“Automatic / time will tell” Front Cover (8cm version)

Posted by cucupan on Jul 4, 2006 in Utada Hikaru | 3 comments

「Automatic / time will tell」
宇多田ヒカル

The one that started it all…Utada’s debut single.

Thanks to Namatrex for the scan. Visit his site, www.amuro-namie.com/forum.

Tom

I've never seen this before, anywhere. Are you sure it's not fake? The TOSHIBA-EMI LIMITED text looks like it's in the Nokia font and single covers aren't that shape and as far as I know never were in Japan. Plus I think the image of Hikki is newer than the Automatic single…
Tom

Then again, I'm probably wrong. ^__^ Just being a curious fan. *shrugs*
Bad Dog

If you take some time to read the title of the page and of the article, you’ll see it’s a release as a 8 cm-disk single. Their packaging are rarely in other shapes. There is another visual used for the 15cm version, with a blue background. Check this, you’ll see the kind of box used for the 8 cm singles (here, it’s for Movin’ on without you) : http://johmon.info/suki/ku/kura/single/DSCF3545.JPG

As an art director, I agree though that the font used is not what’s best suited for this kind of title. But hey, it’s her first single, that’s what you expect when it’s the first release of an artist: low budget on covers ^^

By the way, a huge thanks to the ones running this website, it’s quite often a good source of big scan, even though they sometimes require a huge lot of work afterwards to look best (like here) but your efforts are really appreciated!

Cheers!