Artwork for the new Carrie Underwood CD getting "thumbs up" and "thumbs down." Your thoughts?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

This was posted on the Album Art Exchange blog last night by zeefritz, one of the major contributors. His comments are below. What do you think?:

Carrie Underwood reveals cover for Blown Away

http://www.albumartexchange.us/2012/03/carrie-underwood-reveals-cover-for-blown-away.html

By Fritz on March 5, 2012 8:12 PM
Earlier this evening, the cover for Carrie Underwood's forthcoming album, Blown Away, was revealed on the artist's official Facebook page. I have read through some of the Facebook and Twitter comments about the cover and it is getting mixed reactions from Underwood's fans. Some are writing that the image looks "too fake" and that it doesn't look like Underwood. Others are going with the predictable puns about the cover blowing them away.

Personally, I don't understand why an artist with one of the most beautiful smiles in country music would want to look like such a sourpuss on her album cover. Considering that parts of the country have just experienced a major tornado disaster, I also have to question the logic behind releasing this album cover this week.

Posted by: zeefritz

[Tikki]

1. Indifferent....

Is the music any good?




Tikki

[hlthe2b]

2. Gives off a pretty dark feeling to me...

and yes, I'd think the marketers might have considered delaying the release a bit, but whatever.

If the fans like the music, I suppose it won't matter. Doesn't matter to me regardless.

[HappyMe]

3. I love that dress!

I think the cover is kind of cool.

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. I think it is beautiful

[Yavin4]

5. They Still Do Cover Art?

I thought that in the age of the iTunes cover art is a lost art form.

[HappyMe]

6. They still sell cds.

Archaic, I know. We all don't do iStuff.

[Myrina]

7. Sure as hell isn't the country music I grew up with!!

Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, the stand-by-your-man woman ... all used to look like they just took a break from the Beverly Hillbillies set.

WTH?

[Iggo]

9. Pretty girl in a fancy dress. What's not to like?

Thumbs way up.

[rug]

10. .

[gatorboy]

11. I dunno who Carrie Underwood is

But it looks like a Celine Dion cover

Actually she looks like a painted up Kaitlin Olson.

[HopeHoops]

12. It's at least artistic, but she looks like a clothing store manequin.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. leg jutted out reminiscent of the recent Jolie debacle.The "scene" has a

dark and surreal quality to it. If that is what she is going for, she accomplished that, I think.

meh.

[tanyev]

14. Angie's Right Leg is a big fan.

Angelina Jolie's Leg?@AngiesRightLeg

Carrie Underwood and Carrie Underwood's Right Leg released an album. Flattery, ladies, will get you everywhere. http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/03/06/carrie-underwood-album-cover-blown-away/


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