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Originally Posted by Pyewacket
Hmmm...I think Jondalar meant more in the sense of the music itself having a color signature, maybe even an aura. Is that right?
Do you have Synethsia? And totally off-topic, but is your name from Clan Of The Cave Bear?
I do love it when an album cover is well-matched with the contents within. I think Bella Donna is perfect with this, with it's black-as-night cover and it's elegant, bluish, dream-like pictures of Stevie on both front and back.
I thought Wild Heart was less successful at this, and though I liked her look on the front cover (and her vamp-lesbian-bordello shots for the rest of the album), it didn't really match what was going on musically, with elements of country and synths everywhere.
Rock A Little, though, I thought was very good. The look was clean and a bit wintery and that seemed perfect for "Talk To Me," "Nightmare," "HAEWAFY" and many others.
I was not crazy about the next two albums NOR their covers...so, uh, perfect match.  The cover for Street Angel was particularly dismal (though I did like a few of the songs from that album).
Trouble in Shangri-La was back on form for me -- loved the splash of color and the warmth, which I thought the songs shared. I loved the stately hall she was running through as well. |
Wow! Yes, my name is from Clan of the Cave Bear. It was one of my favorite books of all time, although the series got worse.
What I'm saying is when I think back to Bella Donna, I associate with the color black, and it has a sorta has a classic feel. But I always always sorta see that color because of the cover. The album is indeed a classic.
Wild Heart - brown and deep purple, which sorta seems to fit the almost rock, almost goth, sythensizer theme.
TISL - the orange was predominant, when I think of those songs I see the cover and that orange, I associate those songs with that color
In Your Dreams - unless that cover has not been totally color corrected, I'm going to associate this album with Gold, even the white of the horse has yellow in it. It's saturated with yellow and it's just got a golden hue. I'm wondering what this could mean for the music. It seems I have liked her darker colors better. But Gold is something new. I joked around last year when I wrote that post. But Gold or Yellow seems to be the real deal here.
Synesthesia? I have not heard of that until now. I don't think I have it, but color is real important to me. I'm a graphic designer and I sorta picture things. I just have a big imagination.
P.S. you are right about the elements of country in the Wild Heart, that was another reason I thought the color was perfect for that. Brown = Country. That color chart to me fit the album. And I agree that the lesbian, covenish, lesbian were awesome. It was one of my favorite covers from her. Nothing can top TISL cover, however, I don't feel the same exactly about the music inside. The orange, sunnishness is soo perfect for planets or the rush of Fall from Grace. But as whole I did not like the album. But orange was the spirit of the album.