Terrible album covers thread Part 2

[kalowski]

That's horrible. Turn everyone involved into a pair of shoes.

[Inspector Norse]

Going through some old photos and was reminded of this corker I found at a jumble sale last year:

[jobotic]

Sounds like they're addressing a reluctant Charles, who is unwilling to boogie

[Neomod]

Is this supposed to look like a court artist's illustration of the accused?

[Brundle-Fly]

Nicely mocked by John Otway.

[sutin]

They all look far too young to be at a Liam Gallagher gig.

He has a young fan base.

[Head Gardener]

new Brian Jonestown Massacre album

[Glebe]

new Brian Jonestown Massacre album

"Well that sucks."

[PlanktonSideburns]

new Brian Jonestown Massacre album

I like that

[kalowski]

[curiousoranges]

I like that



(But not the Brian Jonestown Massacre one)

[PlanktonSideburns]

Ok this is where I draw the line

[MrVentham]

Pretty much any Johnny Cash album, or Kris Kristofferson, or Waylon Jennings. Lots of Bob Dylan albums. All those old white country/folk-singin' dudes have terrible album covers.

[Famous Mortimer]

Everything about this - title and image - feels like old man Stapleton just put "wacky surrealism" into that AI image generator.

[purlieu]

Yeah, it's not one of his best. Pretty good album though. Some of his other recent covers are good, I'm especially fond of the CD version of Changez Les Blockeurs And.

[greencalx]

Pretty much any Johnny Cash album, or Kris Kristofferson, or Waylon Jennings. Lots of Bob Dylan albums. All those old white country/folk-singin' dudes have terrible album covers.

Caused a bit of a storm the first time it was posted.

We should set a baseline we can all agree is terrible. Here's my shout.



If we all agree, we can start using a scale. "Woo what a stinker - easily five MegaHarrisons!" you'll say. Alternatively, we could describe albums as a Cloud 1-9, with "a Cloud-9" being the worst, and "a Cloud-1" being basically fine.

[Ferris]

@greencalx don't bring that up again!

An absolutely dogshit album cover that was defended on the basis it clearly stated the artist and album name.

I stand by my opinion that it's total shit though.

[willbo]

It kinda reminds me of the original back cover of Reign In Blood, which made me laugh out loud when I picked up a vinyl copy (my old CD had a generic, unfunny back cover which suited the mood better).

I have Reign in Blood on CD with that back ... Lombado looks like he was a pretty chilled out guy back then. Totally forgot the tiny Stella cans

[jenna appleseed]

[Glebe]

He just looks disappointed.

Also, Charles Hawtrey: The Beatnik Years.

[willbo]

the music is just as bewildering

[purlieu]

[PlanktonSideburns]

Love the first one- really hope the lead of the band's name is antony

[mrpupkin]

Sorry if any of these have already been posted:





Leonard, mate.

[Stonefish]

Horrible. Doesn't even work as a pastiche of library photography.

Blur had already achieved that on The Great Escape.

I like both of these :(

The Blur one has a bit of a Kraftwerk vibe to it.

Edit: on second thoughts, The Divine Comedy one is a bit shit.

[Glebe]

"Hello? It's about the cover art..."

[Pauline Walnuts]

Leonard, mate.

Tough crowd.

[purlieu]

[holyzombiejesus]

Rave stuff (which I presume those are) generally had such shit sleeves.

[purlieu]

The former is a compilation of dance and indie stuff released by Virgin in the late '90s. Astonishingly bad for a major label release. The second one is a DIY ambient release, which is an area of music responsible for some of the worst album art of all time.
NSFW dark ambient cover here.