[twobitshifter]

I agree that cover art should be shown as large as possible for older works. I remember looking at my Lateralus CD cover art over and over again. It’s sleeve and a series of holograms and transparent pages that really push the limits of what you can do with 2D. In a static image in Apple Music, you won’t ever get the same feeling even if the image was 3 times larger.

That said, someone developing art for music no longer has to stick to sheets and 2D, Spotify or Apple Music can provide visualizations and info with the music that can do far more than the album art can. Tool was dealing within the confines of a jewel cd case, but that’s no longer a constraint.

[pram]

Yes the little book that came with Lateralus was amazing. It's one of the few rare instances where the CD release is far superior to any subsequent vinyl releases. The Lateralus picture vinyl is neat, but it doesn't present the series of images the way it was intended to be seen.