http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd200/d238/d238663u703.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c414/c41448xdqw9.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd700/d734/d7344844lwx.jpg
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― gazuga (gazuga), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― original bgm, Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― Marshall Stax (Marshall Stax), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:50 (twenty-two years ago)
It's been 25 years, fer chrissakes! Bring back the flames!
― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)
As for MBV, the former was from a video and the latter merely shows that you can do wonders with overexposure! Please note the homage given to it in Fellowship of the Ring when Frodo wakes up in Rivendell. It's true I tell you! *wibbles away*
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Aaron A., Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)
also the Stephen Malkmus album and then the inevitable Albarn debut!
― Aaron A., Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― original bgm, Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)
too horrible for words, esp. the cap.
― piscesboy, Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― Curtis Stephens, Sunday, 15 December 2002 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― B, Sunday, 15 December 2002 04:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chupa-Cabras (vicc13), Sunday, 15 December 2002 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 December 2002 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Poppy (poppy), Sunday, 15 December 2002 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tom Millar (Millar), Sunday, 15 December 2002 06:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tom Millar (Millar), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tom Millar (Millar), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tom Millar (Millar), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:05 (twenty-two years ago)
I really only put a KJ one in there to piss off Alex so he'd call me a cretin.
― Tom Millar (Millar), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:06 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/bach/images/sweetsixteen.jpg
― Marshall Stax (Marshall Stax), Sunday, 15 December 2002 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Marshall Stax (Marshall Stax), Sunday, 15 December 2002 09:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 15 December 2002 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 15 December 2002 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 15 December 2002 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 15 December 2002 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Curt (cgould), Sunday, 15 December 2002 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 15 December 2002 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 December 2002 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 15 December 2002 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― dyson (dyson), Sunday, 15 December 2002 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)
I love the King Crimson one, as jarring as it is. I also love..er...LOVELESS. I think it's the perfect visual accompaniment to the album (it looks like it sounds).
Tom Millar must be smitten repeatedly with a mallet, once again, for citing the Joke (not least a cover I happen to love...is Jaz laughing, crying, having a spazz out? Why aren't the boys behind him reacting?)
Black Sabbath's PARANOID's cover is so bad that it's wonderful.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 15 December 2002 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002JLC.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 15 December 2002 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― JFP, Sunday, 15 December 2002 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 15 December 2002 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 15 December 2002 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c355/c35533ae73u.jpg
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 15 December 2002 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 16 December 2002 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 16 December 2002 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 December 2002 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)
In this case, both the album and the cover were dire.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 December 2002 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)
Surely the original sleeve to The Scorpions' "Virgin Killer" album is the worst sleeve of all time? It's so questionable that even wikipedia had a lot of hassle over it a couple of years ago.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 16:46 (fourteen years ago)
*Google Images it*
Gah!
― jer.fairall, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:13 (fourteen years ago)
Which is to say, thanks for not posting it here (though i realize now that the replacement cover is upthread).
― jer.fairall, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:15 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesmusic/atomic-jones.jpg
― one word username (snoball), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:20 (fourteen years ago)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EDOGPkxLE7E/TU9rIILM_yI/AAAAAAAAABI/VusaiBWfQXE/s1600/exhumedgoremetal.jpg
― jer.fairall, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:20 (fourteen years ago)
xxp:Yeah, I would never post anything like that here, and I wouldn't expect anyone else to either. VERY questionable. It's one of those things that I find it very uncomfortable knowing it EXISTS, even.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:22 (fourteen years ago)
I'm fairly certain it has been posted here and yeah, it's completely awful.
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 17:26 (fourteen years ago)
There should really be a separate WORST Death Metal/Goregrind album Cover EVER!!! thread. Because that Exhumed is the tip of the iceberg and most of them are very NSFW.
