Best Moz cover art?

[mozzia]

I love the Your Arsenal artwork.
And i think it goes well with the rockier approach of the album.

 

[fuckfrankie]

but YATQ and ROTT are both horrible,horrible covers

ROTT is sorta ugly, but YATQ really pisses me off. why is he holding the gun like that? it's got a pistol grip for a reason...and he should have a more menacing look on his mug. i'd swear they photo shopped that gun into the pic.

anyways, my fave:

i'd have to agree that Your Arse is pretty nice too

 

[bored]

I've said it before on similar threads (is this Kewpie's day off?), but his best cover isn't an album cover at all:



If this doesn't sum up Morrissey perfectly, I don't know what does.

This is definitely the funniest.

As far as how he looks, my favourite is the Interesting Drug sleeve.
I love the way his hair is shaved.

 

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

I loved the Ringleader of the Tormentors sleeve and singles sleeves. I loved the whole package, the "refined European gentleman" image which carries all the way through to the polished finish of the songs. And I thought the attention to detail was terrific- loved the mock-classical sleeve from the first time I saw it.

But it's not classic Moz. Hmmm... Viva Hate... it was such a smooth transition from Strangeways. That's my favorite.

He looks 10x hot on the Vauxhall sleeve but it looks like an R&B sleeve.

 

[MsChievous]

"Your Arsenal". Then again, what do you expect from a frinker??

 

[EPbabe]

Eeeeeermmmmm..... Well...... This is my choice....

 

[Claudia2006]

...YATQ really pisses me off. why is he holding the gun like that? it's got a pistol grip for a reason...and he should have a more menacing look on his mug. i'd swear they photo shopped that gun into the pic.)

Heh... this weekend I bought one of those frames for an LP so you can hang it on the wall. I just now asked the husband to pick which one of my Moz records he'd rather look at every day and he immediately chose Quarry "b/c of the gun." He's not much of a fan, but he actually seemed to like the picture. He's into guns so I'm shocked he didn't criticize.

The other one that's going up on the wall as soon as I find a frame that fits a 45" single is this one:

 

[nugz]

I always thought it was interesting how all the Smiths albums didnt have the band members pictures on them, but almost all of the solo Moz album covers had his face on them.

I actually REALLY like the Quarry cover. I dont know if its my fav though, i never really thought about it.

 

[Abrahan]

favorite morrissey sleeve:

favorite smiths sleeve:

 

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

Eeeeeermmmmm..... Well...... This is my choice....

Frinker...

 

[Abrahan]

anyone ever notice these similarities?

 

[georgina]

Vauxhall and I cover
It's too good to ignore

I also love the inside sleeve of the Redondo Beach single
He's kneeling next to a guitar autographed by the Dolls.
I dont have that image on my computer but its really sweet.

 

[J-loc]

I like this one

 

[thewarroom]

Gotta go with Vauxhall and I. Followed very closely by Kill Uncle.

--Just noticed that on the Arsenal cover he appears to be holding the microphone in a very interesting place...any thoughts?

As far as singles go, love the EILS cover, Redondo Beach, and Dagenham Dave (gotta love Terry Venables!)

 

[Abrahan]

I like this one

this was my favorite in high school. love it.

 

[georgina]

--Just noticed that on the Arsenal cover he appears to be holding the microphone in a very interesting place...any thoughts?

I bet there is an entire thread somewhere about where he's holding that microphone, and the thoughts are obvious

 

[Not Right in the Head]

I like this one

I love that one, too.

 

[imogen11]

This one:

This gets my vote too. Great photo!

I'm also very partial to Kill Uncle (hot), Bona Drag (hot) and Your Arsenal (hot).

I also think ROTT is a great cover. In fact, I think it's the best thing about the album It's just such a dramatic, Morrissey-esque image, and, combined with the title, I found it very amusing.

 

[CrystalGeezer]

But my my, whatever is he licking? It ain't yer arsenal, that's for sure!

 

[imogen11]

Except the leading is wrong on the lines of text... I don't know exactly why it bugs me so much, the typography on the entire Quarry series of sleeves is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

Leading??
You must be a graphic designer! Only a designer would be driven to distraction by incorrect leading

Me too (well, I am still studying graphic design) and I too have picked apart this cover. hehe

Good photograph, but that's about it.