Post the worst album covers you know (make sure it follows the rules though).
Here's mine:
It's "They Only Come Out at Night" by Edgar Winter. I don't want to know who thought it would be a good idea, to take a picture of a topless albino man with flowing long hair, women's jewelery and red lip stick. I
would be down-right embarrassed, if I had this album at home and someone somehow stumbled upon it.
I imagine the conversation would go like this:
Friend: Wha-what the?!? What the hell is this thing?
Me: Oh it's just a rock album by Edgar Winter, don't you like rock too?
Friend: That's not what I see I see a male albino transvestite, I don't care how good the music is on here there is no way that can be used to justify how creepy this picture is. Do you have some kind of fetish or
something?
Me: Honestly man there's nothing wrong with me, it just a rock album chill.
Friend: I think I'm going to be sick. See you later.
Me: Wait why are you leaving so early?
Friend: Sorry got to go, bye. (rushes out the door)
Me: bye? (turns on Pink Floyd's "Don't Leave Me Now")
Cheesecat wrote:Post the worst album covers you know (make sure it follow the rule though).
Here's mine:
It's "They Only Come Out at Night" by Edgar Winter. I don't want to know who thought it would be a good idea, to take picture of a topless albino man with flowing long hair, women's jewelery and red lip stick. I
would be down-right embarrassed, if I had this album at home and someone somehow stumbled upon it.
I imagine the conversation would go like this:
Friend: Wha-what the?!? What the hell is this thing?
Me: Oh it's just a rock album by Edgar Winter, don't you like rock too?
Friend: That's not what I see I see a male albino transvestite, I don't care how good the music is on here there is no way that can be used to justify how creepy this picture is. Do you have some kind of fetish or
something?
Me: Honestly man there's nothing wrong with me, it just a rock album chill.
Friend: I think I'm going to be sick. See you later.
Me: Wait why are you leaving so early?
Friend: Sorry got to go, bye. (rushes out the door)
Me: bye? (turns on Pink Floyd's "Don't Leave Me Now")
Im fairly certain thats Edgar winter himself. A buddy of mine always said that only the weirdest made the best music. And Edgar winter group made a gak load of good tunes. So I guess hes right lol.
My dad had some little feat albums, and I always thought they were a bit weird
But just google search worst album covers and prepare to laugh.
Fafnir wrote:Eh. That's not too bad. Judging by how you look at that kind of stuff, you shouldn't lay eyes on some of the earlier Bowie album covers.
Like which ones? Diamond dogs is 'bad', but the rest are fine
This was, from what I can tell, a parody off bowie.
ACDC's back in black is horrible. So ostentatious and conceited. What a horrible band in general.
I like AC/DC they have a solid hard-rock sound imo. I think the most overrated rock band has to be Kiss, they look ridiculous, they sound like crap, not very talented and are overt sell-outs.
Although I agree that Kiss are massively overrated, in my opinion the most overrated rock band of all time is Joy Division. They're OK. They are NOT the second coming of Jesus Christ, like some of their fans (and Peter Hook) would have you believe.
I have the same problem with some Nirvana fans, oh so because the lead singer took the pathetic way out of the world, he's some kind of rock and roll God.
The best thing to come from that moment in my opnion was the Foo Fighters, Dave is oh so a better artist than Cobain.
Also agree with Joy Division, they have that one song everyone recognises, which to be fair, is a nice song, but yeah not best ever or anything.
Albatross wrote:Although I agree that Kiss are massively overrated, in my opinion the most overrated rock band of all time is Joy Division. They're OK. They are NOT the second coming of Jesus Christ, like some of their fans (and Peter Hook) would have you believe.
I've actually never heard of them, but taking a look at their discography they seem pretty critically acclaimed mind you I haven't listened to them so I can't form an opinion on them.
Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:I have the same problem with some Nirvana fans, oh so because the lead singer took the pathetic way out of the world, he's some kind of rock and roll God.
The best thing to come from that moment in my opnion was the Foo Fighters, Dave is oh so a better artist than Cobain.
