NationStates Jolt Archive

For lack of nothing else better to do, i've spent some time recently digging up what I think are the most bizarre and/or terrible examples of album artwork on the planet. 'Course, there are numerous examples featuring scat porn and dead bodies and such, but they don't have the humour value that some of their unintentional counterparts have. =)

Heres a short list of my favourites:

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8605/11535iu0.jpg
Who thought that was a good idea?

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4599/11462vf8.jpg
No.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7274/47559lj8.jpg
...

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3058/457442vy2.jpg
Catchy.

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/4329/457440fz0.jpg
No, you may not.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5212/224314kz8.jpg
Happy Birthday!

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9240/398524kj3.jpg
Crusaders for God!

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6715/140822bi5.jpg
"Hey man! You know what we should have on our album cover?"
"What?"
"A fucking bat. With claws and laser eyes."
"COOL"

And my personal favourite....

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2641/101022nn8.jpg

:D

Dig up some of your favourites, and try and keep it somewhat clean. =P

None of the pics are working for me...they all come up as 1x1 pixels.

Probably a stupid issue on my end...pay me no mind. :p

None of the pics are working for me...they all come up as 1x1 pixels.

Probably a stupid issue on my end...pay me no mind. :p

Lame, if anyone else has that problem i'll upload them to imageshack.

I see no images or links.

Lame, if anyone else has that problem i'll upload them to imageshack.

I'm getting nothin'

Should be fixed now.

Nice. I like the crusaders one. That fat guy...God it cracks me up. The only crusading he has done is pillaging the buffet bar.

Should be fixed now.

I love the forward (I work at a bank, we love email, it let's us pretend we aren't trading our souls for stock options).

I'm not sure if I'm more creeped out by the asian child molester or the fact god appears to reward musical talent by mutilating your hands....

- Rotovia

http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/images/poohman.jpg

There we go...it's working for me now, at least.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8605/11535iu0.jpg
Who thought that was a good idea?

Why wear a belt when you're not wearing pants? :p

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4599/11462vf8.jpg
No.

Maybe?

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7274/47559lj8.jpg
...

:eek:

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3058/457442vy2.jpg
Catchy.

Could be worse...she could be footless too! :p

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/4329/457440fz0.jpg
No, you may not.

That so wouldn't fly today. :D

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5212/224314kz8.jpg
Happy Birthday!

Julie doesn't look too happy...must have been the date rape drugs that creepy dude slipped in her drink.

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9240/398524kj3.jpg
Crusaders for God!

True Crusaders think that wearing white ties is sinful. :p

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6715/140822bi5.jpg

At least it has wicked claws...or talons...or whatever those are.

And my personal favourite....

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2641/101022nn8.jpg

I guess that means noone will buy his album!

*ba-dum chik*

http://www.octanecreative.com/Parodyville/worst_album_covers/21.jpg

http://4.content.collegehumor.com/d1/ch6/1/1/collegehumor.8f901d31bee25f3dab70c9f120097405.jpg

http://porktornado.diaryland.com/images/tino1.jpg

http://porktornado.diaryland.com/images/tino1.jpg

What. A. Stud!

-snip-

I dont know the middle one, but i've come across the first and last ones. :D

Go here:

http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/

Type O Negative's The Origin of the Feces (http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/_images/pochettes/theoriginofthefeces.jpg)

And no, you probably don't want to look too closely at it.

Type O Negative's The Origin of the Feces
And no, you probably don't want to look too closely at it.

lol, might wanna hide that link :p

I have that album, but it has a clean cover. :(

While not actually a bad cover it's still... yeah...
http://data1.blog.de/blog/r/renate/img/Utero_front.jpg

http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/godisntdead.jpg

But he is taking up drinking and shooting up!

Type O Negative's The Origin of the Feces (http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/_images/pochettes/theoriginofthefeces.jpg)

And no, you probably don't want to look too closely at it.

and in response to that.

http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/reddfoxxwashyourass.jpg

Hey, uh...1978 called and wants it's topic back.

Even CD covers -- already too small to begin with -- are becoming more and more irrelevant. This topic is better suited to a pop-art history forum or something like that. Which is a shame, 'cause album art was kinda cool as a concept.

