Best Ever Albums

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Luigii — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:08:06 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/19/2017 02:08

That Ken record cover is so fucking dumb. But I love it at how bad it is.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

bobbyb5 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 21:13:15 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/19/2017 01:13

authorunknown wrote:

These kind of album covers were popular in the 70s, close up shots, regardless of your looks:

Golden oldie, some artists just want to explain too much on the cover, but never perform a 360 PR analysis:

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While some are just...awkward:

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Those are awesome

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

authorunknown — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:14:30 GMT

Author: authorunknown

Posted: 07/18/2017 22:14

These kind of album covers were popular in the 70s, close up shots, regardless of your looks:

Golden oldie, some artists just want to explain too much on the cover, but never perform a 360 PR analysis:

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While some are just...awkward:

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Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

bobbyb5 — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:50:26 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/12/2017 17:50

murmur wrote:

yeah, but they have the most honest covers, matching the shitty music and all 😉

honestly, Who's Next has kind of a gross cover. i mean, this coming from a guy who listens to grindcore and regularly sees mutilated genitalia on those, but it's just sort of crass and offputting (like the Who)

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Titus Andronicus's Local Business and The Most Lamentable Tragedy.

yeah, they look like e-invite templates

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The Velvet Underground And Nico for example is really just a banana, it doesn't represent the album at all.

I know I just called the Who immature, but i do think the banana in context of being a sticker that you peel to see a phallic naked banana is sort of reminiscent of the music. listening to the music, you peel slowly and see from the sing-songy, mellow opener to the Dylan-reminiscent steady rock and roller that has sorta weird lyrics but is catchy, to the first appearance of the Teutonic Ice Queen Nico, before you get to "Venus in Furs" and suddenly you're listening to an album about BDSM that sounds like BDSM.

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The White Album. Funeral. Nevermind. They required little to no thought/creativity and aren't inherently interesting, unlike London Calling for example that while not very thoughtful or creative, is at least badass.

I agree with you that the White Album cover didn't take much effort (though I do think it reflects the music within well). Funeral and Nevermind, on the other hand, I think look great. I especially like the latter, because it's photography and thus there was a lot of chance involved, doubly so since it was a baby they were throwing into a pool. London Calling's cover is wasted on London Calling's music, IMO.

I think the best ones are the ones that are completely literal. And the all-time champions at this would be The Cars. Most of their album covers literally have cars on them. To me, this makes great sense. If your name is The Cars, then you should have cars on your album covers. And even their album covers they didn't have cars on them were still unbelievably literal. For example the album called Shake It Up had on its cover someone shaking a martini shaker. I like this kind of practicality and logical-ness. Another example would be Tapestry, which featured Carole King on the cover holding a tapestry. I like this kind of good sense. If your name is The Cars, then you should always have a car on your album cover. This only makes sense. Lol

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:20:29 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/12/2017 17:20

jackbrown8786 wrote:

The band with the most consistently s*&^ty covers: Muse? That's my vote.

yeah, but they have the most honest covers, matching the shitty music and all 😉

jackbrown8786 wrote:

The Who's A Quick One is pretty corny. Jazz album covers are usually uninspiring.

honestly, Who's Next has kind of a gross cover. i mean, this coming from a guy who listens to grindcore and regularly sees mutilated genitalia on those, but it's just sort of crass and offputting (like the Who)

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Titus Andronicus's Local Business and The Most Lamentable Tragedy.

yeah, they look like e-invite templates

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The Velvet Underground And Nico for example is really just a banana, it doesn't represent the album at all.

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Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Fischman — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:02:48 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 07/12/2017 17:02

It's pretty hard to top this for tasteless:

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Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Fischman — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:00:14 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 07/12/2017 17:00

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Sure we've got a thread about this somewhere else, but in any event:

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Gratuitous

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Ridiculous

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Scandalous

Holy Crap! Those are hysterical!
Dreadful indeed, one and all.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

saltysurprise — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:10:40 GMT

Author: saltysurprise

Posted: 07/12/2017 12:10

Stunt by The Barenaked Ladies is a pretty awful cover, also not a big fan of the Pablo Honey cover or This Is Hardcore by Pulp.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Romanelli — Fri, 7 Jul 2017 19:15:29 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 07/07/2017 23:15

craola wrote:

shouldn't we limit submissions to real album covers?

