Ever been put off buying a CD because of it's cover art?

[AyuLover]

Heh...."MY STORY" counts for me on this one.

[m-a-z-e]

Originally Posted by luminaire

Actually, the covers for "My Story" aren't all that bad, just the thick make-up, especially that lipstick. =X

m-a-z-e, I'll post one picture of the "feel my mind" booklet and you can judge for yourself and see if you want the album. ^^;;

I don't mind sexy but in my opinion, Kuu has crossed the line between sexy and skanky, especially of late. Akurei will probably kill me for this but that's how I see it.
Anyway, the image link:

http://www.geocities.com/kuuenbu99/File0461.jpg

What is Kuu doing... >_< I'm still gonna buy it otherwise I wont have a complete collection I'll just avoid looking at the booklet but hey...hey skanky-ness must've did the job. Girls ~Selfish~ did get No.1 afterall. x.x

[sxesven]

I'll never forget a review I read at Yesasia stating the person in question had put the A Ballads CD in a different CD case so he/she wouldn't have to look at the cover.

Pity.

[thejadedangel]

WEird. I liked the A Ballads cover and I'm not a lezzie.

Didn't care much for the Memorial Address cover. Or the Duty cover. Or the I am... cover. But then again I bought most of those cause they were kick ass albums.

[bernardation]

i love love jam's cover !!!

[tinyppl]

Luna Sea covers are all plain and their earlier works have eerie covers; but their music is great~ There are only 1 or 2 covers with their faces there and even so, they don't look super gorgeous of what to make you buy their cd.

But well, if we can be less superficial and look more to the inside of the talents or what these artists hold then we do not need fanciful covers. I believe real artists would want people to buy their cd because of their music rather than their fanciful look on the covers.

Edit: Just realise I didn't really answer the topic. Yeah I've been put off buying a cd because of it's unattractive cover but those times were when I was younger and support artists only because of looks. Now, if the music is really worthed, then I wouldn't mind less attractive or plain covers

[kiseki666]

A Ballads was my first Ayu CD.
I have to admit i was pretty embarrased buying and my mom looked at me in this weird way.

[Aldonia]

Nah. I care more about the music than the cover. XP

[MsMiyabi]

Ai Otsuka - Love Jam
Ayumi - My Story
Utada - Time Limit

[MsMiyabi]

Originally Posted by m-a-z-e

What is Kuu doing... >_< I'm still gonna buy it otherwise I wont have a complete collection I'll just avoid looking at the booklet but hey...hey skanky-ness must've did the job. Girls ~Selfish~ did get No.1 afterall. x.x

The Feel My Mind Book Scans are at My Ku site

[jerms]

i liked that scan of kuu.

[BanFan]

hitomi's love life...o.o;

enter at your own risk...

Front...

Back...

[~K+]

I wasn't put off my LOVE LIFE at all myself, I didn't get it at the time only because I had no money. -_-

[ImpactBreaker]

Me likes the LOVE LIFE cover!!!!

[BanFan]

Ugh...I'm just going to buy the MARIA single...

Are there any other recommended hitomi singles I should get? I also want thermo plastic and HIKARI because I really like that song.

The first hitomi song that caught my attention was WISH, so I have to buy thermo plastic!!

[appears]

what should it matter what the jacket/artworks like?
what about the music?

[m-a-z-e]

Yeah..I know..we're just saying though...the ugliness of a cover has made us forget the quality of music and made us think "Ugh...no...don't want it. x_x". I mean...I'm still buying LOVE JAM 'cos the music is great but I'll just never ever bring myself to look at it's cover for more than a milisecond. O_o

[~K+]

Originally Posted by BanFan

Ugh...I'm just going to buy the MARIA single...

Are there any other recommended hitomi singles I should get? I also want thermo plastic and HIKARI because I really like that song.

The first hitomi song that caught my attention was WISH, so I have to buy thermo plastic!!

Um, just get SELF PORTRAIT and thermo plastic if you want it for WISH then, instead of having to buy a load of singles seperately. SELF PORTRAIT pretty much sums up all her good singles. And she's got 'TIARTROP FLES' if you want her B-sides that much.

But anyway, 'flow' is worth getting as a single, you can't get the original version of the song in any albums. I love the song myself.

'there is...' and 'taion' are really good single songs IMO, but they're already in 'thermo plastic'.

MARIA, IS IT YOU? & innocence are great songs too.

[gakkun]

Originally Posted by m-a-z-e

Just curious if anyone here has been put off buying a JPop CD because it's cover art is horrible. lol. I wasn't until recently two albums I've been looking forward too:

Ai Otsuka - LOVE JAM and,
Ken Hirai - Sentimental Lovers

The cover arts are just plain awful in my honest opinion and I really don't want the albums so instead I'm just gonna buy the albums corresponding singles. x.x;
Although....I might still buy LOVE JAM as Ai Otsuka's voice is so infectious. Lol.

How is SENTIMENTALovers an ugly cover?? o.O;; it's not fancy or plastic, it's just normal.

[m-a-z-e]

It just looks...bad... *Shrugs.* x.x