In fact, I can't really say I have a "worst". I expect I'd think that a cover which conveys not just nothing about the music, but rather the opposite, would be in disfavor.

-sniplink-Type O Negative's The Origin of the Feces[/url]

And no, you probably don't want to look too closely at it.

I thought it was a goatse for a sec. You might wanna remove it!

Here's some from a quick google search:

http://static.flickr.com/29/47053529_39c5f35658_m.jpg
http://www.bibi.org/box/2005/agosto/bad_Covers_collection.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/106037437_25cf4e61a7_m.jpg
http://tng.cupofdirt.net/horrible_album_covers/ken.jpg

Hey, uh...1978 called and wants it's topic back.

Even CD covers -- already too small to begin with -- are becoming more and more irrelevant. This topic is better suited to a pop-art history forum or something like that. Which is a shame, 'cause album art was kinda cool as a concept.

In fact, I can't really say I have a "worst". I expect I'd think that a cover which conveys not just nothing about the music, but rather the opposite, would be in disfavor.

I dunno, album art is still important to me, but I'm old fashioned I guess. Metalheads are in general, that way, I think. It's kinda album-oriented.

I thought it was a goatse for a sec. You might wanna remove it!

If a mod tells me to I will. It's not goatse or rotten.com or anything though, so it's not from a banned website. Their cover for "Slow, Deep and Hard" might be even more offensive to prude fundy types. Less offensive to the rest of us.

I dunno, album art is still important to me, but I'm old fashioned I guess. Metalheads are in general, that way, I think. It's kinda album-oriented.

Well, metalheads have an excuse -- the music is of dubious quality on a large number of albums, so the art better kick ass.

Well, metalheads have an excuse -- the music is of dubious quality on a large number of albums, so the art better kick ass.

The music is of dubious quality on most albums of every genre.

I don't get the point of that little jab. Is it because I'm disagreeing with you on the book thread? I'm not really sure what I said to merit that little insult.

On this I'm not disagreeing, merely stating that album art is still important to me. Overall, I agree that as vinyl (which I prefer over all other forms of listening to music except attending a performance) is replaced by CD and CD in turn by mp3/wav files, album art is diminishing in importance and will unfortunately eventually probably cease to exist.

The music is of dubious quality on most albums of every genre.

I don't get the point of that little jab. Is it because I'm disagreeing with you on the book thread? I'm not really sure what I said to merit that little insult.

On this I'm not disagreeing, merely stating that album art is still important to me. Overall, I agree that as vinyl (which I prefer over all other forms of listening to music except attending a performance) is replaced by CD and CD in turn by mp3/wav files, album art is diminishing in importance and will unfortunately eventually probably cease to exist.

Uh...defensive much? How was saying that metal music albums have ass-kicking art because the majority of the content sucks in any way a jab at you, personally, let alone an insult?

The same principle applies to rap albums, and especially their videos. When the sonic product is weak, dazzle the crowd with pleasing visuals...like naked chicks, cars, booze, drugs and bling everywhere. Thus, the legacy of MTV, intentional or not.

Uh...defensive much? How was saying that metal music albums have ass-kicking art because the majority of the content sucks in any way a jab at you, personally, let alone an insult?

The same principle applies to rap albums, and especially their videos. When the sonic product is weak, dazzle the crowd with pleasing visuals...like naked chicks, cars, booze, drugs and bling everywhere. Thus, the legacy of MTV, intentional or not.

It is a jab. I don't dish out abuse about the kind of music other people enjoy even if I hate it cause I really don't like it myself. Most metal released probably is terrible. But so is most jazz, most classical, most rap, most rock'n'roll, most soul or any other genre one could think of. So saying such about any particular genre is a bit unnecessary.

I'm a music major. There list of things more important to me than music is fairly short. It really irritates me how people can insult the music I listen to (the main target of this is metal, though of course sometimes "it's boring" is directed at classical or folk music I enjoy as well) and if I simply say I don't care for some more popular thing that they like (Elvis or Sublime for example), they blow up on me as if I was a holocaust denier or some other such thing. So I try not to insult the music others listen to as a general principle since it pisses me off when others do it to me (with one exception: Burzum sucks, fuck nazis).

