Peter Gabriel and Album Art

I stumbled on this quote by Peter Gabriel today: “I’ve always loved artwork and album art. I think it’s been a huge part of what people identify and feel about the music and the records. I used to love gatefold sleeves… when you would sit with a new record and open it up it was just a precious moment. Now we’ve gone into this digital world a lot of that has been lost.”

I feel exactly the same way. I went to a Borders the other day and I couldn’t believe how slim the once massive CD collection is. The world is going to have to stop making CD’s to get me to switch all digital. I would prefer the physical album every time. The art and the tangible product is part of the fun of experiencing an album. The only exception would be with a band only having a couple good songs, but the rest album is crap lame. Then buying an MP3 or two can be worth it.

In closing, the more I listen to Peter Gabriel my mind is blown. I would love to meet him someday, even better work with him on something.