― Cal Poxy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:41 (fourteen years ago)
I think there should be different categories for covers that are aesthetically awful, and covers with questionable content. I think aesthetically speaking the original "Virgin Killer" cover conveys its concept very well, it's just that the concept itself is terrible.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:51 (fourteen years ago)
So "Lovedrive" would go in the aesthetically awful category immediately, then! The Scorpions are a remarkable example, actually... didn't they have something like three albums covers in a row which generated some kind of controversy?
― Turrican, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 21:51 (fourteen years ago)
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2z7ph9kmn1r7w51xo1_cover.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:33 (thirteen years ago)
Wow, are their royalty checks really not enough to hire a legit graphic designer? That kinda looks like this:
http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/658/cover_202061252009.jpg
― Advanced Uncle Meat recovery system (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:45 (thirteen years ago)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TER631QVL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― cwkiii, Friday, 13 July 2012 00:56 (thirteen years ago)
"I can imagine the band holding a meeting after the second LP was released...
"Hmm, it looks like the album didn't sell quite as much as the first one, even with the sublime idea of a cover we had."
"Maybe the public just wasn't ready for it..."
"Hey, I know! Why don't we make the jeans-wearing crab in the first LP our mascot? Kinda like Iron Maiden has that troll thing."
"My god, that's brilliant! They'll love it!"
actually i understand there's a backstory to that. i can't verify the truth of this at all, but it's the stuff of north carolina legend. apparently some time in the 70's, nantucket, along with 4 or 5 other bands around the country, were given some sort of "development contract" with a label, and some middling amount of money. all the other bands obligingly spent their wad of cash on a good demo, maybe some radio promotion for their demosingle on local radio stations and whatnot, etc etc while nantucket took the ENTIRE WAD and bought.... a single billboard, on a major highway running into some large nc town (winston salem? charlotte?) showing the giant lobster, and the words "coming april 14th 1975" or something. and, booked the local giant stadium for april 14th.
the record executives were like, "you're idiots and we're dropping you" but the cryptic, mysterious billboard got people in the area so riled up the arena actually sold out, the band quintupled their money and now had 20,000 new fans who thought of them as both arena level superstars and hometown heros with a clever streak, and someone else promptly signed them.
i figure it was some shmaltzy record exec who was like "enough with the lobster already!" on the second album but after sales disappointed the band was all "fuck you, we're keeping the lobster"
― messiahwannabe, Friday, 13 July 2012 06:52 (thirteen years ago)
sorry, for reference:
http://www.2112online.com/nantucket/images/sleeve1.jpg
― messiahwannabe, Friday, 13 July 2012 06:54 (thirteen years ago)
the post to which i refer, and all 7 album covers
― messiahwannabe, Friday, 13 July 2012 06:59 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.dirrtyremixes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/tn-fareastmovement-turnupthelove-300x300.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 5 August 2012 11:29 (thirteen years ago)
Lovesexy is the worst album cover of all time.
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 5 August 2012 16:25 (thirteen years ago)
mr. snrub is the worst challopian of all time
― defriend the undefriendable (how's life), Sunday, 5 August 2012 16:40 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.themusicninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/clarity-e1349294386321.jpeg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 February 2013 14:13 (twelve years ago)
http://djpromotion.com.pl/image/o/3071.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago)
In 1989, CBS Records had the nerve to release The Wizard of Oz soundtrack on CD with this cover, evidently drawn for a junior high school art class and bought at a garage sale for a dollar:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZM4P4HZKL.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 10 October 2013 01:26 (eleven years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/Nuclear_Assault_Something_Wicked.jpg
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 12:41 (eleven years ago)
:( and i really like lady leshurr as well, but..
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SD9fVIJuL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 November 2013 10:19 (eleven years ago)
http://www.altnewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mastodon-once-more-round-the-sun.jpg
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 04:37 (eleven years ago)
Cover connections!
