Best Ever Albums

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Deckiller — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:02:58 GMT

Author: Deckiller

Posted: 08/29/2012 09:02

Blind Faith is probably my first pick. I won't post it here - I think you all know where I'm going with regard to that very questionable and tasteless cover.

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:28:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 22:28

harkan wrote:

I love this album but the cover is just meh.

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Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:36:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 21:36

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Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:18:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 15:18

Agree on Mezzanine and Strange Days

Part 3

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Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

ZebraRock — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:01:29 GMT

Author: ZebraRock

Posted: 08/28/2012 15:01

For me the greatest discrepancy is Countdown to Ecstasy (Steely Dan). Great album, but the cover is ugly in a very major way. I agree with whoever said Pet Sounds as well, doesn't fit the brilliance on the inside at all. Goodbye (cream) has an unbelievable Side 1, and its artwork is just way to corny. I mean, after Wheels of Fire and Disraeli Gears (two of the greatest covers of all time) couldn't they do something a little bit less cringe worthy?

Also, as much as it pains me to put the Beatles here, Magical Mystery Tour looks like the title should be "12 Fun Sing-a-longs for Nursery School!" Good thing it has so many great cuts.

Maybe Strange Days by the Doors as well. I mean, did that guy really have to be in a skirt and thrusting his arm pit at you?

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Mother Nature's Son — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:12:30 GMT

Author: Mother Nature's Son

Posted: 08/28/2012 14:12

purple wrote:

well, often an album cover reflects its music, making a cover 'great' no matter how 'shitty' it is. There's two albums that come to mind as far as album covers that don't make sense for me:

Yes, yes, yes! Not a horrible cover, but when I first saw this cover I was expecting a psychedelic album with all kinds of weird sounds going on, but instead I got this laid back album with a lonely guy singing with his guitar (and some few other instruments).. of course I didn't know who Nick Drake was!

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

videoheadcleaner — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:52:00 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 08/28/2012 11:52

I love this album but the cover is just meh.

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Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:47:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 07:47

andy_hunter wrote:

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I put off listening to this so long just because the cover is so ugly. Awful mistake to make.

Just listened to some of Grimes work.
This is a terrible cover because it gives out all the wrong messages.
I was expecting a teeny grunge band, what I got was dream pop. Surely they're alienating a huge potential market with this one.

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:43:38 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 05:43

AgainstMeAgainstYou wrote:

The Velvet Underground and Nico is a fucking awesome album cover.

No it's not. It is always the cover that comes to mind when people speak negatively of cover "art".

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:25:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 05:25

I agree about artists that put their face on covers, more particularly if it's a photograph instead of a drawing. Take two albums I like, Ys and Kind of Blue. I don't mind the Ys cover, I suppose it's because it's a drawing and there's more things going on than just having Joanna in it, but Kind of Blue cover looks like crap - it's just Miles Davis playing an instrument. I suppose there's the ocasional exception, though. Ummagumma's cover is probably one of the best I've ever seen, and it's for its creativity. So I suppose that's the word. "Creativity". If it's just a picture of the artist at a certain angle it looks uninteresting and doesn't represent the music much other than that artist is in it, but if they do something creative with it it might turn out fine.

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

AgainstMeAgainstYou — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:54:07 GMT

Author: AgainstMeAgainstYou

Posted: 08/28/2012 04:54

I didn't say it was pretentious for an artist to be on the cover, but like, when all the cover is is "OH HEY HERE'S MY FACE", it just comes across wrong for me. Not all covers that have done that are bad, but most are to me.

The Velvet Underground and Nico is a fucking awesome album cover, don't lie. Especially the original pressings where you could actually "peel" the banana peel away from it.

Also, all of the Pixies album covers suck except for Surfer Rosa. I honestly think they just genuinely did not give a shit about the covers for their albums because they were the fucking Pixies and that's all that really mattered.

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:43:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 04:43

purple wrote:

pm me if you're interested

And me 😎

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:40:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 04:40

Polythene Pam wrote:

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you'd be surprised at how fitting this is... pm me if you're interested

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:37:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 04:37

What's wrong with the artists being depicted on the covers? They made the music so why not appear on the cover as well.

Anyway as Purple already mentioned Pink Moon

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Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

AgainstMeAgainstYou — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:53:09 GMT

Author: AgainstMeAgainstYou

Posted: 08/28/2012 03:53

I'll agree that covers with a band member's face on it (or the face of a solo artist, if that's the case) have a level of pretentiousness to them. Off the top of my head, the only album that's done this that executed it well was The Bends, since Thom Yorke's face was edited onto the CPR doll really well, and it's not really meant to be the most noticeable thing about the cover.

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:41:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 02:41

well, often an album cover reflects its music, making a cover 'great' no matter how 'shitty' it is. There's two albums that come to mind as far as album covers that don't make sense for me:

these album images make no suggestion towards the music at all...

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:52:18 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 01:52

Well, this album isn't actually all that good, but seriously who decided that this should be the album cover? It looks like a trapper keeper

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Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:49:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/28/2012 01:49

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Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Captain_Dude — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:33:37 GMT

Author: Captain_Dude

Posted: 08/28/2012 01:33

Mother Nature's Son wrote:

... and don't forget it's got the best music from Suede behind it! 8-[

...which makes it a PERFECT example of the type of album I'm talking about! GREAT music...absolutely awful cover!

Re: Awesome Albums with Horrible Covers

Mother Nature's Son — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:41:08 GMT

Author: Mother Nature's Son

Posted: 08/27/2012 21:41

CalamityCat wrote:

I love Suede, but I couldn't bring myself to add this album to my library because the album art was just so damn ugly. A lurid yellow to black gradient is one the worst things you can do, then there's the hideous typeface and the garish coloured people.

Shame after their previous two covers are so iconic.

EDIT: I just saw the Big Bear album cover and now I'm in absolute hysterics :lol:

I agree with this, horrible cover! But I still like it in a way.. and don't forget it's got the best music from Suede behind it! 😨