I enjoy buying physical CD's more than any other format of music. I like the experience of going to the store, buying the product, and then opening it up and reading the CD booklet and looking at the artwork while I pop the CD into my car stereo. Or when something comes in the mail, finally getting that package...
But why are so many EDM labels/artists so fucking lazy when it comes to booklets? The compilations never have anything outside of song credits. Some of the artist albums have a couple thank you's and nothing else.
The latest two CD's I bought this week:
Onra - Long Distance ($16): no booklet
Black Dog - Music For Real Airports ($18): 4-page booklet with just a picture in the middle
Is it that hard to put some lyrics in the insert? Or a couple pages of creative artwork? Or some thoughts on the album? Anything?
I buy CD's in other genres and every one of them always has lyrics or something in the booklet to make the physical purchase more enjoyable.
The only EDM CD that I've bought that has had a good booklet was Solarstone's Anthology One, where Rich Mowatt wrote an autobiography about the duo and how each song on the two-disc album fit into their careers.
Sep-24-2010 15:33
jalamanta
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Sep-24-2010 16:36
Halcyon+On+On
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Sep-24-2010 16:44
shaw
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Sep-24-2010 16:51
Scoops
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the Linear notes in the Balaces series are actually pretty intresting to ready
Sep-24-2010 17:15
IL Duce
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Location: Will the real Pierino please stand up.
"i would like to thank my supporters and the kick drum."
what else do you need?
Sep-24-2010 17:16
MrJiveBoJingles
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: U.S.
It might not be laziness. Some excellent musicians have trouble saying much about their music. They simply prefer to let it stand on its own.
Aphex Twin is one example. Burial is another.
Also, with rock albums there is an obvious motivation for heftier booklets: most of the songs have lyrics, and often lengthier and more elaborate ones than in dance. But much electronic music has either no lyrics at all, or extremely simple ones that are obvious on a single hearing.
Sep-24-2010 17:30
Halcyon+On+On
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quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Aphex Twin is one example.
Yes, I adore Richard's outlook. He's such a little fucker, but he's right- band music, performance music, music with lyrics- that's all up for talking about. Electronic music typically says all it needs to say by just being what it is.
And so here we are.
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Sep-24-2010 17:40
SYSTEM-J
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Location: Manchester
Some nice artwork never goes unappreciated. I do love Ultimae's digipack cases with sixteen page booklets of gorgeous artwork. There's an electronic label that definitely doesn't scrimp on the physical side of things.
Mostly though, it's just materialism. The thrill of purchasing something shiny. Beyond that initial inspection, how often do you actually look at album inlays?
