Originally Posted by
RanRan79
Honestly, I'm pretty unimpressed with most of the Flo era album covers from the states. I think the best Supremes cover ever was the Sing Motown cover from overseas. Why that photo wasn't also the cover of Sing HDH is a mystery. Motown chose photos from 1965 for both of the last Flo era studio albums and it makes no sense. I saw someone on TV or maybe it was a photo somewhere of someone that had a whole wall of album covers and at some point I'm going to do my own twist on it. The Sing Motown album cover would have to be a must have for my wall. To me it said everything about what I love about the Supremes. It's a photo of them that seems to emphasis that they are indeed a group, at the same time each lady seems to be sitting in her own individualism. It's also clear that they're each sexy and she knows it. And the elegance and sophistication...it's clear that they're Supreme women and not Supreme girls of a "Baby Love" era. And if one had never heard them sing before, I think the cover would be an excellent judge of what they were probably capable of. If I changed anything about the cover it would probably be the background color.
I also love the Love Child cover from DRATS and the Jean era Touch.
Honestly, RanRan, I usually don't have to post because you say all the things I want to say anyway. But sometimes I do because, well, I wanna.
In this case, I have to say The Supremes Sing Motown album cover isn't a favorite. To me, it looks more like a photo for a magazine article. I really like the Sing HDH cover, although you are right that the photo is from 1965, not 1967. Still, it's an iconic image and I love the attitudes of all three in it.
I don't know if you're familiar with the cover of the UK TamlaMotown album Diana Ross & The Supremes 20 Golden Greats [[with the three red lips and golden microphones). I forgot to list that one as one of my favorite all-time album covers. I had it framed and it hangs on one of my walls.
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