Rock N' Rollin' Man Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Black Sabbath's Paranoid Rush's Hemispheres Both have very awful album covers IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelfDevouringSnake Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 The members of Steely Dan have stated that they believe the album covers to Can't Buy a Thrill and The Royal Scam to be the most hideous of the '70s. And both are great albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 The cover of Blind Faith's album -- the one with the topless pre-teen holding the airplane (it looks like one to me, anyway). I'm not a prude by any means, but I always found it absolutely tasteless, while the music on the album is absolutely phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I always thought Wheels of Fire was a cheesy album cover, but what do i know. It won best album cover design for 1969. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led_Zeppelin_Chick Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Black sabbath - children of the grave, the album cover really sucks it just has a half-assed look to it. Sorry about the langauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock N' Rollin' Man Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 Black sabbath - children of the grave, the album cover really sucks it just has a half-assed look to it. Sorry about the langauge. I'm sure you mean Master of Reality and yeah I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2007 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Black Sabbath (again) ........SABOTAGE album. Ghastly cover......brilliant album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 I guess I'm the only one who likes the Sabotage cover. Fun to look at when you are tripping out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quix Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'm sure you mean Master of Reality and yeah I agree. There was a re-release of Volume 4 with remastered audio and a live version of Children of the Grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Great album, awful cover. Cheese to da max!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand_Of_Omega_91 Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy It is kind of growing on me but at the time I thought it was terrible. C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 I hate to say it but HOTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Great album, awful cover. Cheese to da max!! Man you're not kidding there. Great great album and band but probably the worst album cover in history. I remember almost not buying it because of the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footsteps of Dawn Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Can't say I'm a huge fan of any of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "buncha dudes standing around" album covers...not that Second Helping is much of an improvement over that modus operandi, though. Although the drawing itself doesn't really bother me...I think if it was less yellow I would like it better. I'm not much of a yellow fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelfDevouringSnake Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 It's not bad, but I've never been a big fan of album covers with no print on them. Nothing against these albums, though. I know that Led Zeppelin was trying to make a statement, and I understand that, but I think the music could have spoken for itself in that case (with the album containing so much great music). It makes you wonder if the album would be held in such high esteem if there wasn't so much attention on the mystique of the album itself. This only bothers me a little though. I did like the idea of having a symbol represent each band member, that was nifty. Anyways, I might put Led Zeppelin IV as my favorite album ("Stairway to Heaven" might be my favorite song; "Black Dog" and "When the Levee Breaks" are among my favorites; the rest of the album is also great). And for what it's worth, the cover itself is cool: really vague and mysterious. Here's how I'd rank the Led Zeppelin studio album covers: 1. Led Zeppelin. 2. Physical Graffiti. 3. Led Zeppelin IV. 4. Led Zeppelin II. 5. In Through the Out Door. 6. Houses of the Holy. 7. Presence. 8. Led Zeppelin III. 9. Coda. I can't think of any album covers or artwork that I really hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Excellent heavy rock from the mid 80's, but the cover is pretty ugly: Missing In Action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I hate to say it but HOTH. Are you serious???!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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