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kida 11-12-2008 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FaSho (Post 542562)
By far the worst cover in my library:
Just posting the link for reasons that will be obvious after viewing
I think you can actually find this by googling "worst album covers".

Thats my new favirote

bathory_79 11-17-2008 03:13 PM

Favourite- Germfree Adolescence- x-ray specs (next time you get locked in a testube, y'know...)
Least Favourite- Rubber Soul- The Beatles (distortion just didn't work for me okay.)

ins0mniac 11-17-2008 03:55 PM

Favorite: St- Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
Least Favorite: Gangstabilly - Drive By Truckers(Just...scarring.)

FaSho 11-18-2008 12:30 PM

So was the music.

Janszoon 11-18-2008 12:48 PM

Not saying this is my favorite, but this album cover always made me laugh:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...etting_zoo.jpg

Urban Hat€monger ? 11-18-2008 01:03 PM

I hate those really bland monochrome covers with the bands name in the top corner in some generic font. Usually made by bland generic indie bands you'd read about in the NME.

Here's 2 offenders I found at random.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...kL._SS500_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...CL._SS500_.jpg

simplephysics 11-18-2008 02:29 PM

http://www.soundstagedirect.com/medi...hite_album.jpg

Public Enemy #1

bathory_79 11-18-2008 03:49 PM

^ minimalist was not supposed to happen here. I'm sorry to the boys, but this art after Magical Mystery Tour, fans weren't expecting that!
bad karma!

Roygbiv 01-27-2009 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zarko (Post 544025)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xDjDs4HBT3...s320/cover.jpg

Guess which one this falls under :p:

Best.

Meph1986 01-27-2009 06:44 PM

Fav:

http://i39.tinypic.com/2lcuux5.jpg
Vinyl only

Roygbiv 01-27-2009 06:50 PM

Pretty good but not best:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w-5TE0WuPv...bum_cover).jpg

Janszoon 01-27-2009 08:12 PM

Fucking awful:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../MenAtWork.jpg

Anteater 01-27-2009 08:59 PM

The best damn cover of all time, as expected of Roger Dean.

http://image.maniadb.com/images/albu...185027_1_f.jpg

Stamper 01-27-2009 09:24 PM

Stanley Donwood is amazing
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aQE-4419LR...%2BKid%2BA.jpg

Janszoon 01-27-2009 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 586428)
The best damn cover of all time, as expected of Roger Dean.

I don't know, the hidden keyboards have a pretty high cheese factor.

mannny 01-27-2009 09:49 PM

A couple of my faves:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RG5gBq_XS4...nderground.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg

Anteater 01-27-2009 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 586452)
I don't know, the hidden keyboards have a pretty high cheese factor.

You can't have a good pizza without cheese my dear Zoon. :pimp:

Janszoon 01-27-2009 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 586476)
You can't have a good pizza without cheese my dear Zoon. :pimp:

Heh. I'm actually eating pizza at this very moment.

Surell 01-27-2009 10:22 PM

I had pizza for dinner. My favorites:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...92b1a534_o.jpg

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/2157.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...d_Mountain.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...s_The_Cool.jpg

Guybrush 01-28-2009 12:57 AM

One of many favourites :

http://img11.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/0...ea3d7_full.jpg


My least favourite might be "Dawn of the Black Hearts", a bootleg live album by Mayhem. Their ex-singer called Dead took a shotgun to his head and killed himself. The ex-guitarist Euronomys (who later got killed by "The Count") found Dead's body and took a picture of it .. that picture ended up on the cover of the bootleg. Or so the story goes.

Obviously I won't post it here because I consider it snuffy, but if you really feel a need to check it out, they have the cover on the bootleg's wikipedia article.

Comus 01-28-2009 01:13 AM

Favourite:

http://infraljud.files.wordpress.com...utterance2.jpg

Least favourite from an album I like:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._The_World.png

I mean what the hell dudes? Sheer Heart Attack is a stinker too.

lucifer_sam 01-28-2009 01:27 AM

You know First Utterance's album cover is based off In the Court of the Crimson King, right?

