Matador Records recently sponsored a Belle And Sebastian cover art contest for their BBC Sessions compilation. Pretty much the idea for the Revized website, minus the contest (though I hope to have one, one day). Lots of nice ideas here…

The Sound Of The Smiths compilations are the first to feature a band photo, but I always loved the way Morrissey used film stills (for the most part) on the classic sleeves. Beauty in its simplicity. Here are two Revized takes using James Dean (one of Moz’s faves) and Harvey Keitel, who gave permission too late for this image (from Who’s That Knocking At My Door) to be used on their final album, Strangeways Here We Come).

Clearly, Ms Rossi wants you to focus on the music and not the dreadful cover art she has apparently chosen for her debut album on 4AD. Is this possibly a statement on 4AD’s aesthetic reputation? Sure to be hotly debated by diehard fans of the 4AD label…

A take on the rather plainly designed Dead Can Dance box set, 1981-1998, and its subsequent compilation, Wake. I’ve always been intrigued by continuity, in terms of music design.

Seriously, is this a joke?

The 25th Anniversary DVD artwork is just awful. Gandhi looks dead (or at least dozed off) on the DVD. This is really unfortunate and inexplicable, for such an award-winning film. This is one of the worst DVD covers ever: I’m simply stunned this got approved…which makes it a natural for the Revized treatment.