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Topic: Astronauts on music albums (cover art)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted February 27, 2007 03:35 PM
   
From RateYourMusic.com: About astronauts in album covers A collection of music albums that use astronauts in their (or as their) cover art.  |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3002
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted February 28, 2007 12:07 AM
I'm surprised that they seem to have missed this Tom Petty one, which was being heavily promoted recently. |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 695
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted February 28, 2007 05:27 PM
I have #3 signed by Moby in a large mylar size, and he drew a cartoon on it as well. I love stuff like this. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3002
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted March 02, 2008 10:05 PM
The band 'Spiritualized' seem to be going for a spacesuit theme; I just saw this image and this image in the local paper. |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1313
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted March 03, 2008 03:56 AM
Spiritualized lead singer Jason 'Spaceman' Pierce's previous band was Spacemen 3, and his most succesful album was 'Ladies & Gentleman, We Are Floating In Space'.It's something of a theme.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted April 23, 2008 08:14 PM
It doesn't have an astronaut on its cover , but Mostly Bears' debut album, "The Ed Mitchell Clinic," is named after one, reports the Arizona Daily Star: The group named its new album after Apollo 14 astronaut Ed Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon who experienced something bassist Geoffrey Hidalgo called "instant global awareness": seeing the planet from afar and realizing that the world is one.Space is a recurring theme in the world of Mostly Bears. The title song on the "Only Child" EP mentions dreaming of "stars and astronauts" and the "Ed Mitchell" artwork shows planets behind a deconstructed sketch of a human. Lopez said he's infatuated with the final frontier, and it carries over into the band's music. "If you took away the vocals, there'd still be a spacelike element to it," he said. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3002
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted April 24, 2008 09:17 AM
The posting about the Ed Mitchell Clinic album reminded me of the Spiderbait album, Flight of Wally Funk.The band were inspired by reading Wally's story, and she and the band have been in touch with each other and had some fun conversations. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3002
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted May 14, 2008 11:25 PM
Here's another album cover that I just spotted. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 644
From: Denver, CO USA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted May 15, 2008 03:22 PM
I just might download Bad Astronaut for that title alone... |
Mr Meek
Member Posts: 347
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted November 18, 2008 10:54 PM
The Fruit Bats' 2005 album Spelled In Bones has an Apollo CSM, apparently submerged, on the cover.Check it out |
Falcon109
Member Posts: 13
From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted November 19, 2008 09:20 AM
Matthew Good's "Last of the Ghetto Astronauts" has a walkout pic of the Apollo 8 crew on the cover. |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 395
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted November 19, 2008 11:16 AM
The new Dido album has the distant shot of Bruce McCandless during the first untethered spacewalk. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3391
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted November 19, 2008 05:11 PM
A couple of examples that pop into mind are the cover of the Afgham Whigs album "1965" (featuring a photo of the Ed White EVA) and the cover of Sleeper's album "Smart" (featuring the iconic photo of the Mercury Seven in their silver spacesuits). |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3002
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted March 08, 2010 10:05 PM
I spotted another one next to the sofa in the photo on this story's page. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3002
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted September 09, 2010 02:53 PM
An interesting shot on the new Klaxons album "Surfing The Void." |
Paul23
Member Posts: 695
From: South East, UK
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted September 10, 2010 01:50 AM
I think that picture confirms my suspicion that NASA has missed a trick all these years by not making greater use of surly looking cats in the space programe. |
Spacefest
Member Posts: 849
From: Tucson, AZ USA
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted September 11, 2010 05:14 PM
The Ventures used my Morning Launch for this one in 1983. |
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