mid-90s horrible kitschy retro ironic spaceman album covers

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more in this vibe please

― how's life, Monday, 25 March 2013 15:20 (twelve years ago)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WHAjVkkol30/TFbvVHfv1gI/AAAAAAAAAEk/kc7tD_45pAg/s1600/man-or-astroman-destroy-all-750%5B1%5D.JPG

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:31 (twelve years ago)

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92/damien_stone/Powerman5000-TonighttheStarsRevolt_zps44e09b6a.jpg

― llurk, Monday, 25 March 2013 15:35 (twelve years ago)

tbf, Man or Astro-man?'s whole existence depended on this vibe. To call them out for it seems petty.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 March 2013 15:37 (twelve years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Msbsom.jpg

― some dude, Monday, 25 March 2013 15:38 (twelve years ago)

that powerman 5000 one is a good call

― call all destroyer, Monday, 25 March 2013 15:39 (twelve years ago)

http://991.com/newGallery/Sleeper-Smart-461608.jpg

― congratulations on yet another award and i loved your baseball cap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 25 March 2013 15:46 (twelve years ago)

here's a response to these covers

http://planetpimp.robertgomez.org/assets/images/covers/fuckyouspaceman_a_med.jpg

― wk, Monday, 25 March 2013 15:48 (twelve years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Astro_lounge.gif

― how's life, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:05 (twelve years ago)

Johnny i'm not calling anyone out! just first thing that came to mind.

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 March 2013 16:09 (twelve years ago)

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/47366639/The+Moog+Cookbook.png

― MarkoP, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:10 (twelve years ago)

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/861/MI0001861143.jpg

― jaymc, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:13 (twelve years ago)

http://www.albumcovers.biz/cover/2012/soul-coughing-ruby-vroom.jpg

― jaymc, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:21 (twelve years ago)

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/002/053/0000205348_500.jpg

― jaymc, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:30 (twelve years ago)

http://images.45cat.com/servotron-people-mover-sympathy-for-the-record-industry.jpg

I dunno what's horrible about these exactly, but sure I'll play along

― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 March 2013 16:44 (twelve years ago)

http://auralabortions.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/humans.jpg

― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 March 2013 16:44 (twelve years ago)

That first Servotron pic is based on this, which is awesome rather than horrible :

http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/14c497d5acfb609bddbab138d747114c24835f6e_m.jpg

The Soul Coughing sleeve brings back bad memories of constantly seeing it in bargain bins for several years afterwards.

― I have a stalk (Matt #2), Monday, 25 March 2013 16:54 (twelve years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Babylon-Zoo-Spaceman.jpg

― emil.y, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:57 (twelve years ago)

never forget

http://d.yimg.com/ec/image/v1/release/131300;encoding=jpg;size=300;fallback=defaultImage

― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 March 2013 17:08 (twelve years ago)

this one is obviously awesome
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vp9wxn0AslI/SqPkuS2AV4I/AAAAAAAAAlY/BOVCsq-PIhI/s320/Kool%2BKeith%2B-%2BBlack%2BElvis%3B%2BLost%2Bin%2BSpace.jpg

― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 March 2013 17:09 (twelve years ago)

http://www.amphetaminereptile.com/LPs/hammer-vortex-p.gif

― cock chirea, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 03:24 (twelve years ago)

sort of

http://dcist.com/attachments/DCGent/heartworms.jpg

― on the corner of pussy street & man up road (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 03:27 (twelve years ago)

It's funny, I keep thinking of bands that I'd think would have a cover like this and then I can't find one. Surely Aquabats did this at least once?! But I guess they go for more of a superhero comics thing.

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 03:31 (twelve years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/FushYuMang.jpg

― fit and working again, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 03:45 (twelve years ago)

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/71351220/Life+In+The+SoCalled+Space+Age+GodLivesUnderwater_lifeintheso.jpg

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 04:32 (twelve years ago)

"...and we'll have one of those old-timey, like, Fifties guys. With a briefcase, like in an old TV show."

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 05:08 (twelve years ago)

thanks guys, you're bringing me right back to my first day of work at Sam Goody in 1997.

― how's life, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 08:20 (twelve years ago)

probably not horribly kitschy enough, but this one came to mind
http://www.coverdude.com/covers/warm-jets-future-signs-1997-front-cover-84968.jpg

― willem, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 09:00 (twelve years ago)

the lyrics on that are even more dated than the sleeve

― on the corner of pussy street & man up road (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 09:03 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ln0bpBCFL._SS500_.jpg

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 February 2015 01:05 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/8Wb1iTO.jpg?1

― Flow-through nonresident pass-through entity (los blue jeans), Sunday, 15 February 2015 01:52 (ten years ago)

http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/h/helioscreed-kisstothebrain.jpg

as with man or astroman, midcentury retro-futurism is fundamental to creed's radiation-damaged DNA, so maybe it's similarly unfair to include his work here, but damn this cover is dopey

― contenderizer, Sunday, 15 February 2015 07:49 (ten years ago)

c 2000, so late to the game, but definitely in line with

http://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/v2/albums/Alb.40735142/images/500x500.jpg

― contenderizer, Sunday, 15 February 2015 07:56 (ten years ago)

(2001, but)

http://i.imgur.com/BEhJC6E.jpg

― Dinsdale, Sunday, 15 February 2015 08:30 (ten years ago)

http://s30.postimg.org/ki15ar6gh/R_856769_1306777566.jpg
(1995)

it's probably not cool to post obscurities (also it's not technically an album) but
a) I have this 7" and it comes to mind whenever I see this thread title
b) one of the four badly pasted heads on the left went on to be the frontman in somewhat ILM-celebrated band K-X-P

― undergraduate dance (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 15 February 2015 15:55 (ten years ago)

schatzi album cover is [glitter]AMAZING[/glitter]

― contenderizer, Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:06 (ten years ago)

Schatzi cover is really interesting in that, in its lateness, it's clearly stepping towards a proper 1980s revival - this way lies Chromeo - but clearly the 50s spaceman thing is still lingering in everybody's minds. And of course those terrible CGI rave video spaceships, A+

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:20 (ten years ago)

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