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Genesis - Wind & Wuthering. I love the album, but jeez, how much more boring of a cover could you possibly get? Especially put up against "A Trick of the Tail," which is one of their best covers.
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QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Aug 10 2007, 04:56 AM)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid Oh jeez oh man what a terrible album cover.

Yeah, that's the worst one. Going for the One's "man-ass" theme blows too. Tormato is also terrible.

Sheer Heart Attack is a blinding masterpiece, but the guys all Vaselined and then hosed down, it's just crap. Especially seeing as it came after the splendid Queen II and it's iconic cover. The Miracle cover art is crap too.

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QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ Aug 9 2007, 10:47 PM)
Fly By Night

yes.gif I often said it looks like it was done in a junior high art class.

(But don't think it's a great album, good but not great.)

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QUOTE (softfilter @ Aug 10 2007, 10:11 PM)
QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ Aug 9 2007, 10:47 PM)
Fly By Night

yes.gif I often said it looks like it was done in a junior high art class.

(But don't think it's a great album, good but not great.)

I love that album cover. I want the owl on the hood of my car!

 

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QUOTE (LerxstFerret @ Aug 5 2007, 09:48 PM)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Manowar_Anthology.jpg

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QUOTE (Cowtothesky @ Sep 22 2007, 03:41 PM)
ELP - Tarkus:

http://www.ferhiga.com/progre/portadas/elp-tarkus.jpg


Great album though

I gotta disagree. That cover completes the album. Unfortunately, side 2 falls flat on its face.

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I couldn't bring myself to post it because it is even worse today than when it was released. Scorpions Virgin Killer cover is awful. It is basically child porn. If you haven't seen it they do have it on photobucket but please don't post it here. Gives me the willies. Plus, why would you want it on your hard drive?

 

This one from the Scorpions is stupid too.

Lovedrive:

 

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n181/feelingalright/o12407.jpg

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I also have to say "The Wall's front cover" although great Gerald Scarfe (I think that is spelled right) artwork is present in the artowork inside the album. The Cover for the wall is kinda boring.

 

You could really tell that Storm Thurgerson has left.

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QUOTE (-D-RocK- @ Apr 8 2007, 04:58 PM)
Metallica (colloquially known as "The Black Album").
It's nothing, it's just.....black.

"It's like...how much more BLACK could this possibly be? And the answer is, NONE. None...more black."

 

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QUOTE (Finbar @ Sep 23 2007, 01:31 AM)
QUOTE (Cowtothesky @ Sep 22 2007, 03:41 PM)
ELP - Tarkus:

http://www.ferhiga.com/progre/portadas/elp-tarkus.jpg


Great album though

I gotta disagree. That cover completes the album. Unfortunately, side 2 falls flat on its face.

I like the cover and side 2.

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QUOTE (KenJennings @ Oct 29 2007, 01:08 AM)
http://usuarios.lycos.es/chinorocas/DT01.jpg

I don't care for this album cover as well, but of corse Hugh Syme hadn't started doing DT's artwork yet

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QUOTE (The Owl @ Apr 8 2007, 05:02 PM)
I love this album, but this is probably my least faviorate cover for a Pink Floyd album. The Final Cut, great music, not so great artwork

http://www.w-fenec.org/photos/2004/rock/pink_floyd_final_cut.jpg

Great album though. it's really the only one i enjoy after the departure of Syd Barrett.

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