Henri Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Another one to mention is Gaucho by Steely Dan. Butt-Ugly cover, but excellent album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Diamond_dogs.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Don't forget Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix experience. http://www.sleazeroxx.com/censored/electric1.jpg http://www.guitarzone.com/w-images/6/65/Electric_ladyland.jpg Both of these shitty covers were used. Jimi Hendrix's intended cover art never was. Not even on remasters. WHY!? For that matter, Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000033TE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg An awesome cover? Yes. The actual cover to the album intended by artist H.R. Giger? No, never released. Where's the penis? Not even found on remasters. WHY THE f**k NOT!? Censorshit blows chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Not crazy about the cover of The Yes Album. With all of those wonderful Roger Dean covers, I wish The Yes Album had gotten one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Also can't forget the Blind Faith album. It's too eerie for me to look at. On my CD, I have it reversed so I don't have to look at the pseudo-child-pornographic cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 (edited) QUOTE (apetersvt @ Apr 9 2007, 10:42 AM) Not crazy about the cover of The Yes Album. With all of those wonderful Roger Dean covers, I wish The Yes Album had gotten one too. I don't know if you're aware of this but Roger Dean hadn't met Yes when "The Yes Album" came along. On one of my Yes documentaries, Chris Squire said that Roger Dean was looking to get a job as an artist when he went to Atlantic Records. And someone there told him that "a band called Yes is making an album right now". As far as bad album covers go "Tormato" is not very good either. Not even the artist at Hipgnosis who did it thinks so which is why a tomato was thrown at it. Edited April 9, 2007 by circumstantial tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 QUOTE (floydfanatic111 @ Apr 8 2007, 10:32 PM)Cases in point of both the cover art and albums sucking: Genesis Calling All Stations I like Calling All Stations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Apr 9 2007, 09:50 AM) QUOTE (apetersvt @ Apr 9 2007, 10:42 AM) Not crazy about the cover of The Yes Album. With all of those wonderful Roger Dean covers, I wish The Yes Album had gotten one too. I don't know if you're aware of this but Roger Dean hadn't met Yes when "The Yes Album" came along. On one of my Yes documentaries, Chris Squire said that Roger Dean was looking to get a job as an artist when he went to Atlantic Records. And someone there told him that "a band called Yes is making an album right now". As far as bad album covers go "Tormato" is not very good either. Not even the artist at Hipgnosis who did it thinks so which is why a tomato was thrown at it. I figured that Dean wasn't in the picture when The Yes Album came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidcrystalcompass Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Apr 8 2007, 06:13 PM) QUOTE (Henri @ Apr 8 2007, 12:32 PM) Yes - Going for the One Just plain awful. Even worse is Yes - 90125 http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f72/rushgoober5/rushgoober6/Yes-90125.jpg Boy, that is one butt-ugly album cover, even by cheesy early 80's graphics standards. I have to admit that I love the 90125 cover. And all along, I just new that I had good taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer great album, horrible cover... Sabbath have quite a history for crap sleeves anyway... but they have some great ones too... BS and Paranoid by Keef, Eternal Idol by Cindy Palmano... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg400/g453/g45389hxe89.jpg I loved that cover until I saw the full artwork in the vinyl version: http://workhardened.com/mastodon/lev/mast_levLPinLsm.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Apr 10 2007, 03:12 PM) http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg400/g453/g45389hxe89.jpg I loved that cover until I saw the full artwork in the vinyl version: http://workhardened.com/mastodon/lev/mast_levLPinLsm.jpg Well, it's cute, in a Grateful Dead kind of way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I have to admit when Def Lep first came out, I played this album constantly,http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/spirit3trails/B000001F7R_01__SCLZZZZZZZ_V45364376.jpg Can't get anymore cheesy then that! There secound album High and Dry was also a favorite of mine it's cover was peculiar in a "funny" sort of way also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 AMAZING ALBUM!!! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Queensr%C3%BFcheEmpire.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Apr 12 2007, 09:02 AM) AMAZING ALBUM!!! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Queensr%C3%BFcheEmpire.jpg And crappy cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LerxstFerret Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Manowar_Anthology.jpg Your album covers are tear-inducing masterpieces compared to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 QUOTE (DustFerret @ Aug 5 2007, 08:48 PM) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Manowar_Anthology.jpg Your album covers are tear-inducing masterpieces compared to this. Ahh! It burns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYXanadu Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/les%20goupes/B/Black%20Sabbath/Master%20of%20Reality/Master%20of%20Reality.jpg They could've easily put something cool on the cover to their masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3113 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Riot - Fire Down Under (half man, half seal creature) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Revelator Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 oh i like Mastodon's Leviathan cover.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz44 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 This is a canny thread, but what the **** is the matter with Masters of Reality? Compared to Paranoid it's a Di Vinci! I've always been embarrassed by the 'War Pig' theme, which would have been shite even if the name of the LP didn't change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz44 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 As for Manowar, let's hope it does burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie7 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 QUOTE (DustFerret @ Aug 5 2007, 11:48 PM) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Manowar_Anthology.jpg Your album covers are tear-inducing masterpieces compared to this. Looks like they were all dressed up and ready to go to the Gay Parade! (not that there's anything with that! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I was really upset when the cover for Spinal Tap: Smell the Glove album got censored at the last minute to be a "black album". But at least they somewhat revisited the theme when they finally released Bitch School. http://musicmoz.org/img/editors/magne/st_bitchschool.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Fly By Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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