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The art direction of the album was handled by [[Chris Bilheimer]] with photography from [[Marina Chavez]] and Karl Koch. The album cover was shot in between band practices. It featured Mikey Welsh, Rivers Cuomo, [[Brian Bell]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] standing left to right in front of a plain, lime-green backdrop in a manner similar to the band's debut album, it was done as a tribute to Ric Ocasek who had produced their first album. It was also to symbolize the band's back-to-basics approach they took while recording the album. This is evident by a quote in the linear notes of the album, "Torniamo all'antico e sarà un progresso." This is a quote from Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi that roughly translates in English to "Let us return to old times and that will be progress." Cuomo remarked on the artwork: | The art direction of the album was handled by [[Chris Bilheimer]] with photography from [[Marina Chavez]] and Karl Koch. The album cover was shot in between band practices. It featured Mikey Welsh, Rivers Cuomo, [[Brian Bell]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] standing left to right in front of a plain, lime-green backdrop in a manner similar to the band's debut album, it was done as a tribute to Ric Ocasek who had produced their first album. It was also to symbolize the band's back-to-basics approach they took while recording the album. This is evident by a quote in the linear notes of the album, "Torniamo all'antico e sarà un progresso." This is a quote from Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi that roughly translates in English to "Let us return to old times and that will be progress." Cuomo remarked on the artwork: | ||
“I set out to design the package exactly how I would want it, and it just turns out that it's very similar to the first album. I'm the same person as I was then, pretty much. I have the same taste so I don't see why it should be different.” | |||
Later, during an interview for the ''iTunes Originals'' compilation in 2010, Cuomo added that the cover was initially supposed to be white and therefore the picture was shot in front of a white backdrop. Additional to his requested version, Cuomo was provided with alternate versions with different-colored backgrounds by the art director. After printing them out and putting them on record store shelves, he decided that green was the best choice for the cover as it stood out the most. | |||
The inside picture of the cd booklet is a photo of Weezer playing live features (in the lower right hand corner) the shadows of Mike Nelson, Tom Servo and Crow from the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Hence the citing in the liner notes that says "MST3k silhouette appears courtesy of Best Brains, Inc." Best Brains is the production company that produced MST3k. | The inside picture of the cd booklet is a photo of Weezer playing live features (in the lower right hand corner) the shadows of Mike Nelson, Tom Servo and Crow from the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Hence the citing in the liner notes that says "MST3k silhouette appears courtesy of Best Brains, Inc." Best Brains is the production company that produced MST3k. | ||