Rush album cover
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It would seem to me a band like Rush should have outgrown this type of aesthetic. I mean we're talking one of the most celebrated canadian prog-rock bands of all time...
The cover lacks a certain polish/refinement both in technique and concept to really strike me as something well done or original. You could visit deviantart and almost certainly find something very similar done by any number of wannabe digital artists/illustrators out there. All of the photoshop effects add another layer of amateur execution to the whole thing. The type also does not seem wholly integrated or thought out and mostly gets lost with the rest of the imagery.
All of these things sort of add up to create a composition that is neither exciting or original. What would happen if you put this on the shelf at a store? Would you even be able to pick it out against myriad albums that contain equally poor artwork?
The single artwork is better but is still rather kitschy. Still, it has the refinement the cover you've presented is lacking.