get a grip!

.................... and why do people insist on making new threads when you can just reply in another?

Oh I'm not pissed off lol! It's just apauling.

I started a thread because it's got nothing to do with the album itself.

And in the 60's and 70's there were awesome album covers without even having computers. It was part of the art of the record. Nowadays, that kind of crap cover is even more deceiving. It's not as if they didn't have the money to get a quality one and it was a chance for them to get away from the crappy Oasis sleeves of the last years (bar Doys).

But like psj3809 said, in the end it's the songs that count. But I'm still a "package" fan. I still buy records in record stores so the sleeve is part of the deal for me. Look at Sgt. Pepper, people are still talking of the album sleeve now! Same with the White Album which is super simple.

i'd say the new cover is doing it's job it's getting people talking. bar the 2 famous albums you mentioned take a browse through your local mom & pop record shop, this is definitely a throwback to oldskool rock. You want bad cover art, take a browse through this gallery www.boston.com/ae/music/gallery/bad_album_covers/

Yeah I didn't like their "With The Beatles" type sleeve for Bring The Light. Just because it lacked originality.

But whether there were shit sleeves in the past, there are shitloads that were absolutely class! Look at the Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers! Plus we're not in the 60's so it's not a reference even though they really want that.

That cover says 1 of 2 things to me.

1. We're not taking ourselves seriously here.
2. We ran out of money.

Inclined to go with the first.

Liam is on record saying years ago that the band should always appear on an album cover. Perhaps. But for a debut, I think it's even more important. Either way, it's not a big deal. Let's have the music do the talking singing.

As for the title, it's a bit too blunt. Clearly a gripe to how Oasis broke up, almost wanting to convey a message to Noel that one band member can't destroy his passion. But then again, so what? It's, as the other Gallagher once said, "about the music music music".....

I think they should have used the picture of them stood at the gates, I think that is a class shot.

Shit cover.

bunch of fukin moaners

get a life and look forward to it, what's to lose?

either that or you can look forward to the next Coldplay album

Wouldn't mind if they were having a bit of fun and taking the piss a bit. It be a bit refreshing. But Liam, though occasionally funny, doesn't seem a joker in that respect. I have a feeling that Liam thinks it's the bollocks just the way it is though and that everyone should love it.

I have seen that picture before, it was on an email I got with funny pictures. I'm sure it was titled before animal cruelty or something. The girl is called Doreen & it's an Aligator. Here is the original -