Also agree with Joy Division, they have that one song everyone recognises, which to be fair, is a nice song, but yeah not best ever or anything.
While it`s definitely true that Kurt Cobain is over-rated, he`s praised for creating grunge, which is more like heavy pop-punk than rock.
The middle one is not only bad but plain offensive as well, why would you make a cover with the Hiroshima bombing and why is the only survivor a mutated red sumo with a seal's head?
Cheesecat wrote: The middle one is not only bad but plain offensive as well, why would you make a cover with the Hiroshima bombing and why is the only survivor a mutated red sumo with a seal's head?
(By the way thanks for the laugh )
I have alot more where those came from, probably will post when I find the time. The 'Narita' cover is one of the worst. I always thought it looked like a monkey crossed with the incredible hulk in red. It is just needlessly offensive. I'd be prepared to forgive it if the music was at all good, but alas, it is not so.
Metal is the genre of music I really like, but sadly the album covers are often poorly done, offensive beyond reason or just silly (see Manowar cover I already posted..), or a combination of the three. It is pretty annoying
Albatross wrote:Although I agree that Kiss are massively overrated, in my opinion the most overrated rock band of all time is Joy Division. They're OK. They are NOT the second coming of Jesus Christ, like some of their fans (and Peter Hook) would have you believe.
IT'S ON.
Unknown Pleasures, Closer and Substance were amazing albums.
Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:I have the same problem with some Nirvana fans, oh so because the lead singer took the pathetic way out of the world, he's some kind of rock and roll God.
The best thing to come from that moment in my opinion was the Foo Fighters, Dave is oh so a better artist than Cobain.
Also agree with Joy Division, they have that one song everyone recognizes, which to be fair, is a nice song, but yeah not best ever or anything.
The middle one is not only bad but plain offensive as well, why would you make a cover with the Hiroshima bombing and why is the only survivor a mutated red sumo with a seal's head?
(By the way thanks for the laugh )
Also are the Man-O-War guys supposed to be Conan-like barbarians because why are 2 of them wearing cow boy boots or chaps?
Personally, I think their best songs are either Atmosphere or Disorder. I like Ceremony quite a bit, but there's no decent studio version, which is a shame. New Order's version of it is stellar though.
Fafnir wrote:Personally, I think their best songs are either Atmosphere or Disorder. I like Ceremony quite a bit, but there's no decent studio version, which is a shame. New Order's version of it is stellar though.
Yeah, I think I'm going to have to agree with Albatross on the overrated part, sorry man.
Trust me, when you hear them at the perfect moment, you'll understand. It's hard to come by, but when it happens, it's absolutely haunting. There's a time and a place for Joy Division.
The middle one is not only bad but plain offensive as well, why would you make a cover with the Hiroshima bombing and why is the only survivor a mutated red sumo with a seal's head?
(By the way thanks for the laugh )
Also are the Man-O-War guys supposed to be Conan-like barbarians because why are 2 of them wearing cow boy boots or chaps?
Albatross wrote:Wait...the Black album by Metallica is better than the fething White Album??!?
You people....
Thank you Albie
Reassuring to see there is someone else confounded by the nonsense.
There is some claptrap uttered on Dakka but the nomination for the White Album cover as one of the worst then the Mettalica statement, really some knuckles are dragging in the gutter.
I realise that musical taste is subjective, but good grief Charlie Brown...
The viewer is torn by the male figure, not knowing whether to laugh at his horrible 80s porn star mustache, or be disgusted by the implied rape that had just occurred. She looks at you with dead eyes, screaming both "Save me", and "Abandon all hope, he has you now".
This is an EPIC thread, I now must hail Cheesecat as my thread hero of the night! keeping me amused when all around me is falling apart!....well, not actually falling apart..... i'm at work...so...close enough!
Albatross wrote:Wait...the Black album by Metallica is better than the fething White Album??!?
You people....
Thank you Albie
Reassuring to see there is someone else confounded by the nonsense.
There is some claptrap uttered on Dakka but the nomination for the White Album cover as one of the worst then the Mettalica statement, really some knuckles are dragging in the gutter.
