Best Ever Albums

Re: Worst album covers

Jorbaa — Fri, 12 May 2017 10:59:53 GMT

Author: Jorbaa

Posted: 05/12/2017 14:59

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International Heroes by Kim Fowley

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We Are Puppets by Tiger

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Fried by Julian Cope

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Boces by Mercury Rev

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Rejected Unknown by Daniel Johnston

Re: Worst album covers

videoheadcleaner — Fri, 12 May 2017 08:10:24 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 05/12/2017 12:10

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Fook by Pigface

Re: Worst album covers

Fischman — Thu, 11 May 2017 14:46:34 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 05/11/2017 18:46

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Re: Worst album covers

Anti — Thu, 11 May 2017 14:23:34 GMT

Author: Anti

Posted: 05/11/2017 18:23

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Drowned In A Sea Of Sound by The Daysleepers

Only because the music is so freaking good, but this cover just seems so lazy and does not reflect how good the album is. It looks like a Sleeping With Sirens album cover.

Re: Worst album covers

AAL2014 — Thu, 11 May 2017 13:41:35 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 05/11/2017 17:41

Since Iron Maiden's Dance Of Death has already been mentioned, I'll go with this incredibly unoriginal atrocity (a description that could fit both the cover and music)...

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Re: Worst album covers

Liedzeit — Wed, 10 May 2017 09:43:54 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 05/10/2017 13:43

Lovesexy by Prince

Re: Worst album covers

RockyRaccoon — Wed, 10 May 2017 09:37:14 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 05/10/2017 13:37

Waking And Dreaming by Orleans

I've always thought this one was wayyyy super awkward.

Also (I won't post them now cause I'm at work), but the original album covers to Virgin Killer and Blind Faith are classics in the realm of "who thought that was a good idea"

Re: Worst album covers

Anonymous — Wed, 10 May 2017 06:50:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/10/2017 10:50

Liedzeit wrote:

Puncture Repair wrote:

Calling something stupid might be an opinion, but it's also an insult.

Really? Maybe this is an age issue. So, if I call the Brexit stupid, it is an insult? I do not call the people who voted for the Brexit stupid, only the decision. And you can call me stupid, by the way. I certainly would not have a problem with it. I would think it is kind of rude, but I would take it as a shortcut for "I do not agree with you". No offense taken, at all.

@Romanelli: Nice picks, but nothing really bad.

Come on man, of course 'stupid' is an insult. You're literally saying something has a lack of intelligence. I can't think of a situation where you would call something stupid and not be disrespectful in someway. And that's the definition of an insult.

Even if you call the decision of Brexit 'stupid', you're still insulting that decision. Sure, it's shortcut for not agreeing, but it's still degrading. Whether or not someone is offended doesn't change whether its a directed insult or not - if you say anything is stupid you're demeaning it.

I don't get how this is an age issue ('cus I'm a sensitive millennial, amarite?). Go around today and tell people they're stupid, of any age, and see how they react - they may not be as level headed as you are. I appreciate I'm blowing this up over a single word, but I respect the guy that designed the cover and I respect his work, so I'm going to defend it. You're free to disagree, and you're totally free to call it stupid, but I think it's crazy that you think it's a completely offenseless way of doing so.

Ben4 wrote:

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Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Oof, I love this cover.

Re: Worst album covers

Ben4 — Tue, 9 May 2017 19:31:33 GMT

Author: Ben4

Posted: 05/09/2017 23:31

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Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! by

Megadeth

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Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

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The Miracle by Queen

Re: Worst album covers

Romanelli — Tue, 9 May 2017 15:29:25 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 05/09/2017 19:29

Liedzeit wrote:

Puncture Repair wrote:

Calling something stupid might be an opinion, but it's also an insult.

Hey, at least I went outside of the overall chart...

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Re: Worst album covers

Liedzeit — Tue, 9 May 2017 14:36:01 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 05/09/2017 18:36

Puncture Repair wrote:

Calling something stupid might be an opinion, but it's also an insult.

Re: Worst album covers

souplipton — Tue, 9 May 2017 14:16:05 GMT

Author: souplipton

Posted: 05/09/2017 18:16

Hayden wrote:

Liedzeit wrote:

How can there be a serious contender after this one?

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In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

I disagree with immense passion.

I'm with Hayden, love the art on this one. My choice is the UK cover of Are You Experienced

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Excellent album, but honestly, this cover art is legitimately terrible.

Re: Worst album covers

Repo — Tue, 9 May 2017 11:11:50 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 05/09/2017 15:11

Romanelli wrote:

Come on, y'all. This thread should be great...very, very disappointing so far. Bowie? Radiohead?

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lol. that's awesome!

Re: Worst album covers

Romanelli — Tue, 9 May 2017 10:40:35 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 05/09/2017 14:40

Come on, y'all. This thread should be great...very, very disappointing so far. Bowie? Radiohead?

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Re: Worst album covers

craola — Tue, 9 May 2017 10:02:52 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 05/09/2017 14:02

This is a good example for the ol 'when do graphic design and art part ways?' discussion.

Re: Worst album covers

Anonymous — Tue, 9 May 2017 07:01:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/09/2017 11:01

Liedzeit wrote:

Puncture Repair wrote:

And that's also quite a brash thing to say.

Well, I added "in my opinion" which I normally do not do, because it goes without saying. A cover should sell a record. So how many people bought the album because of the "neat" cover. How many did not buy it, because they found it ugly?

Calling something stupid might be an opinion, but it's also an insult. I could call you stupid (which I don't think you are) but I wouldn't expect you to not take offence purely because it's my opinion. To argue semantics, an album cover can't be stupid - the people who made it can be stupid. You can find an album cover ugly, sure, that's your outlook.

If you want to measure how successful art or design is purely by how well it sells its product, then fine, but don't you think that's a bit of a cynical stance?

Besides, the album topped the charts in 12 countries, so it can't have been as off-putting as you think.

Re: Worst album covers

Liedzeit — Tue, 9 May 2017 03:04:11 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 05/09/2017 07:04

Puncture Repair wrote:

And that's also quite a brash thing to say.

Re: Worst album covers

Anonymous — Tue, 9 May 2017 02:43:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/09/2017 06:43

Liedzeit wrote:

But it is also quite stupid. (In my opinion.)

And that's also quite a brash thing to say. The idea was to dismantle history and 'reverence' and remove its identity and the chosen method was as simple a solution as you can get - a white square. You have a whole album about moving forward, that's called 'The Next Day', and you have an album cover about discarding the past and creating something new from it. I think that's pretty neat. Not stupid.

It was designed so anyone with basic photo editting tools could recreate the cover - I don't know if you were on social media around the time it came out, but before it was even official people were altering their profile pictures to match the cover. You can't do that with most other album covers, and it quickly becomes a huge marketting tool. Any piece of design people start taking into their own hands and creates a discussion has done something right.

Re: Worst album covers

dihansse — Mon, 8 May 2017 15:08:25 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 05/08/2017 19:08

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Post-Nothing by Japandroids

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Celebration Rock by Japandroids

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Near To The Wild Heart Of Life by Japandroids
Maybe just bad because of a lack of imagination 🤔

For the rest I'm going through my collection of favorite records and some of the covers might be ugly but I love them anyway because I hold them so dearly and in a way they are all good symbolisations of the albums they represent.

Re: Worst album covers

dihansse — Mon, 8 May 2017 14:54:06 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 05/08/2017 18:54

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Blind Melon by Blind Melon
I never understood why I bought this album and the cover is as bad as the album.