There ’s something exciting about let on a fresh compact disk . The sentiency of expectancy , the aroma of the packaging , the struggle with the sticky , unacceptable - to - open white anti - theft strip . But as music becomes progressively electronic ( in the downloadable sense of the word ) , gone the mode of the liner notes . Sure , you could still get out up the screening art and a cart track listing , but booklets fill with lyrics and history and artwork with blot out meanings have become more and more rare , leaving euphony junkies with just a little less to talk and discuss and argue over . Do n’t have sex what I ’m utter about ? Here ’s a quick tone into a few hidden gems plucked from the line drive notes :
1. Radiohead Did NOT Create a Concept Album (Or Did They?)
1997’sOK Computerby Radiohead still holds up as one of their most bright works . While the appendage of the mathematical group insistOK Computeris not a ' concept record album ' , there are fall back theme of consumerism and human indifference among the language and highlighted by the record album art . The liner bill also hold a sort of blot out gem left open for rendition . The lyrics themselves have planetary spacing , leaving some to evoke that they represent images . For case , the gaps in the lyrics for " prosperous " reveal a valet getting out of a lake or a superhero , two lines observe in the song itself . Also hidden in the liner distinction ? The band thanks Michael , Bill , Peter and Mike … the members of R.E.M.
2. John Coltrane Sings Poetry
In the line drive notes of arguably Coltrane ’s good record album , ÂA Love Supreme , there is a devotional poem written by the artist representing a conversation between Coltrane and God . The record album is relegate down into four movements , Â with part four being called " Psalm" . ÂIn this move , Coltrane performs what he calls " musical recital , " playing the word of his poem without actually singing any lyrics . Â The poem end with the vociferation " give thanks you God . Â ELATION " “ ELEGANCE " “ EXALTATION " “ All from God . Thank you God . Amen . "
3. Pearl Jam Wants You To Read One Book
While recordingYield , Pearl Jam was heavily influenced by a book calledIshmaelby Daniel Quinn . The claim itself comes from one of the basal conception of the book : yielding to nature . Inside the liner notes you will find a output sign hidden in every picture . This record album actually received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Recording Packaging , which I had no idea existed ( although they were beaten out by Madonna’sRay of Light ) .
4. R.E.M. Included the Puddles of their Brainstorming
As you may get it on , R.E.M. pulled it ’s banding name at random from the lexicon ( at one point the band serious view telephone themselves Cans of Piss).Seeming to enjoy this method acting of selective christening , band member typically tape up a Brobdingnagian sheet of paper up on the studio bulwark and write any name that comes to their head as a method acting of brainstorming album names . The liner notes of Monster let in some of the alternate rubric they were regard . Also written in the notes are two lyric : For River . River Phoenix , a good friend of frontman Michael Stipe , died the year that R.E.M. was immortalize Monster .
5. Weezer Just Says “No”
After the huge commercial-grade flop that was Weezer’sPinkerton , Rivers Cuomo shut down Weezer for three years . However , following this hiatus , the dance orchestra reunite to put out a 2d ego - title effort ( while recording this record album , Weezer tour under the nom de guerre Goat Punishment ) . Nicknamed " The Green Album " ( to differentiate it from the Blue Album and , afterwards , the Red Album ) , the liner note of hand curb an Italian phrase from a Verdi opera : " Torniamo all’antico e sarà un progresso . " The definition ? Let us return to old times and that will be progress . Additionally , if you pry start the CD tray from this record album , written on the edge is the word " No" . Online groups have suggested this is an result to another hidden jewel from Radiohead’sOK Computer . Written in the lining mark : I care you . I like you . You are a wonderful soul . I ’m full of enthusiasm . I ’m going plaza . I ’ll be happy to serve you . I am an of import individual , would you wish to come home with me ? Weezer apparently declined the invitation .
6. Sublime Wants You To Learn the LanguageÂ
Sublime ’s third and last vent ( the album in reality came out after Brad Nowell ’s death by heroin overdose ) , contains a song called " Caress Me Down " . In this undivided , Nowell replacement between english and spanish while singing . While the other song on the record album have lyrics that appear in the liner notes , under " Caress Me Down " it has the first few lines followed simply by " Learn Spanish" . Also discover inside this CD ’s liner notes are pictures of Brad blab to his new born boy and Lou Dog , Nowell ’s Dalmatian refer for his grandfather Louie .
