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ubik210486 Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 18 2005, 12:28 Do you think that the song 'Crises' totally express what we see in the picture of the cover? Please answer, I'd like to know if I am the only person who has ever thought about that. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Sep. 18 2005, 14:23 Actually, I also think so. "Crises" (both the song and the album) gives me night-time visions in general, and the album cover matches that really well. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Sep. 19 2005, 10:27 To me, too. I actually wonder if it was an inspiring painting for Mike or only a later associated one. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

ubik210486 Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 19 2005, 15:18 I think that Mike thought that picture as we all can, if we listen to 'Crises'. That sadeness feeling, that olive green sky, that alone watcher, that tower and the huge moon over it... all is in the song, no doubt about that. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Sep. 20 2005, 05:15 Oh yes, I agree entirely. It totally matches the images I get when listening to the title track. For this reason, it is perhaps my favourite cover of Mikes. That, and I just love the painting. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

hergest fridge Group: Members Posts: 303 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Sep. 20 2005, 14:45 the crises artwork is in the platinum tour programme 1980 ,and is painted in blue.sorry if that appears boring ,but i thought you,d like to know that it had been around awhile before it was used. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Sep. 21 2005, 01:14 No, I didn't know that. Are you able to get a scan or photo of the programme? -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

ubik210486 Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 21 2005, 13:37 It's true, raven4x4x. I looked for it in google I found the blue Crises cover. But it's a kind of blue that is almost green (like turquoise), so you doesn't realize very much the diference. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Jan. 13 2018, 01:37 I've always been fascinated as to what the tower on the cover would look like if viewed from above. It has a very precise, intricate shape - not just a rectangular block. Any architects out there able to offer an opinion? Back to top

dazzler Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: June 2009 Posted: Jan. 19 2018, 08:14 Quote (nightspore @ Jan. 13 2018, 01:37) I've always been fascinated as to what the tower on the cover would look like if viewed from above. It has a very precise, intricate shape - not just a rectangular block. Any architects out there able to offer an opinion? It wouldn't surprise me if the block was Tubular Bell shaped from above. Just kidding, it doesn't look that way, but it could or should have been. Because the seeshore is a recurring image on some Oldfield sleeves. Interestic topic: also one of my favourite Oldfield covers. On the back sleeve the text lay-out has a nuclear cloud shape. It puts the entire title track in the cold war context, if you ask me. Hence the videoclip of Shadow On The Wall. Back to top

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