IYD Album Cover!

[fringed n fab]

Originally Posted by David

I think she looks great! Long, flowing lines, great pose, stature, grace, elegance, mystery.

And Stevie looks good, too.

Funny

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

If you think about it in the context of the Rhiannion legend when she rides the white horse out of the side of a mountain that magically opens and then closes it's kind of cool.This album cover really confirms that they are going to try to market her to a very young demographic IMHO..good luck with that one though.

Well yeah, what do you think the whole Twilight and Glee thing is about. She ain't no dummy. She wants her legacy to live on.

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

Her face is still very Stevie to me, but it does look somewhat off. That being said, I love it. It is supposed to be a dreamlike vision of sorts. She looks real, yet somewhat cartoonish at the same time. It makes me feel like I am in a lucid dream, where you see this and you KNOW it is Stevie Nicks, but something is off so you must be dreaming. I think that is what this cover is trying to convey, the sense that even tho it is very real, it is also very dreamlike and it leaves you in a confused, disoriented state of mind. Does anyone get what I'm saying?

I hope you're right, that that's what they were trying to convey versus it just being overdone photoshop work.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

Her face is still very Stevie to me, but it does look somewhat off. That being said, I love it. It is supposed to be a dreamlike vision of sorts. She looks real, yet somewhat cartoonish at the same time. It makes me feel like I am in a lucid dream, where you see this and you KNOW it is Stevie Nicks, but something is off so you must be dreaming. I think that is what this cover is trying to convey, the sense that even tho it is very real, it is also very dreamlike and it leaves you in a confused, disoriented state of mind. Does anyone get what I'm saying?

totally agree. it is like a lucid dream.

now do u agree with me about the third hand?
it looks like that hand is rolling off that bubble like
david bowie in labyrinth.

I think the distorted image of her looks like an ILLUSTRATION. I thinkit will maybe prove to be a mirror image, kind of like the beach shot.

jondalar, seems like maybe a week early. but we don't know what she's doing next, etc. one of these days, she'll do a REAL media blitz. do like a hundred tv performances and s.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Nathan

totally agree. it is like a lucid dream.

now do u agree with me about the third hand?
it looks like that hand is rolling off that bubble like
david bowie in labyrinth.

I think the distorted image of her looks like an ILLUSTRATION. I thinkit will maybe prove to be a mirror image, kind of like the beach shot.

jondalar, seems like maybe a week early. but we don't know what she's doing next, etc. one of these days, she'll do a REAL media blitz. do like a hundred tv performances and s.

Ok so what next. We need that official track listing and then what? Just wait for the album to drop. After listening to that interview today it seems like she is dead set against of streaming any songs early.

Your right about it looking sorta like an illustration. It looks like a Migritte sorta to me.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

I hope you're right, that that's what they were trying to convey versus it just being overdone photoshop work.

well look - like I said, maybe they shouldve used the one where she looks like meryl streep in death becomes her, but that piano is weird. weird reflection in it, and I think stevie should have used a baby grand or something.

so I understand. but this is great album cover, right? look at it from a distance. its an excellent thumbnail. it will look goodnext to other bbig summer sellers like buble, swift, etc, in a target or best buy ad.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Ok so what next. We need that official track listing and then what? Just wait for the album to drop. After listening to that interview today it seems like she is dead set against of streaming any songs early.

There's also the Secret Love music video, and that 'sizzle reel' and whatnot.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

There's also the Secret Love music video, and that 'sizzle reel' and whatnot.

Your right and tomorrow is Tuesday, maybe that video will drop. That's the day when new music and stuff drops.

[MacMan]

I'm pulling these three comments from Perez... someones comment on the photo, or in defense of the editing of the photo.. Pretty much sums it up:

carrie from la
"Since when does art have the responsibility of representing reality? Art's role in society is to convey an idea. A theme, a perspective, a key in which to write, think, and sing, and a frame on which to hang the more intricate details of what the artist wishes to create. In this instance, she's portraying an archetype, not some kind of boring pigeonholed literalism."

dreamboat
"Whoever had the airbrushing chore for that CD cover must be exhausted. She hasn't looked that good in 30 years. I'm not trying to be mean, but that cover is a blatant misrepresentation."

carrie from la
"A misrepresentation of what? Clearly, an artist can't misrepresent their own idea. It would be a VERY boring industry if everyone had to portray themselves as-is. Study the history of album covers– it's tradition to utilize a character, glorified vision, painting, drawing, or altered personality to lend vision to the music."

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by Nathan

totally agree. it is like a lucid dream.

now do u agree with me about the third hand?
it looks like that hand is rolling off that bubble like
david bowie in labyrinth.

I think the distorted image of her looks like an ILLUSTRATION. I thinkit will maybe prove to be a mirror image, kind of like the beach shot.

jondalar, seems like maybe a week early. but we don't know what she's doing next, etc. one of these days, she'll do a REAL media blitz. do like a hundred tv performances and s.

Yes, I def see that third hand!

[J.Miller]

This is my first post in 5 years or so. Now back to the IYD album cover, I jokingly said to my wife '' Look , a couple of my heros made the album cover, Stevie Nicks and John Elway'' Maybe a Kansas City Chiefs fan would get that joke. They were always calling John " horseface". I am so giddy and silly about this.

[RockALittle250]

Originally Posted by MacMan

I'm pulling these three comments from Perez... someones comment on the photo, or in defense of the editing of the photo.. Pretty much sums it up:

carrie from la
"Since when does art have the responsibility of representing reality? Art's role in society is to convey an idea. A theme, a perspective, a key in which to write, think, and sing, and a frame on which to hang the more intricate details of what the artist wishes to create. In this instance, she's portraying an archetype, not some kind of boring pigeonholed literalism."

dreamboat
"Whoever had the airbrushing chore for that CD cover must be exhausted. She hasn't looked that good in 30 years. I'm not trying to be mean, but that cover is a blatant misrepresentation."

carrie from la
"A misrepresentation of what? Clearly, an artist can't misrepresent their own idea. It would be a VERY boring industry if everyone had to portray themselves as-is. Study the history of album covers– it's tradition to utilize a character, glorified vision, painting, drawing, or altered personality to lend vision to the music."

Agreed, Stevie was going for an album cover that is purely epic for herself and female rock/pop artists in general today. There are album covers that have come about here and there from older female artists (Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris come to mind) where they are somewhat creative but definitely safe, and then you have Stevie's album cover, and she has gone all out. It speaks volumes because it's representing her comeback, and it's also representing how impactful she still is on the music scene.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by fringed n fab

To me she looks like herself and age in this, just lighting effect and the way her makeup's done.

She looks much more like herself than she did on Rock a Little. She had that strange squished face on Rock a Little, not to mention the phantom waist line. She looks really natural here, compared to that.

Michele

[fringed n fab]

I don't think she looks overly Photoshopped. She's photographed standing back a ways, vs. the up close harsher lighting of tv we've recently seen which can be cruel and make her appear more tired than she really is. That, and I don't think her best makeup artists always get ahold of her these days... sometimes whoever does her up makes her appear kind of drab and faded. She needs to "pop" like she always did, even at 62. And at times, her makeup is spot on and just right.

[fringed n fab]

Originally Posted by michelej1

She looks much more like herself than she did on Rock a Little. She had that strange squished face on Rock a Little, not to mention the phantom waist line. She looks really natural here, compared to that.

Michele

Oh I loved her look and makeup on RAL. I think it was her head tilted up you're referring to. I find that album cool really. It symbolized witchy Stevie which is what I think they were going for. She's obviously quite proud of that album I believe. She's said she was 105 lbs on that album, so that would explain the tiny waist.