I don't even buy physicals anymore so I guess I'm part of the problem but seeing this disk for In Utero made me notice how excited I would feel when I popped them in back in the day...

Easy solution for this that im not gonna say because i dont have a six figure job at Apple or Spotify

john is allowed to have this avi but when i had ethel cain and her boyfriend genitals and b**** covered it was an issue

it's art dude

bosh!

Damn Yachty really rebirthed that shii

It’s ok they wouldnt do it.

Can easily digitize liner notes on streaming and they have refused to do it for 15 plus years.

They just now figured out how to put credits on streaming platforms in the last few years and some artists still dont give a s*** (coughdrakewassupmancough)

Always loved the Black Keys Brothers heat reactive CD

Oh wow that's very cool

#Noticing

yeah ill never forget going to cop from best buy, spinning this with the homies, absolutely loving the music and then seeing the revealed design after ejecting it like yoooo wtf.

some people will never understand how much something like that can complete the experience and turn a great album into a real experience and memory.

We really don't know how good we had it

Some are as iconic as the album art IMO

The giant pot leaf on The Chronic

I wasn’t ready for that OutKast album when I copped in middle school ish era

Physical media are Funko Pops

When they came with posters

If I speak....

gimmicks that the streaming age has weeded out in favor of pure musical experience. Thank you Based Streaming Services

Did artists stop doing this? I feel like a Tyler The Creator CD is probably still elaborate and different like these

Artists that care about this kind of presentation still do this on CDs and also do it through music videos, instagram collages etc.

There are perhaps less artists that do it often, but I can't quantify that

Might I suggest that we all do
Something

what’s the point of the thread if the first thing you admit is you don’t buy physical media anymore? how you say it’s a lost art in the era of multiple CD variants?

Here’s a CD that just dropped 2 weeks ago, the design is that far off from the one in OP or something? it comes with 2 posters as well and the booklet just like the CDs back then. maybe we all just need to let go of the past and start thinking about idk, today or something lol

And it sits on my library CD shelf as we speak

Real

Artists with fanbases (so pre 2017) will continue to do this because their fans love music.