to listen to the album to decide
I think its their worst cover...but its the song that matters. I think it woulda been cooler without the red stripes. Boy it's gonna take a long time for me to get used to this cover. Oh yea and its from amazon.com so I don't 100% believe that this is the cover.
bratty_cat
War Child
L03VIk said:
Actually, it made me think of a Ramones cover when I first saw it.
ssviland
Babyface
Yeah
I am seeing that, along with they "Boy"-ish guitar sound of Vertigo, the artwork and typography are getting back to "U2-retro". I remember the t-shirts and buttons I had back in the 80's (it was a short time ago, of course) were all black, white and red. The font on the Vertigo single is U2 1982. Total punk. This could be a Clash or Sex Pistols record.
I remember in interviews back then U2 saying that they wanted to sound like The Who, Television and the Clash, but weren't good enough and they came out sounding like U2. (Thank God!) Maybe now they woke up and realized that now they are actually good enough to be the band they dreamed of being, now nearly 30 years later!
bratty_cat said:
I am seeing that, along with they "Boy"-ish guitar sound of Vertigo, the artwork and typography are getting back to "U2-retro". I remember the t-shirts and buttons I had back in the 80's (it was a short time ago, of course) were all black, white and red. The font on the Vertigo single is U2 1982. Total punk. This could be a Clash or Sex Pistols record.
I remember in interviews back then U2 saying that they wanted to sound like The Who, Television and the Clash, but weren't good enough and they came out sounding like U2. (Thank God!) Maybe now they woke up and realized that now they are actually good enough to be the band they dreamed of being, now nearly 30 years later!
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intedomine
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
its a shocker, worst yet, looks cheesy.....expected something a bit more vibrant....im sorry but im really feeling let dwon, i know its just an album cover but, jeez a balck and white photo with a black border....dont mind the red lines though but it really is too plain...
BostonAnne
Refugee
Zooropa man said:
If the title is "How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" - would we ever actually see a bomb exploding?
isabelle_guns
Refugee
Hmmmm. to be honest, I do not like the cover art of the album, very unimaginative, however, you can't always judge a book by it's cover or in this case a CD.
Sweet Tart
Refugee
nice 
fah
Blue Crack Addict
As long as a cd comes on the inside of the package, I don't really care what the album cover looks like
BostonAnne
Refugee
silenus said:
Renrut
The Fly
Johnny_Mo said:
That is flippin' hilarious...just hilarious...
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