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2002-08-30

As much as I love Curve, the booklet to Gift (European version) was a huge letdown compared to the one that accompanied Come Clean. Tres boring. I’m not even fond of the colours. What was wrong with the white background that the US apparently had? [Image]

However, the booklet to Tegan and Sara‘s If it was you (yes, they’re that good, but I’ll shut up and stop bringing them up in everyday conversation for a little while anyway) is just as tremendously wonderful as the contents of the cd. The paper. Dear God, the paper... And the handwritten lyrics — I’m a bit jealous, because I too want to be able to write that straight in freehand). Gosh. No pictures, just the words in their simplicity and I can’t find a fault anywhere. [Image]

My point with this being: why don’t they spend more time with the booklet instead of claptrap such as copyprotections? Lyrics, small anecdotes, photos, small essays, it’s really simple to add value to a normal music cd. Hell, I can even write stuff for the majority of them myself...