Guybrush 01-28-2009 04:13 AM

Gotta love The Resident's debut cover ..

http://www.residents.com/historical/...es/page6_1.jpg


.. But not so much Primus' Tales From the Punchbowl ..

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/m...Punch-Bowl.jpg

gunnels 01-28-2009 02:25 PM

Favorite:
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...7/deloused.jpg

Least Favorite:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...lentEarth3.jpg

Guybrush 01-28-2009 02:36 PM

I like :

http://www.londonrockandpop.com/USERIMAGES/im402.jpeg


I don't like :

http://www.connollyco.com/discograph...eads/77_hi.jpg

lucifer_sam 01-28-2009 02:39 PM

I always thought Ziggy's cover was hilariously inappropriate. I mean, I like it, but it seems more appropriate for Tom Waits or Sherlock Holmes more than a glam rock star. I will say that Hunky Dory's cover is completely awful...

jackhammer 01-28-2009 02:45 PM

From the same artist. love:
http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225280961549d...e0c70005-320pi

Hate (just a couple of albums later. Hideous. Album is stellar though.):
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Alfred 01-28-2009 03:01 PM

My favorite:
http://img.letssingit.com/artists/hgndh/6860978.jpg

Least favorite:
http://www.kkbox.com.tw/funky/album/65379.jpg

PartisanRanger 01-28-2009 03:45 PM

I kind of like the Small Change cover, it seems appropriate given the kind of persona Waits takes in the album. The stripper is kind of ugly, but what are you gonna do.

Bulldog 01-28-2009 03:55 PM

One of the best;

http://img13.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/0...05b27_full.jpg

One of the worst;

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sl...000094_350.jpg

Janszoon 01-28-2009 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PartisanRanger (Post 586877)
I kind of like the Small Change cover, it seems appropriate given the kind of persona Waits takes in the album. The stripper is kind of ugly, but what are you gonna do.

A good looking stripper would be out of place in the Tom Waits universe anyway.

Terrible Lizard 01-28-2009 04:19 PM

Favorite.

http://logofon.files.wordpress.com/2...pentemple1.jpg


Least Favorite.


http://betterpropaganda.com/images/a...en_Day_480.jpg

Oh the heart is a grenade, how clever.
Yes I know it's not original to bash Green *** of all bands, but false punk really pisses me off.

Molecules 01-28-2009 04:35 PM

bowie good
http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/...44a56010.L.jpg

bowie baaad
http://www.thefunkstore.com/CurrentC...eRealityCD.jpg

Rage Against the Machine 01-28-2009 04:37 PM

Best:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg

Worst:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg

Molecules 01-28-2009 04:48 PM

fave
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ewGatefold.jpg
http://www.rontronik.com/blog/albumcovers/mdbb.jpg
http://airplaneshadows.files.wordpre...efold-copy.jpg

fail
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...JL._SS500_.jpg

Guybrush 01-28-2009 04:48 PM

Frank Zappa, me like :

http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/z...k_Yerbouti.jpg


This Buckethead album .. not so much.

http://img12.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/1...d8fe8_full.jpg

Janszoon 01-28-2009 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Molecules (Post 586910)

It may not be the best, but it looks like what the music sounds like so it succeeds on that level at least.

Terrible Lizard 01-28-2009 04:57 PM

[QUOTE=Rage Against the Machine;586903]Best:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg

What album is that?
I'm sorry if it turns out I know it, I've been deep in jazz-punk and Quasimoto these days. :D

Gareth Brown 01-28-2009 05:11 PM

Is it an Eluvium album?

Terrible Lizard 01-28-2009 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gareth Brown (Post 586952)
Is it an Eluvium album?

Yes it is, mahalo.:laughing:


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