Tusk album cover? What would you like?

[Villavic]

So weeks ago I posted a poll about your favorite album cover. Tusk got few votes. I agree, it's not one of the best covers I have seen in a mac album.

But what would you have liked, considering that period, for a cool TUSK album cover?

I'd think in a cool photo of them, since their looked gorgeous those days. Specially Stevie and Lindsey (with his new haircut).
And Mick not shaved, he looks cool bearded.

Or a cool artwork.

just if you want to see the poll:
http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=15827

[golddustwoman77]

I think the inside of the gatefold for the Tusk album is way cooler than the outside picture with the dog. I think they should have put the inside on the outside (so to speak). The artwork and the interesting pictures are really unique and different. It has everything you need: (1) It would have suited the album. (2) It has candid pictures of the band. (3) It has unique artwork. It would have been perfect, in my humble opinion.

[Lala]

I have always loved this group photo of them. It would have been cool but it seems like a lot of FM albums don't have all of the members if any on them.

[tynan88]

Rrrgh I need to get these LP's just for the art work, it ain't on the CD's. Unforunately the CD has killed off a great artform now.

Tynan

i like all of the group photos of them from that period. BUT...i don't think any of them work as an album cover. My favorite is that one where Stevie's off to the side, lower than the rest of them and they're all serious looking.

Any group shots are just too boring. There's nothing intriguing about them.

I think a cool idea would have been to use that crystal ball again somehow. It was the center piece on the first two albums. It represented a common thread musically.

"Tusk" was such a departure musically - it's a cohesive album but it's so fragmented. You've got Lindsey's oddball bang-on-a-tissue box ditties, stevie's ultimate ethereal personal diaries, and Christine's balancing act between the two. They could have represented this departure with the crystal ball. Since this album was Lindsey's brainchild you could have Lindsey trying to destroy it - He could be carelessly dropping it from his hand with an almost sinister look on his face, thereby cutting the link to the former records...and have one or two other members in the shot that have a shocked look and maybe even have one trying to grab the ball before it crashes on the ground. Maybe one of them - John perhaps - is trying to save the ball but trips over a tusk or something african. Essentially, we don't want to show the ball breaking because we'll need that for Mirage (how they went back to the "Rumours" sound).

I don't know. Maybe this is kooky. But it's an idea.

Oh i just thought of another scenario....you could have one of the elephants about to stomp on the ball - thereby marrying the two concepts together.

[tynan88]

I like the crystal ball idea, what is the story behind the crystal ball?

Tynan

Originally Posted by tynan88

I like the crystal ball idea, what is the story behind the crystal ball?

Tynan

i don't know. i don't recall ever reading about it anywhere.

woulda been a great question for mcvie. too late now. and sat around trying to find a great question that hasn't been addressed before.

oh well.

actually, speaking of "oh well", i was going to ask him why they don't do this live anymore. but, i anticipated what kind of answer i would have gotten so i nixed it.

[mylittledemon]

The crystal ball was something that Herb Worthington had in his studio when he shot the album cover for Rumours. I believe he gave it to Stevie after the shoot.


As far as covers go...The Dance is my favorite, then Rumours, then Say You Will.

[SuzeQuze]

A photograph of all the men in the band, stark naked, with tusks covering their hoo hoos. Too subtle?

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by joe

i don't know. i don't recall ever reading about it anywhere.

woulda been a great question for mcvie. too late now. and sat around trying to find a great question that hasn't been addressed before.

oh well.

actually, speaking of "oh well", i was going to ask him why they don't do this live anymore. but, i anticipated what kind of answer i would have gotten so i nixed it.

It isn't too late to ask the question I don't think. I thought the QA series was ongoing with no "end date".

[SuzeQuze]

I love this braindump of ideas, very creative. How about a close up of the crystal ball, foretelling the future, and you see the tusk in there. Maybe all of the band members holding a gigantic tusk. Or Stevie trying to hurt Lindsey with a giant tusk. Okay, maybe not that one.

Originally Posted by joe

i like all of the group photos of them from that period. BUT...i don't think any of them work as an album cover. My favorite is that one where Stevie's off to the side, lower than the rest of them and they're all serious looking.

Any group shots are just too boring. There's nothing intriguing about them.

I think a cool idea would have been to use that crystal ball again somehow. It was the center piece on the first two albums. It represented a common thread musically.

"Tusk" was such a departure musically - it's a cohesive album but it's so fragmented. You've got Lindsey's oddball bang-on-a-tissue box ditties, stevie's ultimate ethereal personal diaries, and Christine's balancing act between the two. They could have represented this departure with the crystal ball. Since this album was Lindsey's brainchild you could have Lindsey trying to destroy it - He could be carelessly dropping it from his hand with an almost sinister look on his face, thereby cutting the link to the former records...and have one or two other members in the shot that have a shocked look and maybe even have one trying to grab the ball before it crashes on the ground. Maybe one of them - John perhaps - is trying to save the ball but trips over a tusk or something african. Essentially, we don't want to show the ball breaking because we'll need that for Mirage (how they went back to the "Rumours" sound).

I don't know. Maybe this is kooky. But it's an idea.

Oh i just thought of another scenario....you could have one of the elephants about to stomp on the ball - thereby marrying the two concepts together.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

It isn't too late to ask the question I don't think. I thought the QA series was ongoing with no "end date".

Der, I'm sorry, I see that they have stopped receiving new questions.

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

The crystal ball was something that Herb Worthington had in his studio when he shot the album cover for Rumours. I believe he gave it to Stevie after the shoot.

But it's on the white album cover as well. Did Herbie shoot the cover for the White album? Maybe that's what it was...

[mylittledemon]

It's not the same crystal ball if I remember the story from Herb.

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Der, I'm sorry, I see that they have stopped receiving new questions.

If you guys want to assemble a question about the significance of the crystal ball or whatever, i can stick add it to the list. what's one more question?

-Lis