Terrible album covers

[chveik]

[marquis_de_sad]

For the concept that could have been executed a lot worse.

[holyzombiejesus]

[Maurice Yeatman]

That's it, I won't be taking Lieutenant Pigeon seriously again.

[Natnar]

[VaginaSimpson]

Fucking hell. Has anyone posted the Brian Eno/John Cale album cover yet? Can you? I don't have the facilities. It's basically Eno and Cale's faces separated by swords that looks like they were taken from clip art. Astonishingly shit. Either they were low on funds or some twat convinced them he was a great artist who could use all the new technology, took their money then shat this out and ran:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong_Way_Up

The music is good but the mix is a bit nuts. Earwax meltingly gauche and high frequencied to fuck. Yes that was English.

[DJ Bob Hoskins]

I've always hated that cover too, but I have to admit it's a vaguely clever visual pun in that the artwork has no right way up.

[purlieu]

It's not *that* bad. It's good because it's funny.
Bet they're pissing themselves.

Oh God yeah. I always find it odd that a lot of people seem to think Muse aren't at least somewhat self-aware. When they take themselves too seriously it's pretty embarrassing, but they're also incredibly good at being silly. Any money they're just into synthwave and went "wouldn't it be funny if we did an album cover like that only with us on?"

[Monsieur Verdoux]

Fucking hell. Has anyone posted the Brian Eno/John Cale album cover yet? Can you? I don't have the facilities. It's basically Eno and Cale's faces separated by swords that looks like they were taken from clip art. Astonishingly shit. Either they were low on funds or some twat convinced them he was a great artist who could use all the new technology, took their money then shat this out and ran:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong_Way_Up

The music is good but the mix is a bit nuts. Earwax meltingly gauche and high frequencied to fuck. Yes that was English.

The re-release had a different cover, as if to make amends

[Maurice Yeatman]

Another bottle of wine and I might post this in the Great Album Covers thread.

[Monsieur Verdoux]

haha i literally just came here to post that. it's amazing

[PlanktonSideburns]

Country life is suiting Richard herring well I see

[Custard]

Donny couldn't be arsed showing up, but least the tractor did!

https://imgur.com/a/IcNgP70

(It's really hard to find a good copy of this cover online)

[Gradual Decline]

Bloody hell.

[thecuriousorange]

[Glebe]

The world's genuinely fucked now.

[samadriel]

Bloody hell.

I quite like that.

[DrGreggles]

I quite like that.

#metoo

[Ferris]

The absolute state of that. Terrible.

[BlodwynPig]

Can't go wrong with a hippo on a cover

[jobotic]

Fuck me. We have a winner.

[Pauline Walnuts]

Sir Cliff's just unleashed his 7" single.



B side = Schoolboy Crush

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

That  Sparks Album cover is perfectly acceptable.

[BlodwynPig]

That  Sparks Album cover is perfectly acceptable.

as are all Hippo album covers - that was my point.

[thraxx]

Robert Plant has got form for shit album covers though.

[Crabwalk]

Some quality typography there.

[Absorb the anus burn]

Buffoon Stance.

[buzby]

Some quality typography there.

It "features artwork from award-winning photographer Wolfgang Tillmans", apparently.
Any of you Londoners want to venture a guess for the location of the shoot? Those houses look pretty diistinctive.

[gilbertharding]

Robert Plant has got form for shit album covers though.

I can't tell... did they literally approach Hipgnosis at half past four on a Friday afternoon, or did someone in Percy's team just think "How hard can it be?" and knock this up themselves, pocketing the fee?

[buzby]

I can't tell... did they literally approach Hipgnosis at half past four on a Friday afternoon, or did someone in Percy's team just think "How hard can it be?" and knock this up themselves, pocketing the fee?

Designed by Percy himself with photographer Michael Hoppen.