Here's another in my series of posts about weird hobby number 973 - compiling animal album covers. There's such a glut of these lately that I'm having to divide them up into dragons, dogs, horses, reptiles, monkeys, etc. I may or may not get to post some of the others :). What's interesting here are some of the stylistic and thematic similarities occurring concurrently in a short space of time. So here they are, cats big and small, all from recent CD covers (Click on pic if you want a closer view).




Top row

James Yorkston - The Year of the Leopard - Warm, understated, confessional acoustica with delicate musical arrangements

Radicalfashion - Odori - Minialbum of dreamlike swirls of piano and electronics from Japanese composer Hirohito Ihara

Polar Goldie Cats - Feral Phantasms - Fine instrumental rock band awash with cats of every sort

Jane Seidel Trio - We Get Requests: Live at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival - Australia's first lady of jazz vocal/piano performs requests backed by guitar and double bass
2nd row

The Blow - Poor Aim Love Songs - Danceable electropop EP with female vox, from Khaela Maricich and Jona Bechtolt

Tiger Army - Music From Regions Beyond - Nick 13 and Co move from their psychobilly roots towards pop territory

Ratatatat - Classics - Instrumental band with eclectic range from dance to metal, with a full on production

Against Me! - New Wave - 10 track punk rock, less edgy but consistent
3rd row

Interpol - Our Love to Admire - The ubiquitous New York quartet in black remain in top form

Yea Big & Kid Static - The Heavy 7″ - Collaborative 4 track EP from hiphop duo

Various - Ibiza: The Sound of Renaissance Vol. 4 - Summery deep, progressive techy club 'n' chillout

Peter J. Slack - The Cat Continuum - Canadian pop/folk album (from a fellow blogger!)

Added note: Ben Lee liked Against Me's New Wave so much he made an acoustic cover of the whole album! You can find the tracks to download from Ben Lee's Blog (19th August).

Labels: Animal album covers, Cat album covers, Cats