I have to admit that for the first few months I had this album, I listened to it almost non-stop, front-to-back and held it as a cherished selection of my music library, and that only after years of having it did I realize how bizarre the album art was. Two people, posed in perfect symmetry, [...]
Opal – Happy Nightmare Baby
27 March 2011 by Leave a Comment
For an album from 1987, Opal’s Happy Nightmare Baby does not have a typical album cover. The sparse black-and-white look harkens more to Blue Note‘s glory days, or even to abstract covers from the ’50s. In fact, the sound of the record itself is more akin to the sounds of that era as well, with [...]