Originally written by TheBoyDeadly · 8 January 2008
The Cribs have won an award which says they had the best record sleeve of 2007.
Others in the top ten, put together by ArtVinyl.com, include Editors, the Rakes, Various Artists** and, curiously perhaps given they seemed to have ripped it from Kosheen, Interpol.
You can see the full original list from the official site, but here’s the top 10, no 20, no _25 for your perusal+(bemusement/polite accordance):
1 The Cribs - Men’s Needs Women’s Needs Whatever
2 Editors - _An End Has a Start
3 The Nextmen - ‘Let it Roll’ 4 Eva Be - ‘No Memory of Time’
5 Thurston Revival - ‘Somewhere There’s An Angel’ 6 Various Artists - We Are Silver
7 UNKLE - ‘Burn My Shadow’
8 The Rakes - Ten New Messages
9 Interpol - Our Love to Admire
10 Husky Rescue - ‘Caravan’
11 Elliott Smith - New Moon
12 Liars - Liars
13 Tunng - Good Arrows
14 Seelenuft - ‘Horse With No Name’
15 Air - Pocket Symphony
16 Me & You - Floating Heavy
17 Groove Armada - ‘Get Down’
18 Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
19 Battles - Mirrored 20 Calvin Harris - ‘Colours’
21 The Chemical Brothers - ‘Do It Again’
22 White Stripes - Icky Thump 23 RJD2 - The Third Hand
24 Panda Bear - Person Pitch
25 They Came From the Stars I Saw Them - vs Reality
24? Tosh. Notch the number of awards you’ve been cheated out of up to two, Noah.