does good artwork drag you more into listening to the actual music?

i've noticed a pattern for myself where, if a release has rather cliche/amateur artwork, i'll skip listening to it. sometimes i'll be proven wrong and sometimes not.

i like to think music is very much associated with the artwork that is created for the release, it has a story to be told outside of the actual audio

Yes, I pretty much do the exact same thing.

Absolutely imo, the artwork also says a lot about the whole aesthetic of the label and people involved I think.

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Depends.
If I dunno the artist or have read anything about them (reviews/heard anything of them before), I'll go with good looking artwork and ask to listen to it in the store

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Definitely, yes - to me every release is a complete package and the artwork should compliment the music (and vice versa). That's one of the reasons why I still get physical releases almost exclusively.

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Sure, if it's got good artwork, then I'll give it a shot. If it's a well known artist that I like, yet has bad artwork, I'll still give it a go. However, bad artwork with an artist I've never heard of will get a skip from me.

A lot of times I look at the title names in the album. If they look cool I'll give it a listen

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It is usually the case. Don't we all do that with movies too?

Though, I haven't listened or shopped for EDM albums ever since Tower Records closed. They had the best selection compared to most places in my area.

good artwork is a plus but i don't care about it that much unless it's something like lemon jelly's lost horizons album.

i will not discriminate bad artwork if the audio is good but i would also be a hypocrite since i have replaced a tacky sleeve for a standard black one. the record in question is scooter's i'm raving with the immense taucher remix

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Originally posted by Clovis Absolutely imo, the artwork also says a lot about the whole aesthetic of the label and people involved I think.

This

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Definitely - I tend to always skip the shitty looking artwork, usually I know what I'm looking for.

One thing I have noticed is a lot of similarities in artwork especially on MP3 sites. Small labels, with little to no imagination copying well established ones like plus8, minilogue etc. If I come across a few of the labels I mean then i'll add them to this comment to illustrate what I mean.

It probably shouldn't, but it certainly does.

Certainly.

The rationale is easy: people who put a lot of effort into their music generally extend the same attitude to their artwork. Minilogue's Animals is a good example of this.

This: http://www.discogs.com/Dousk-DIY/release/586822 is also a good example. The cover folds out into a box which has a whole lot of instructions on the inside about how to make various model planes. In effect the box looks like one of those little plastic plane kits you used to buy as a kid, which ties in with the album name, 'D.I.Y.'. Very clever and great music.

Images here: http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=586822

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