Jahfin Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 The worst album covers ever #1: heavy metal The first in a continuing series of cover art badness. This week… Metal! Joe Bosso What makes an album cover bad? Better yet, what makes one truly terrible? To paraphrase U.S. Justice Potter Stewart musing on what is 'pornography': "I can't tell you what obscenity is, but I know it when I see it." And MusicRadar knows a bad album cover when it sees it. Today, MusicRadar kicks off a series called The Worst Album Covers Ever, with our first installment shining a harsh light on the world of heavy metal. The songs may rock, the singers may scream, the solos may impressively shred. But what the hell is happening with these album covers? Oh, and warning - a few of these verge on the NSFW. All of them however verge on the terrible. More here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepHead315 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Shame to see this thread was dead on arrival. Looks like it could be a fun topic. One album cover I always thought was horrid that I never hear people talk about is The Bee Gees' High Civilization Where to begin? What is with the clusterfuck of random objects in the sky? I get the concept they were trying to go for here (having symbols of civilization "high" in the sky, hence the title), but who the hell thought this looked good? It's just a random jumble. Why is there a tiny crowd in front of them? Why does one of the people in the crowd have a stop sign on their back? Finally, who did the laughable cut and paste job on the group? It's like they didn't even try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Charles J. White Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 And I have found the winner: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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76229 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 The Hipgnosis covers for late 70s bands must be strong candidates for inclusion here. E.g. Scorpions - Animal Instincts I mean, seriously.... Spinal Tap was written to ridicule this kind of thing. "What's wrong with being sexy?!" ETA - for some reason my computer won't let me cut and paste the cover. Perhaps because it's so awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_the_evening Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 All I can say to most of those is.....WHAT THE..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover 75 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 No. Just no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76229 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 On 13/06/2017 at 1:53 PM, The Rover 75 said: Camper than a row of tents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Charles J. White Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Prince Dirty Mind was a really shite album cover and a bit disturbing as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ForEvermore Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Yes - there was once a band called "Toe Fat"... W...T...F??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xolo1974 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 8 hours ago, ZepHead315 said: Now that is just creepy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0nn0cast3r Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Not good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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