Album Covers Beyonce et al
Beyonce - Dangerously in Love How dangerous are we talking here? That adjective and the verb love do not sit well together. After all we all know that Beyonce is a bit of a drama queen at times, but...
Beyonce - Dangerously in Love
How dangerous are we talking here? That adjective and the verb love do not sit well together. After all we all know that Beyonce is a bit of a drama queen at times, but the only thing that this title seems to say is that she is psychotic too. Perhaps she’s one of those sorts of women who tend to get a bit stabby if scorned.
It has to be said though that she doesn’t look all that dangerous on this cover, in fact far from it. If anything she just looks sedated and statuesque, although saying that that diamond covered top could easily conceal some kind of ice pick, with which to pepper someone with holes should they rile her. PMT (sigh….).
3 Kens out of 5
The White Stripes - Elephant
Where are all the elephants! There isn’t even one elephant in this album title; not even some kind of elephant metaphor. Perhaps something that could be referred to as “the elephant in the room” should be present here. Maybe the title itself is the elephant in the room, and if it is then that is a stupid metaphor. Why couldn’t they just had a picture of Jack and Meg White dressed as maharajas and riding an elephant, that would look way better than this boring scene.
It is literally just Meg and Jack sitting on an amp of some sort (Bass or guitar, you decide) trying to avoid having their picture taken; which is just as useless as calling this album elephant (seeing as there are no elephants around) considering this is their album cover photo!
The little light bulb above (well sort of) Jack’s head looks sort of like he’s having an idea of some sort. Then again the idea seems a little disjointed as it isn’t directly over his head. Maybe the idea is to call his album elephant in spite of it having no clear link with elephants?
1 Ken out of 5
Michael Jackson - Bad
The clue is in the title, Michael is a rapscallion! Look at him there with his leather jacket and his leather face. He’s a bad boy is that Michael. I bet he gets up to all sorts of naughty japes like knocking the helmets off policemen, or maybe worse he steals sweets from newsagents when the shopkeeper isn’t looking. Does this man know no shame?
Still in spite of all the bad things this young scamp has been up to, you still have to question the logic of referring to your own album as bad. From a commercial perspective it strikes me as self defeating to say that your own work isn’t good. Maybe this is all part of Michael’s behavioral problem.
3 Kens out of 5
Paddy Roberts - Songs for gay dogs
Is there such thing as canine gay rights? Paddy Roberts certainly seems to think so. I don’t know if Paddy himself is gay (or even if this dog in the picture is too as there is nothing that makes him stand out as such) but he still seems to be championing gay dog pride.
Who knows (had he lived), in the near future we may have found that Paddy had laid on a gay dog pride parade and even instigated a party to elect a gay dog to congress. Still you have to admire him for taking up such a niche cause. Especially as he’s kindly written an album of songs for them, it may be a bit of a flop as I don’t think the gay dog part of the market is very big, but by god he’s certainly trying isn’t he.
Although if I were to criticize this cover I would have to say it would have got the point across better if he had made the dog look a bit gayer.
4 Kens out of 5
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