Unintentionally Ridiculous Album Covers?

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As an offshoot of the Smuggest Album cover thread, please cite covers on which the artists in question are the victims of a stylistic backfire. The first that springs to my mind is....

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e311/e31124gy719.jpg

I'm talking about album covers that should really inspire abject embarassment in the artists in question.

Have at it...

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 02:59 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002U9C.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 03:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Not that they didn't already look ridiculous, but....

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre900/e937/e9374271pvt.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c512/c512744473a.jpg

― Amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 11 January 2003 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf300/f380/f38098zh2ls.jpg

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 11 January 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd300/d326/d32624b0n60.jpg

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 11 January 2003 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c427/c427121gyjj.jpg

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 11 January 2003 06:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I --- sadly -- must agree. Easily the worst thing (visually) they've ever done (that the music contained therein is equally sub-par is another matter).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 06:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c527/c52746cuwe6.jpg

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Saturday, 11 January 2003 08:01 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c393/c393832kq94.jpg

― brains (cerybut), Saturday, 11 January 2003 08:08 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.teamknightrider.com/music/rocker.jpg

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Saturday, 11 January 2003 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I have that album! One of these days I'll actually listen to it too.

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 11 January 2003 08:24 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000ILGL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I think this one is also prime candidate for the "smug" thread, as well. my apologies if this picture doesn't work... i am not versed in the ways of html.

-Devin

― DC Power Outlet (DC Power Outlet), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:24 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread so belongs to Britny Fox (a group so ridiculous and lame could only come from Philly)

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:31 (twenty-two years ago)

exhibit 1 for the prosecution:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c471/c47120fa169.jpg

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:33 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000029AY.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Whose brilliant idea was it to have Aerosmith dress like coal miners?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe this falls under "intentionally" ridiculous, but what exactly was poor Wendy driving at (*rimshot*) here?

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000051XZ0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, this has got to be the cake-taker. Witness poor Bill Ward's disquietingly form-fitting trousers, rivalled in sheer ludicrousity only by Ozzy's inexplicable kimono/platform shoe combination.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KFJ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:40 (twenty-two years ago)

That Giorgio Morodor cover is great! One of the best .. albums .. evah !

Anyway, Alex, you've unleashed the fucking fury!

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre500/e590/e59092uhg2o.jpg

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:40 (twenty-two years ago)

ok alex, you had to unleash the fury(!) of sabotage ... this one takes the cake re too-tight trousers:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000009SQ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

And, of course, surely any Manowar cover would suffice, but who could forget.....

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000005RF7.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:45 (twenty-two years ago)

and, speaking about unleashing the fucking fury:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001FR3.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, he is seriously unleashing the fucking fury right there!

wow.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Too loose trousers:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc200/c200/c2003421mov.jpg

...but Manowar takes the cake...of beef.

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000OPF.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, the eighties and hair metal ... but what the fuck was this album cover all about?

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c344/c34457o3023.jpg

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

oh yeah, nothing like eighties homoerotic German metal ... Turbonegro and Rob Halford, eat yer hearts out!

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd400/d453/d45360e6a93.jpg

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:03 (twenty-two years ago)

were any of these things cool or appealing in a non-ironic way? ever?

― Vic (Vic), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:04 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000004WZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― DC Power Outlet (DC Power Outlet), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:06 (twenty-two years ago)

hmmm, three of the albums shown herein are from groups from Philadelphia (Hall & Oates, Britny Fox, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince). what does that mean?

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

and the hall & oates album cover looks like someone put Brian Eno from his Roxy Music/Here Come the Warm Jets-"Hello, Sailor!" days (Hall) and Gary "Bababooey" Dell'Abate from Howard Stern (Oates) together.

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:11 (twenty-two years ago)

one more before i hit the sack:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c552/c55272a8c9i.jpg

― DC Power Outlet (DC Power Outlet), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Vic, having lived through that time I can tell you that I bought that Accept album without a second thought! I had heard 'Balls to the Wall' on the radio (believe or not, in the mid-eighties you could hear heavy metal by the likes of Accept on the radio in the US!). I certainly had no clue as to Udo's predilections ... but good on 'im!

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I was just going to post the album cover, but the whole promo poster is really just that much more worthy...
http://www.thorkorr.com/mp_redesign/images/memorabilia/keepdogsaway-advert.jpg
manboobs like you've never seen before!

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:24 (twenty-two years ago)

why does this record even exist? would l ron hubbard approve, mr. corea?

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c337/c337844re7a.jpg

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I0OY.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 10:39 (twenty-two years ago)

It's not so much the artists clothes that make this one bad:

― gi66y, Saturday, 11 January 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Is that really Thor, or Geir Hongro, tireless Crusader of Melody?

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 11 January 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.chedsey.com/images/kovenant/animatronic.jpg
http://www.ubl.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd400/d467/d46798upr39.jpg

― Siegbran (eofor), Saturday, 11 January 2003 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre100/e109/e109792vu17.jpg

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Saturday, 11 January 2003 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002GCX.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I think Bryan needs to see a proctologist.... SOON.

― original bgm, Saturday, 11 January 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I have a few thoughts:

I remember seeing the Hall and Oats LP in the bins years ago, and I kind of like the cover. You can't tell from the washed out look of the image above, but to me it kind of had a glam, Interview Magazine style look to it. And the original issue's sleeve had a reflective silver paper. How's the music?
I can't stand David Lee Roth, but like that cover. He's intentionally rediculous, anyway.
On the *back* of the Black Sabbath cover you can see Bill Ward's (checkered) underwear through his tights! It must have been airbrushed out on the front. And I think Ozzy's get-up is audacious and fetching.
That Manowar; oh my gosh. This is one record I really can't imagine bringing up to the counter to buy with a straight face. Who could?
I like that "Mechancal Animals" cover, but like even more the inside pic of La Manson done up exactly like Eno in the gatefold of "For Your Pleasure".

― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 11 January 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

ten years pass...

http://mp3amd.com/web_images/freestyle-explosion1.jpg

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 20 December 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago)

Sorry I couldn't make it into work yesterday, I was having uncontrollable freestyle explosions.

― Throat Loaf (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago)

i've seen that album cover many time, but it just hit me: are all the dudes in man-o-war really that buff or is that airbrushed?

― Poliopolice, Friday, 20 December 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago)

six years pass...

https://i.ibb.co/M2Z9b2H/shit10730970-10152828981997439-2587964321073480914-n-465-482-int.jpg

― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 February 2020 04:08 (five years ago)

looks like kid's getting ready to load an RPG

― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 February 2020 09:47 (five years ago)

Super impressed at the image embeds still working from 17 years ago. Those covers are sitting patiently on a server waiting to be invoked.

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 10 February 2020 10:50 (five years ago)

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