Pumping Irony: Deliberately misleading Album Covers

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 14 December 2003 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg100/g114/g11400ey3nm.jpg

As one example of many.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

but except for the Dwarves, the names of the bands necessarily spoils the misleadingosity.
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― HuckleberryMann, Monday, 15 December 2003 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"songs the lord taught us" -- cramps.

― notfazed (notfazed), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.deathcab.addr.com/subpopcover.gif

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

True...names like Crucifucks and Circle Jerks sorta give the game away, but I'm concentrating more on the imagery.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004SEQZ.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

The Great Grandmother of all Deliberately Misleading, Ironic Album Covers....

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000024P3P.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Killdozer to thread!

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 15 December 2003 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002IWU.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Hammy (hammy), Monday, 15 December 2003 01:35 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf200/f267/f26726js8yd.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 December 2003 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002HQB.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 15 December 2003 01:44 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre700/e748/e74864awyfz.jpg

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 15 December 2003 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00000K2D3.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00002DE1M.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 15 December 2003 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know if the FNM one is so much ironic as enigmatic. I mean, the heron isn't exactly a whimsical or inviting image (he looks a bit scary, no?)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 December 2003 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

you're right, i was thinking that myself. but considering the back of the cover (with the slaughtered birds, cows etc), i put it there anyway. and hey - any excuse for posting a FNM cover will do for me.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 15 December 2003 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre100/e149/e149557q0c9.jpg

― BrianB (BrianB), Monday, 15 December 2003 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Curt1s OTM.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drc500/c508/c50884x7knd.jpg

― may pang (maypang), Monday, 15 December 2003 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Very few of the covers so far are misleading, because cheesy innocent-looking retro covers usually mean some sort of rock music of greater/lesser offensiveness. And the girl on the dwarves cover has a tattoo.

― fletrejet, Monday, 15 December 2003 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

And that anal cunt album was not misleading because that was their "nice", non-offensive album.

― fletrejet, Monday, 15 December 2003 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Their name is still Anal Cunt, however.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 December 2003 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

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