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e323/zyklon-b-zombie/k.jpg
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 07:05 (eleven years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Tails_of_Illusion.jpg
― I only listen to Vantablack Metal (snoball), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 08:45 (eleven years ago)
Koxbox & Fox
― Barry Gordy (Neil S), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 10:20 (eleven years ago)
The last three are great.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 13:11 (eleven years ago)
Looking at a cover offerede for Atomic basie and it does look like a cheap knock off of the cover I'm familiar with it having. I have it with a picture of the mushroom cloud from an atomic blast , not with the photo of an older Basie over it. I can't see what the image somebody claimed it looked like a cheap knock off of since the image URL is dead. Not sure fi the cover I'm familiar with was the original one but the lp's late 50s isn't it? SO it'd be likely to be one of the earlier ones using an image like that if it was.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 14:08 (eleven years ago)
THere are some odd choices in the rest of this thread, the one that comes to mind is Ege Bamyasi. Thunk it was a really great use of found art myself.
I'm assuming that that was just a can of a widely available product that had been photographed and stuck on the cover. Since i thought I''d heard something along the lines of one of the band members coming across such a can with their band name which I think means 'Life'or 'ánima' or something to that effect in Turkish. & that was why there was a firm making healthy food products for presumably the predominantly turkish market of which that was an example.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 14:13 (eleven years ago)
I think Nantucket are my favourite band that I've never heard.
― a proclamation of tortoise intent (ultros ultros-ghali), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 18:34 (eleven years ago)
One I dont really understand is the INXS 'X' cover - its now the 90s, you're at your post-Kick commercial zenith, toured stadiums, and are proper adults and everything..
Why the fuck would you put out a cover like that?
(And I like the singles)
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 23:22 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/qcVBnqE.jpg
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 6 June 2015 00:11 (ten years ago)
Yeah, that's remarkably lol
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 6 June 2015 00:13 (ten years ago)
http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/4-7-15-2/48474.jpg
― seb mooczag (NickB), Saturday, 19 December 2015 21:20 (nine years ago)
who the fuck are stoney & meatloaf btw?
― seb mooczag (NickB), Saturday, 19 December 2015 21:21 (nine years ago)
shit it is *that* meat loaf isn't it? ps any good?
― seb mooczag (NickB), Saturday, 19 December 2015 21:25 (nine years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Murphy_%28singer%29
And Meatloaf is Meatloaf, dude.
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 19 December 2015 21:26 (nine years ago)
met in the detroit production of 'hair' apparently, and listening to the music it does sound like it's born out of the theatre. wonder who mr loaf felt about being visually represented by a rissole
― seb mooczag (NickB), Saturday, 19 December 2015 21:39 (nine years ago)
is it common knowledge that Meat Loaf was signed to Motown? because I had no idea.
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Saturday, 19 December 2015 21:53 (nine years ago)
it was on a motown subsidiary - rare earth records (same label as 70s era r. dean taylor & toe fat)
― seb mooczag (NickB), Saturday, 19 December 2015 21:59 (nine years ago)
ah, well that makes it slightly less strange. I know Motown diversified a lot in the '70s.
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Saturday, 19 December 2015 22:04 (nine years ago)
it's not ever the original cover for the record... this is a reissue.
― new noise, Saturday, 19 December 2015 22:10 (nine years ago)
*even
― new noise, Saturday, 19 December 2015 22:11 (nine years ago)
that fucking meal looks like a reissue iykwim
― seb mooczag (NickB), Saturday, 19 December 2015 22:15 (nine years ago)
just scanning through this, def some weird picks. A Farewell to Kings? Daydream Nation? really?
― akm, Saturday, 19 December 2015 22:27 (nine years ago)
the worst cover in recent memory is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs one for mosquito. Have they done anything since?
wonder who mr loaf felt about being visually represented by a rissole
He'd be like "what's a rissole, man?" Because he's AMERICAN.
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 December 2015 01:09 (nine years ago)
Earholes, eyeholes & pissholes iirc
― seb mooczag (NickB), Sunday, 20 December 2015 01:35 (nine years ago)