The Twenty-Five Worst Album Covers of All Time

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[InvisibleChurch]

Inspired by the ugliness of the new Jane's Addiction album, The Great Escape Artist, we here at List Of The Day (ok, just me and a bunch of friends with great suggestions) compiled a bunch of lists of album covers that are, in the technical sense, awful.

The list below is one where real record companies were involved and artists who sold actual records were aware that the albums would go into the stores looking like this.

Fact is, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of terrible album covers. A web-search suggests that 90 percent of them come from religious artists who believe that competent artwork is akin to committing the sin of vanity.

Enjoy these album covers that dare you to enjoy the music held within its confines.

[Revolting cat!]

Then, there was this cover, not seen by many, which was later shamelessly imiated by a British band, now forgotte, what's their name, and which had in the background my VW bug, for which sight I was never compensated.

[I still care]

When I was a child, I remember sitting and staring at that cover. (Yes, I’m a girl).

I’ve always been interested in art and set design, and as a kid, I saw it totally differently than adults. I couldn’t figure out how they got the woman in the whipped cream. I did figure out that it was a towel around the back, though.

I also read later that most of it was shaving cream (looks better and lasts) and only the bits on her hands was whipped cream.

[I still care]

I love that song. That’s just so cool.

[Revolting cat!]

I'm sure you do, _itch!

[Revolting cat!]

Porter was always good.

[Revolting cat!]

When America was a wholesome place!

[Revolting cat!]

There was a Volume 2, too, dude!

[I still care]

Sorry, missed that admonition on my first run through.

But there are plenty of really bad covers out there today. The style now is to be "weird" rather than attractive, which is what the mode was when I was a kid. So there is plenty of weird.

Here are some strange recent ones, found right on the front page of Amazon:

[denydenydeny]

That has to be fake. Please tell me that’s a fake.

[Berlin_Freeper]

I painted this on my wall and my father freaked-out. That was the worst - LoL!

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

Good Lord.

[Stoat]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[fredhead]

[anton]

This topic is as gay as that album cover. Both suck.

[InvisibleChurch]

and I wake up to a bandwidth monster

[fredhead]

Here's another one, front and back

[InvisibleChurch]

That album cover should stand as a cautionary tale of what happens when you mix drugs, money and musical desperation.

[KosmicKitty]

My favorite band, but they do have disturbing album art. The last one, not at all sure where that came from.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Such an obvious double-entendre, I'm not even going to bother...

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]