Warner releases with AI-animated artwork?
So you might be aware by now that a lot of releases on Warner Bros. Records have their artwork animated with AI. That’s right, a major label.
Here’s an incomplete list of what I found:
The Academy Is… - Almost Here (2005)
Al B. Sure! - In Effect Mode (1988)
Al B. Sure! - Private Times… and the Whole 9 (1990)
Archie Bell and the Drells - Tighten Up (1968)
Average White Band - The Essentials: Average White Band (2002)
Better than Ezra - Deluxe (1995)
Blade Runner soundtrack (ironically) (1983)
Blue Magic - Blue Magic (1974)
Blue Magic - Thirteen Blue Magic Lane (1975)
Blue Magic - Message from the Magic (1978)
Blue Magic - The Best of Blue Magic: Soulful Spell (1996)
Blues Image - Open (1970)
Bootsy Collins - Stretchin’ Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band (1976)
Brandy - Best of Brandy (US edition only) (2005)
Chaka Khan - Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan (1996)
Changing Faces - All Day, All Night (1997)
Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself: The Best of Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (1993)
Cibo Matto - Viva la Woman! (1996)
Cibo Matto - Superrelax (1997)
Citizen King - Mobile Estates (1999)
The Coasters - The Coasters (1956)
Company B - Company B (1987)
Del the Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George was Here (1991)
Earshot - Two (2004)
Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat (1987)
Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It’s Over (1989)
The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic (1995)
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (2009)
The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody (2017)
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (1979)
Gerald Levert - The Best of Gerald Levert (2010)
Hot Action Cop - Hot Action Cop (2003)
Hot Chocolate - Hot Chocolate (1975)
Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey (1986)
Jade - Jade to the Max (1993)
Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking (1988)
Jo Jo Gunne - Jo Jo Gunne (1970)
Karyn White - Karyn White (1988)
Keith Sweat - I’ll Give All My Love to You (1990)
Keith Sweat - Keep It Comin’ (1991)
Keith Sweat - Get Up on It (1994)
King Missile - Happy Hour (1992)
Kleeer - Taste the Music (1982)
Letters to Cleo - Aurora Gory Alice (1994)
Lil’ Kim - The Notorious K.I.M. (2001)
Lil’ Kim - La Bella Mafia Starring Lil’ Kim (2003)
Linear - Linear (1990)
Mest - Destination Unknown (2001)
Mest - Mest (2003)
Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs (1992)
Nada Surf - high/low (1996)
Narada Michael Walden - Ecstasy’s Dance: The Best of Narada Michael Walden (1996)
Nicolette Larson - Nicolette (1978)
Nicolette Larson - In the Nick of Time (1979)
Nonpoint - Recoil (2004)
Orgy - Blue Monday/Stitches EP (1998)
Orleans - Still the One: The Best of Orleans (2008)
The Rascals - Time Piece: The Rascals’ Greatest Hits (1968)
The Rascals - Freedom Suite (1969)
The Rentals - Return of the Rentals (1995)
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (standard edition only) (1980)
The Replacements - Tim (Let It Bleed edition) (1985)
Rio 2 soundtrack (2014)
Robin S. - Show Me Love (1993)
Roger - The Saga Continues… (1982)
Rude Boys - Rude Awakening (1990)
Rush - Retrospective 3 (2008)
Rush - Time Machine 2011 (Live from Cleveland) (2011)
Saigon Kick - Saigon Kick (1990)
Seven Mary Three - American Standard (1995)
Shelter - Mantra (1995)
Silk - Lose Control (1992)
Silk - Silk (1995)
Solomon Burke - The Very Best of Solomon Burke (1998)
Soulfly - Soulfly (1998)
Soulfly - Primitive (standard edition only) (2000)
Soulfly - Prophecy (standard edition only) (2004)
Soulfly - Dark Ages (2005)
Soulfly - Omen (both editions) (2010)
Stacy Lattisaw - With You (1981)
Staind - 14 Shades of Grey (2003)
Staind - The Singles 1996-2005 (2006)
Sweet Sensation - Take It While It’s Hot (1989)
Sweet Sensation - Time to Jam! The Remix Album! (1990)
Tad - Inhaler (1993)
Tara Kemp - Tara Kemp (1991)
Tarnation - Mirador (1997)
Ten City - Foundation (1989)
They Might Be Giants - Flood (1990)
The Time - Ice Cream Castles (1984)
Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club (1982)
Tom Tom Club - BOOM Boom Chi BOOM Boom (1988)
Trina - Da Baddest Trick (2001)
Trina - Diamond Princess (2002)
Trina - The Glamorest Life (2005)
Tweet - Southern Hummingbird (2002)
Twista - The Day After (2005)
Unwritten Law - Here’s to the Mourning (2005)
Ween - The Mollusk (although they did recently replace it with a non-AI rain effect) (1996)
Womack and Womack - Love Wars (1980)
The Young Rascals - Groovin’ (1967)
Zapp and Roger - All the Greatest Hits (only the one listed under Zapp and Roger’s profile, the one under Roger’s profile is still) (1993)
Zapp and Roger - The Compilation: Greatest Hits II and More (1996)
If there’s anything I missed, list it in the comments.