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Johnnyo Profile
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  • #21
  • Posted: 01/28/2025 23:01
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KitchenSink wrote:
this is a dream thread I love bad album covers, or more accurately album covers that well-adjusted people find horrific I adore

here's some "bad" ones that I genuinely love


Party Music by The Coup


This one achieved the double whammy of not just being a bad album cover but also one of the most badly timed album covers as it was released just months before 9/11.

Timing sometimes, is everything
Johnnyo Profile
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  • #22
  • Posted: 01/28/2025 23:14
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Waking And Dreaming by Orleans

What is it with bands getting their shirts off on their covers in the late 70’s / 80’s?

There are so many bad examples and this one is right up there. What were they thinking?
LTSings Profile United States
  • #23
  • Posted: 01/29/2025 00:24
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Johnnyo wrote:
LTSings wrote:
Johnnyo wrote:

Nine Lives by REO Speedwagon

I have soooo many that I could share but to start with a cover that I own. Truly terrible cover but not the worst by any means.

Just want to interject on the Beatles cover. There is a stark difference between terrible and offensive. What some might find offensive others will not and offensive doesn’t automatically equate to terrible or bad


Well, it's extremely offensive to me, so that means I think it's bad.


Agreed LTS. There are so many things wrong with this album cover that it’s hard to know where to start.


Thank you.
baystateoftheart Neil Young as a butternut squash Profile
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  • #24
  • Posted: 01/29/2025 00:59
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KitchenSink wrote:
this is a dream thread I love bad album covers, or more accurately album covers that well-adjusted people find horrific I adore

here's some "bad" ones that I genuinely love


First Come, First Served by Dr. Dooom

King Of Da Playaz Ball by Kingpin Skinny Pimp


Party Music by The Coup


All three of these are legitimately good covers (or would have been, if 9/11 didn't happen and Party Music were released as planned).
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imacgill Profile
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  • #25
  • Posted: 01/29/2025 02:38
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Back To The S**t! by Millie Jackson

This is the all time "s**ttiest" album cover.
MadhattanJack Yak Yak Yak Profile United States
  • #26
  • Posted: 01/29/2025 03:00
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I don't believe in the notion of a "bad" album cover. There are album covers that are ugly, or amateurish, or stupid, or offensive... not to mention evil, insulting, sickening, racist, sexist, and so on. But at the end of the day, they're still just album covers.

Then again, there's also this:


Hitler Wears Hermes V by Westside Gunn
Johnnyo Profile
Location London Town United Kingdom
  • #27
  • Posted: 01/29/2025 09:10
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imacgill wrote:

Back To The S**t! by Millie Jackson

This is the all time "s**ttiest" album cover.


WOW! That is seriously disturbing.
Johnnyo Profile
Location London Town United Kingdom
  • #28
  • Posted: 01/29/2025 09:12
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MadhattanJack wrote:
I don't believe in the notion of a "bad" album cover. There are album covers that are ugly, or amateurish, or stupid, or offensive... not to mention evil, insulting, sickening, racist, sexist, and so on. But at the end of the day, they're still just album covers.

Then again, there's also this:


Hitler Wears Hermes V by Westside Gunn


I think that “bad” is just a catch all for all of the things that you mentioned and yes, your pick is up there as a great example.
LTSings Profile United States
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  • Posted: 01/29/2025 17:34
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Here's some more I found online.





















LTSings Profile United States
  • #30
  • Posted: 01/29/2025 20:06
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Here's another one I've always hated.


Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
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