《MICHAEL》獲選最佳封面設計

來源：mjjcn.com  作者：Keen 

2013-11-8 

 

Complex.com目前選出了過去五年裡50張最佳封面設計的流行專輯。邁克爾傑克遜過世後發行的專輯《MICHAEL》（2010）奪得第一名！！！！！這張專輯收入了MJ的未發行素材，封面由畫家Kadir Nelson創作，展現了MJ人生的方方面面，各個重要時刻和人物，讓歌迷享受到了解碼的快樂。這張封面也被做成了2694平方米的海報在英國展示，創下吉尼斯世界紀錄的“世界史上最大海報”。MJ總是超越真實人生。

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Image via Discogs / Epic

1. Michael Jackson, Michael

Release date: Dec. 10, 2010
Cover art: Kadir Nelson
Art direction: Christina Rodriguez, Sheri Lee
Labels: Epic, MJJ

The first release of new Michael Jackson music after his death in 2009, Michael features a brilliant, multifaceted painting by renowned author, illustrator, and painter Kadir Nelson. Nelson, who has painted the likes of Marvin Gaye and later the album cover for Drake's Nothing Was the Same, here created something that at first glance looks like a collage of highlights from Jackson's career. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear this is an intricate painting meant to represent the ups, downs, and struggles of one of the greatest pop artists in history (of which there were many). We get Michael and all his most important moments: Michael preening for Off The Wall, the tabloid cover from a Weekly World issue, and the cherubs crowning him—one black, one white. Bubbles fills the bottom left of the picture, a reference to Jackson's pet chimp—the nods to MJ's life are numerous.

It's as much a puzzle for fans to unravel as it is a retrospective of one incredible man's incredible life. Nelson's ability to surmise and synergize Jackson's struggles is phenomenal. At one point this artwork was erected in Middlesex, England as a 29,000-square-foot mural, making it the largest poster in the history of the world. Jackson was always larger than life. —Dale Eisinger