It is a jab. I don't dish out abuse about the kind of music other people enjoy even if I hate it cause I really don't like it myself. Most metal released probably is terrible. But so is most jazz, most classical, most rap, most rock'n'roll, most soul or any other genre one could think of. So saying such about any particular genre is a bit unnecessary.

I'm a music major. There list of things more important to me than music is fairly short. It really irritates me how people can insult the music I listen to (the main target of this is metal, though of course sometimes "it's boring" is directed at classical or folk music I enjoy as well) and if I simply say I don't care for some more popular thing that they like (Elvis or Sublime for example), they blow up on me as if I was a holocaust denier or some other such thing. So I try not to insult the music others listen to as a general principle since it pisses me off when others do it to me (with one exception: Burzum sucks, fuck nazis).

I'm still missing how saying that the majority of metal is so bad that the art has to compensate is an insult to you. There's good and bad examples of every genre, and the majority of it leans toward bad in varying degrees, simply because too many people wish to be successful, and not enough of the right people are (kinda like pitching in baseball -- too many teams, not enough major league arms, result: mediocre bullpens).

I'm a music professor. The list of things more important to me than music doesn't exist. I didn't insult the music you listen to. I stated a truism about one genre, which can easily be applied across genres. You took it personally. Not my problem. In the end, we all like what we like. I own no metal CDs, but I've heard some I like. I own rap CDs, assloads of symphonic/orchestral/chamber/choral music (many of which I even listen to on a regular basis), further assloads of jazz from all eras (many of which I even listen to on a regular basis), and so on.

Have I heard all artists in every genre? No. I can't imagine that anyone has. Have I heard enough to make my earlier statement? Yes. Yes I have. Now, if you can point out where I singled out any artists you like and said "they suck", please do. Until then, you've no leg to complain on.

Maybe I took it the wrong way. Sounded like you were singling it out for abuse. I guess not. Sorry about getting all defensive in that case.

Maybe I took it the wrong way. Sounded like you were singling it out for abuse. I guess not. Sorry about getting all defensive in that case.

No worries. I'm frankly surprised I wasn't roundly bashed more, as perhpas I might be for daring to even hint at denigrating any genre that's not rap.

No worries. I'm frankly surprised I wasn't roundly bashed more, as perhpas I might be for daring to even hint at denigrating any genre that's not rap.

Lol. When I was in high school I didn't realize that it was hypocritical of me to demean other musical genres when I so hated it when other people did so to my favorite. Nowadays the only genres I can really say I still dislike as a whole are modern country/western and hair metal/glam rock. Oh, and emo. I even like some rap songs, though I still don't care for most of it.

Hey, uh...1978 called and wants it's topic back.


/shoo :p

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000098W.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://albumsonmyspace.com/Category/Rock/Green%20Day/American%20Idiot.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/Braillettes-OurHeartsKeepSinging.jpg

http://porktornado.diaryland.com/images/tophits1.jpg
"Gee Peggy Sue, what ever did you put in the KoolAid?"
"Cocaine of course, silly!"

http://www.usemenow.com/web-log/zipzaprap.jpg

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/351434.jpg

http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/b4sale/front_11.jpg
file under, "It seemed like a good idea at the time. My God, what was I smoking?!?"
also this one:
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/14890.jpg


http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/184112.jpg
couldn't get more blatant if you tried. And that includes the album name.

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/245689.jpg

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/138900.jpg

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/329356.jpg

http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/laverne.jpg

might want to check this out:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/djlanda/the_100_worst_album_covers_ever/

I miss album covers. They were cool.

Well, the game is afoot. I'll take anal bum cover for 7,000.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/ACDC_DirtyDeeds.jpg

http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/glitterbandhey.jpg

Man, I love Devastatin' Dave the Turntable Slave!

Man, I love Devastatin' Dave the Turntable Slave!
How could you not? I mean, look at him.
There is no way he could be anything less than the greatest white guy ever.

On the other hand, there is a very good chance that this cover:
http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/glitterbandhey.jpg
Just turned me gay.