True to the album title "Fantastic Spikes trough Balloon" we photographed all the balloon-like objects we could think of (sausage, fart cushion, blowfish etc.) and punched a lot of holes through them. Simple. Since the band did not want their audience to read the lyrics while listening to the music ("this is not a poetry affair"), the words to the songs are printed flipped so they are only readable when seen reflected in the mirror of the CD. Art direction: Stefan Sagmeister Design: Stefan Sagmeister and Hjalti Karlsson Photographer: Tom Schierlitz Client: Capitol Records Date: 1997

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