COVER OF THE WEEK
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12 is "Nursery Cryme" by Genesis.
Artist Paul Whitehead had made the cover for Genesis’ previous album
Trespass. A rather romantic view
of a Tolkien like landscape, but the knife stuck in the canvas makes a
bizarre relief.
The
theme of hidden horror continues on Nursery Cryme.
The cover painting is in bright and yellow colours and shows a view of
victorian era countryside recreational activities...upper class people
are walking around in the distance.
A
game of croquet...a girl is rising her mallet to hit a croquet ball...But
wait!...It’s not a ball...It’s the chopped off head of a child!
The
inner fold out has the lyrics and some tasteful illustrations to each
song. Enough details to get the listener occupied for a while, in very
tasteful graphics.
The croquet painting was inspired by the opening track The Musical Box:
“...While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor (8) was playing croquet with
Cynthia Jane De Blaise-William (9), sweet-smiling Cynthia raised her mallet
high and gracefully removed Henry’s head...”
Sigurd Huckle