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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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RossM
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
427 Posts |
 Posted - 02/12/2008 : 08:23:57 AM
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| With the onset of compact disks and MP3 downloads the art of the album cover has been lost. These huge often dramatic pictures used to be as much a part of the music as the music itself. Just check out Connie Smith's photo on the cover of "Miss Smith Goes to Nashville". A prettier sight I have never seen. The photo and the music just go together. I miss them dearly, even these god awful truly disturbing ones. |
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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 02/12/2008 : 12:31:51 PM
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Hmmm, #66, THE COOPER FAMILY: I'm God's Child -- I'm sure God is thinking: " ... I didn't want anybody to know that!!!"
I've seen this site (or a similar one) before; Many of the covers are familiar, but others I've not seen before. Is this continually updated or something?
Some of these (like the Handsome Beasts), must be purposely bad or attempts to offend.
I think these prove that not just anybody can wear jumpsuits (and those vaguely "heroic" or "futuristic") without looking completely ridiculous. Clown make-up just looks very disturbing (Grease paint: The Serial Killer's Friend).
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Citizen Carrier
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
322 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2008 : 3:11:08 PM
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[img]http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/42-1.jpg[/img]
I refuse to accept that this ever existed.
And with a title like that, I'm trying not to imagine what is going on behind that chair. You could never get away with marketing this sort of thing today.
But like a moth to a flame, or a Jabootuite to a bad movie, I find myself morbidly interested in hearing just how bad all these albums were.
Citizen Carrier, swinging that gospel axe! |
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Food
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
342 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2008 : 6:31:55 PM
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#11 made me laugh. It just looks unintentionally goofy. Awesome!
I don't see what's so bad about Animal Magnetism's cover, though. Maybe it's the dog. **shrug** Or maybe I'm biased, because it's one of my favorite albums. |
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Gristle McThornbody
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Germany
186 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2008 : 1:13:35 PM
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As a Sabbath fan I may be biased, but there's no way Black Sabbath's Sabotage should be rated higher than some of those other covers.
"Hi, I'm Bob Evil!" |
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2008 : 1:25:44 PM
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It's probably Bill Wards red tights that make it score so high.
"I reserve the right to look as well as be boring." - Robert Fripp |
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Prankster
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
727 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2008 : 4:35:41 PM
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The Onion AV Club just did a feature on bad album covers, though I believe they restricted the focus to Prog Rock.
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throughthelookingglass
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 02/13/2008 : 5:21:42 PM
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Thanks, that mad me laugh.
I think the albums are grouped by genre, not the absurdity of the cover. |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 02/13/2008 : 6:09:02 PM
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Originally posted by Prankster
The Onion AV Club just did a feature on bad album covers, though I believe they restricted the focus to Prog Rock.
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And they didn't come close to delving the depths of silliness that a true prog nerd would have seen. They were strictly doing mainstream stuff. It's the equivalent of someone saying "That Ed Wood sure was the worst director of all time, eh?" around here.
"Meeting you makes me want to be a real noodle cook"
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Ericb
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
648 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2008 : 7:22:57 PM
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I don't think the numbers represent rank.
"I reserve the right to look as well as be boring." - Robert Fripp |
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