50 Worst Album Covers

[Beaverhausen]

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/

scroll down and under multimedia, see "50 worst album covers" toward the right.

[Ptah]

1. .

[hellbound-liberal]

2. I like this one

[QueenOfCalifornia]

3. Personal favorite

[truedelphi]

5. What genre was this? Comedy, I hope...

I can see why you selected it.

[timtom]

36. No...not comedy.

And not music, either.

http://mesh.chattablogs.com/archives/011152.html

Make sure to read the comments. And report back here with the most astonishing comment.

[truedelphi]

45. I am enjoying the argument with the woman who supposedly has demons and

The minister who is teeling the demon to "Come out of her!"

Much like the chatter on GD-P, but without the hysterics.

[timtom]

56. I'll have to read that one.

THIS is the one I was referring to:

"When I was 15, I attended a 'pizza party'" thrown by Gage at my friend's Southern Baptist church in Kissimmee, FL. Coerced into attendance by the lure of free pizza, I was then attacked by Freddie's henchman when I attempted to leave the "revival" before it was officially ended. When the henchman Freddie sent after me vowed to kneel and pray until I was saved by Jesus, and I told him then he'd be down there on his knees an awful long time, he put his hands around my neck and strangled me until my friend was able to wrench the guy's hands from my neck, which left bruising and marks. Went to the police as soon as I broke free and the station was empty. No one showed at the station within 2 hours of my attempt to report, so I went home. Never will forget that SOB. But he led me on the true path to atheism, gotta thank him for that."

That's just what Jesus had in mind....Way to win souls, preacher!

[harmonicon]

16. AWESOME! NT

[mitchum]

52. One off my all time favorites because Freddie looked like he helped his friends get that way.

I was telling a friend about that cover last week

[Beaverhausen]

4. Free indeed!

[Pale Blue Dot]

6. I disagree with a few of these.

I think the following are actually pretty good covers:


Cute and creative.


I would buy this.


He's bald! How awful!

The rest of the covers, however: :rofl:

[Deja Q]

7. Considering it was before photoshop,

that one's rather good.

[Auggie]

10. Dye transfer and c-print retouching offered just as much flexibilty as Photoshop

if you knew how to do it.

[Orrex]

39. But the "undo" button never worked right

Flexibility, maybe. Overall utility? Not so much.

[Auggie]

54. Sure it did -- you just painted over it.

But I agree about the utility and speed.

[rockymountaindem]

8. I think the last one is the creepy face superimposed over the landscape

Kinda weird, if you ask me.

[nuxvomica]

26. The Electric Amish cover is awesome

It really doesn't belong on the list.

[truedelphi]

46. I agree. Wonder what they sounded like? n/t

[QueenOfCalifornia]

27. It's the

placement of the writing that makes the cover so obviously lame.

Also, the big floating head on a grassy hill is bad from a design point of view.

It is a terrible album cover for several reasons.

:hi:

[timtom]

37. Terry Riley is one of my favorite avant garde musicians.

[cemaphonic]

41. The Terry Riley one is kinda ominous

And the pastoral landscape really doesn't fit the music very well. Good album though.

[pokerfan]

9. WTF?

[newmajority]

12. You forgot the third cover in that series.....

[pokerfan]

13. Fine. If I must

[LynneSin]

31. And the 4th from Soul Asylum

[Ikonoklast]

11. OK, but which one is the dummy?

[DS1]

14. mandatory

[harmonicon]

17. Damn!

Sweet Lord!!

Oh, Jesus!!


HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

[Drunken Irishman]

40. OMG, that one is freaking CREEPY!

[DS1]

43. Exactly, I wish I knew the intended tone of it

because it can't be "Hey, you're 16 now, come have sex with old Uncle John when I've finished this beer and smoke"

[Bucky]

50. Oh you perv-a-tronics! This is obviously a dad consoling his daughter on her first heartbreak.

Geeze, you people got gutter minds.

[DS1]

57. OOOOOOOOOOHHH!!!!

Now I get it.

*snort*

[mitchum]

53. THAT one is my favorite

it's just so creepy

[Zavulon]

15. There's nothing at all wrong with this one...

...

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. Uh...

Y'might wanna tackle that English thing first. :D

[QueenOfCalifornia]

28. Punctuation

can kill a beautiful piece of illustration like that. Yumpin' Yimanee! :rofl:

[Deja Q]

55. Is "SWEDE" another fundy polygamy group?

:hide:

[Elidor]

19. Uh...OMG

[skygazer]

35. But... but... it features the SMASH HIT Wild Hog!!!11!!

And many more!!!1!1

[noonwitch]

20. I know that I've seen the Muhammed Ali one at some point in my childhood.

Ali was big in the early 70s, when I was a kid. He had a song, a cartoon, and our hippie teachers all respected him for his stand on the Vietnam War/the draft.

[fishwax]

21. This one appears to be a joke based on a Simpsons episode

Everyone knows that Kirk Van Houten wrote that song (and performed it with the help of a band that included one of the doobie brothers): http://borrowafeelingthesimpsons.ytmnd.com/

:rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

22. I remember Slim Goodbody!

:rofl:

[annonymous]

23. Did they get these albums from the cutout bin?

I have never heard of any of these acts.

[Dr. Strange]

24. Uh oh! Does TZ know about this?

[Dr. Strange]

25. Okay, sorry, but I couldn't resist doing a little addition to this one:

[BlueJazz]

33. LOL!...Good one.

:rofl:

[lazyriver]

29. This thread has scarred me for life...thanks a lot.

[devilgrrl]

30. It would have been funnier if they mocked popular singers & bands rather than obscure local acts...

too easy? :-(

There are a few knee slappers thought.



I actually like this one.

[newmajority]

32. Here's a few more horrible covers

Ac/Dc really should be able to sue these guys







And finally.........

Does anybody remember when the Village People tried to reinvent themselves as a "new wave" band after the death of disco??

[Bucky]

51. I do NOT remember that phase of the Village Peoples' devolution.

Furthermore, as soon as I click off this thread, I shall immediately cease to recall that this travesty ever occurred.

[jakefrep]

34. I'm surprised this classic didn't make the list...

[timtom]

38. Does anybody remember SCTV

with the Schmenge Brothers and Five Neat Guys?

[SoxFan]

42. The Brazilian Shane McGowan!

[Beer Snob-50]

44. HOPEFULLY THIS WORKS.

happy louie and julica from the great town of palmer, ma

[Richard Steele]

47. Sorry, Newsday- It's not a list of bad album covers unless it includes "Mr. Bat Sings"

This is waaaaay worse than many they listed:

[puerco-bellies]

48. Wow, classics one and all.

I've seen that mullet picture somewhere else..

[Bucky]

49. With all due respect, how is "Space Escapade" with Les Baxter not in the 50 Best album covers?

Captions can add nothing to the sheer visual genius on display here.