http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/my_lips_are_for_blowing

Yep. Sorry...my bad.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

craola — Fri, 7 Jul 2017 19:11:36 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/07/2017 23:11

Romanelli wrote:

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shouldn't we limit submissions to real album covers?

http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/my_lips_are_for_blowing

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Romanelli — Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:24:56 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 07/07/2017 18:24

The worst cover on a great album:

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Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival

I say this because it looks like they just threw a bunch of junk in a room and told the band to do whatever, then some guy took a picture of it. I believe that if this wasn't an album by what was the hottest band in America in 1970, it wouldn't have sold squat. But it was Creedence.

This thread has been kinda done a few times...but it's always fun to revisit. I do think it's pretty funny when people immediately start putting up pictures of OK Computer and other very highly rated albums that have covers which are no less than average. I'm actually surprised (pleasantly) that this didn't happen here. Bad album covers are not usually associated with really good albums. Most of the really bad ones I have never heard, and most people probably have never heard, because it's simply terrible marketing to wrap your product in a turd.

Here are some covers that were simply not very well thought out...

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Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

babyBlueSedan — Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:02:08 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 07/07/2017 18:02

This has been my answer before and it will continue to be because there's "bad" and then there's "so bad they didn't even bother to finish it".

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Dance Of Death by Iron Maiden

Though I might not think it was as bad if it wasn't from a band known for great cover art.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 7 Jul 2017 13:06:07 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/07/2017 17:06

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Sure we've got a thread about this somewhere else, but in any event:

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Gratuitous

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Ridiculous

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Scandalous

These three take first prize. They are genuinely awful. In fact, I'm envious that you even knew about these and i didnt. Theyre just breathtaking.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

craola — Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:58:27 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/07/2017 16:58

worst...

i feel like we've done this topic a couple times before. there's generally a divide in what "the worst" is, and nominations tend to teeter along, beside, between:

the problem is, if it's making you do a double-take, then it's doing more than 95% of the rest of what's on the shelf, so it's rather successful...and not the worst. the bland covers i think i the greatest sinners. the safe covers....

in my youth, i used to buy albums by obscure artists blind. i'd go into the record store with $10 and say to myself, "whatever album cover *stands out* the most is coming home with me". i bought a lot of weird albums at that time, and surprisingly found some really good ones.

separately, i like the strawberry jam one... i wouldn't expect to find it here, but i like the mildly unpleasant route. someone ought to use victoria reynolds' paintings for an album cover sometime.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Daydreamer — Fri, 7 Jul 2017 08:41:22 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 07/07/2017 12:41

bobbyb5 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

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Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective

I've nearly vomited starting at this.

It looks like the rotting corpse of a dead animal

Or like a rotting strawberry. Which it is.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

carpents — Thu, 6 Jul 2017 18:10:21 GMT

Author: carpents

Posted: 07/06/2017 22:10

Greendonut227 wrote:

These two are both pretty bad. I have never listened to these albums, though.

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Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz by Miley Cyrus

Oh my.

Those ones here and in the other thread are awful (and hysterical) but this one gets my vote as the worst album cover ever. Something terrible clearly happened to this woman.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Temporary33 — Thu, 6 Jul 2017 17:55:07 GMT

Author: Temporary33

Posted: 07/06/2017 21:55

Every Iron Maiden album.

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

RoundTheBend — Wed, 5 Jul 2017 22:58:28 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/06/2017 02:58

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Sure we've got a thread about this somewhere else, but in any event:

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Gratuitous

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Ridiculous

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Scandalous

Oh geez. 🤣

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Jimmy Dread — Wed, 5 Jul 2017 09:14:44 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 07/05/2017 13:14

Sure we've got a thread about this somewhere else, but in any event:

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Gratuitous

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Ridiculous

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Scandalous

Re: What's the worst album cover you ever saw?

Greendonut227 — Wed, 5 Jul 2017 08:57:10 GMT

Author: Greendonut227

Posted: 07/05/2017 12:57

These two are both pretty bad. I have never listened to these albums, though.

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Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz by Miley Cyrus

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