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Question: What do you think of the MOTS artwork/cover? :: Total Votes:32 Poll choices Votes Statistics Bang on! 7  [21.88%] Its ok 13  [40.62%] Erm...not really... 9  [28.12%] Oh no! 3  [9.38%] Guests cannot vote

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Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Nov. 10 2007, 06:56 I'm not going to listen to it until it hits the shops myself but I'm curious to know what people think about the art as we've all seen that. Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Nov. 10 2007, 07:20 From what i have seen i think it is very good. Much better than Light and shade. I dont like the prison look... The colours on MOTS are delightful and stunning. I like it -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Nov. 10 2007, 07:20 It's not horrible, I'll give it that. But some other people here had a good point about it: it looks like the cover of an 80's calculus book. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Nov. 10 2007, 07:23 Its not a Bad Cover which sort of sums up the Album Title. It reminds me slightly of a Science fiction theme... From what ive heard so far the LP is a good one ..Not sure if the music relates to Outer Space or whatever though.. As an Alternative I could of Pictured Mike Juggling the Spheres or Planets in a circle.. bit more of a talking point maybe.... -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

theweightless Group: Members Posts: 604 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Nov. 10 2007, 12:09 well it's ok, but hans made it perfect -------------- ASMK Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Nov. 10 2007, 14:13 It's uninspired. But the one thing I don't expect from Mike Oldfield these days is great cover art. After the Millenium Bell anything is an improvment! -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Nov. 10 2007, 15:16 Would it be unfair to suggest its a bit sci-fi... maybe more like you'd expect from Vangelis? Its quite an arresting image, which is helpful from the idle browsers p-o-v! Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Nov. 11 2007, 06:50 11-5 broadly in favour so far..... it does reference Tubular Bells doesn't it, and so, apparently, does the music... am I the only one who hasn't heard it? Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Nov. 14 2007, 07:35 Gosh,it reminds me of my calculus' book cover!   -------------- "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

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Dec. 01 2007, 14:20 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Nov. 10 2007, 13:20) It's not horrible, I'll give it that. But some other people here had a good point about it: it looks like the cover of an 80's calculus book. I love it, I think those calculus books looked great. Honestly. It may not exactly be very modern but so isn't the music. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Dec. 01 2007, 16:17 Now we can check it out some MOTS promo pics: http://www.mikeoldfieldblog.com/2007....spheres -------------- "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

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Dec. 06 2007, 05:19 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ Dec. 01 2007, 16:17) Now we can check it out some MOTS promo pics: http://www.mikeoldfieldblog.com/2007....spheres Think I would`ve prefered either of those two promo shots of Mike rather than the one we`re gonna` get.You know why has it got be so literal? MOTS.. a load of spheres going round and round...Come on!Even QE2 and Platinum both showed more imagination than that.And they both worked very well for me. It`s certainly striking alright,but not in a good way.If I was working for Universal I`d be working out how many promo stickers you could feasibly get away with sticking on the front of it,just to disguise it`s naffness. It`s actually been a very long time for me when I`ve looked at the front of a Mike Oldfield album and thought..."Yeah I like that."So what your casual observer is gonna` make of it wondering what to buy,I really hate to think. Back to top

New Incantation Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: May 23 2009, 16:40 I bought (and am currently listening for the 2nd time) this album today and I must confess to being a little underwhelmed by the cover art. I can understand the symbolism, ie "spheres". But portrayed in such a sterile calculated fashion in terms of cover layout that I'm given to thinking that someone was playing with PaintShopPro one day, and came up with this! Not great, but not bad, just somewhere in between. Again! Back to top

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