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Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 14:41 Another tubular.net exclusive, we are pleased to bring you a preview of the final design for the cover of Music Of The Spheres! Back to top

bugular tell Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: Mar. 2003 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 15:08 cool, looks really good quite eye catching! -------------- Light travels faster than sound, thats why some people appear bright until you hear them speak Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 15:40 Wow. I love it. Back to top

Nacho Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 15:54 It looks like a mix of Tubular Bells, Platinum, and Light + Shade!!!   Like it!!!  Does Hans Claesson have any relation with the cover?? Back to top

Moonwing_Shadow Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: Jan. 2006 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 16:11 Wow, it's pretty nice. Not one of the best covers in the world, but yeah, I like it -------------- I'd rather be on Dragonback Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 16:55 Yeah looks quite good. I'd re-do the writing though, its to big and it distracts from the actual image itself I think. Back to top

Velodynamic Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: June 2006 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 17:18 Oh my...have I ever seen something so beautifully pretty?   No don't think I have...I LOVE IT!   Thank you again Korgscrew.   -------------- "...I've never seen a connection between music and politics. It's like trying to connect football with croquet." -M.O. Back to top

Ratty Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 17:18 I agree, very eye catching..love it.   -------------- Far away across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells Back to top

captainjjb Group: Members Posts: 310 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 18:03 The RAM has gone to tea but The nun has found her rosary beads (sorry, too much red wine tonight) Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 18:55 first thought was: to simple!! But now after some look; i think it is very nice, tasty colours! Very warm and calm. It haves the typical sucess look.. dont know why i think so, i just feel so. thanks for the info, again!!!!   -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 19:46 Here we go with Mr. Escher again, don't we? Take a look at his Cube with magic ribbons... the MotS artwork isn't quite so subtle, but the basic idea is there. However, Escher or not Escher, IMHO it's really, really nice. (And no, I don't think this time Hans C. has anything to do with it.) -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 20:00 I have to say I find it quite intriguing...the more I look at it, the more I want to look at it. I think in a way, it's something that might work better as an LP cover - that would also allow it the writing to be smaller, as Toby suggested, without it becoming too small to read. I have to say that whatever I expected, this wasn't it, but I like it. It's interesting that everyone here has liked it so far as well - it's not fared quite so well on the German forum, where there's been the usual chorus of "could have done better myself" and so forth (how come I never see people actually do better themselves?). It will of course look slightly different as a CD, as they almost always use a transparent media tray these days, allowing them to slip in something along the left hand side which can be very complimentary to the design. I have no information on who designed it, unfortunately. We'll try to find out. It's nice to see that everyone's appreciating these news updates. Of course I've seen the posts which say things like "now it's time for xyz..." and I can only say, we're working on it! We're quite aware of what everyone wants to know and are trying to make sure that Universal are aware of that as well. We hope things will continue to get more interesting as the release date approaches! Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 20:34 At three months, nine days, and seven hours to go (have I mentioned that I'm eager for this album??), this is wonderful to see - I think it looks great! -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 21:28 It reminds me of my calculus classes at university,full of spheres,very mathematical and surreal at the same time I like it,simple,and it works...caught my attention a lot reallly   -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 22:02 Two things immediately came to mind when I saw this topic: 1. I love the cover! 2. Tubular.net is doing VERY well for exclusives with this album - in my opinion, quite rightly so. -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

timshen Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: Mar. 2001 Posted: Aug. 02 2007, 22:19 My initial thought also was: nice but too simple. However, it becomes more intriguing the more I look at it. Now it's up there with the best of MO covers :-) -------------- Expect Great Things. Attempt Great Things. Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Aug. 03 2007, 01:29 Quote (timshen @ Aug. 03 2007, 04:19) Now it's up there with the best of MO covers :-) Indeed, I think it's one of his best. It just looks so classy. I have to agree with Korgscrew as well, it's not at all what I expected, but it's a very nice surprise! Oh, and what do Germans know, anyway? Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Aug. 03 2007, 03:35 Looks excellent to me. I like the ambiguity of it: you can read it as multiple images of a planet orbiting a sun; or as a string of beads; or as ...etc... Back to top

Deadcalm Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 752 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: Aug. 03 2007, 03:41 It sort of reminds me of the "Time Machine" in the Movie Contact.. Well without Jodie Foster Installed !! lol.. Nice Colours bit "Tres Lunas" alike...  How about releasing it on Digipak much prefer that than the standard plastic case CD format !! Back to top

David® Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: Jan. 2007 Posted: Aug. 03 2007, 04:46 Wowww, thanks by the tubular.net exclusives!!! The first time that I saw the cover not I liked. It seems too simple. But now, after seeing it more times, it is perhaps the custom, but I like more. Greetings. Back to top

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