Does the artwork of an album overall define the album or can the music stand on its own without the artwork. The artwork can give context to an album but do you need to see the artwork in order to understand the context of the music or can it stand on its own without it. Is the idea of album artwork going to eventually be outdated due to most people either downloading and streaming music rather than buying physical copies such as CDs or Vinyl records where the artwork is the first sing you see when you buy it. I think a lot of music can stand on its own without the album cover and doesn’t exactly define each individual song just more as a summary of the whole album, but to someone who does not completely get the message the artwork may help them receive the message.

Too many teardrops
For one heart to be cryin’
Too many teardrops
For one heart to carry on

You’re way on top now
Since you left me
You’re always laughin’
Way down at me

But watch out now
I’m gonna get there
We’ll be together
For just a little while

And then I’m gonna put you
Way down here
And you’ll start cryin’
96 tears

Cry
Cry

And when the sun comes up
I’ll be on top
You’ll be right down there
Lookin’ up

You’re gonna cry 96 tears
You’re gonna cry 96 tears
You’re gonna cry, cry, cry, cry, now
You’re gonna cry, cry, cry, cry

96 tears, c’mon, let hear you cry, now
96 tears, woo, I wanna hear you cry
Night and day, yeah, all night long