I realise that musical taste is subjective, but good grief Charlie Brown...
I have an irrational hatred for the Beatles and a more focused hatred for John Lennon in particular.
One of the worst album covers of all time is the (NSFW) "Two Virgins" cover.
Albatross wrote:Wait...the Black album by Metallica is better than the fething White Album??!?
You people....
Thank you Albie
Reassuring to see there is someone else confounded by the nonsense.
There is some claptrap uttered on Dakka but the nomination for the White Album cover as one of the worst then the Mettalica statement, really some knuckles are dragging in the gutter.
I realise that musical taste is subjective, but good grief Charlie Brown...
I have an irrational hatred for the Beatles and a more focused hatred for John Lennon in particular.
One of the worst album covers of all time is the (NSFW) "Two Virgins" cover.
I was never a huge fan of John Lennon either, but not liking the Beatles? Really?! As for Metallica, one time huge fan, but after they came out with 'Black Album Sandwich' I lost all interest, turned left at Slayer and ended up at the intersection of Hawkwind and the Doors.
helgrenze wrote:I am surprised no-one has put up this gem yet...
Have to love the wax figure look of close-up..... and now we know where Bieber got his hair.
To be fair, I did, but the link broke. I edited it out
Fafnir wrote:Personally, I think their best songs are either Atmosphere or Disorder. I like Ceremony quite a bit, but there's no decent studio version, which is a shame. New Order's version of it is stellar though.
I would agree with youthat Atmosphere and Disorder are their best. Ceremony IS a great song though.
Are they overrated? Well they are certainly a band that people like to name drop (I'm looking at you radiohead), and they do have an obsessive fanbase, but that doesn't change the fact that they have written some great songs...
CT GAMER wrote:
I would agree with youthat Atmosphere and Disorder are their best. Ceremony IS a great song though.
Disorder holds a special place in my heart. Once I was driving home from a friend's place at 1 in the morning, and there was a big power outage in the side of the city where I was driving earlier, so all the traffic lights were out of order and flashing, and some of the street lights were off and the visibility was poor. So Disorder's playing on the CD player, it's really dark out, and lights are constantly flashing on and off. It was absolutely perfect.
Cheesecat wrote:Post the worst album covers you know (make sure it follows the rules though).
Here's mine:
It's "They Only Come Out at Night" by Edgar Winter. I don't want to know who thought it would be a good idea, to take a picture of a topless albino man with flowing long hair, women's jewelery and red lip stick. I
would be down-right embarrassed, if I had this album at home and someone somehow stumbled upon it.
I imagine the conversation would go like this:
Friend: Wha-what the?!? What the hell is this thing?
Me: Oh it's just a rock album by Edgar Winter, don't you like rock too?
Friend: That's not what I see I see a male albino transvestite, I don't care how good the music is on here there is no way that can be used to justify how creepy this picture is. Do you have some kind of fetish or
something?
Me: Honestly man there's nothing wrong with me, it just a rock album chill.
Friend: I think I'm going to be sick. See you later.
Me: Wait why are you leaving so early?
Friend: Sorry got to go, bye. (rushes out the door)
Me: bye? (turns on Pink Floyd's "Don't Leave Me Now")
Your friends sound homophobic or just dumb...
It was a joke that didn't actually happen, the friends I do have are really good (with a few exceptions of course). I guess my humour was a little lackluster in that post.
CT GAMER wrote:
I would agree with youthat Atmosphere and Disorder are their best. Ceremony IS a great song though.
Disorder holds a special place in my heart. Once I was driving home from a friend's place at 1 in the morning, and there was a big power outage in the side of the city where I was driving earlier, so all the traffic lights were out of order and flashing, and some of the street lights were off and the visibility was poor. So Disorder's playing on the CD player, it's really dark out, and lights are constantly flashing on and off. It was absolutely perfect.
Those kind of experiences can certainly etch a song into your soul.
Had a similar experience in a massive thunderstorm sitting in a car listening to Disintegration album.
I have to put that album on any time I am in a big storm now.
That pooh man MC Pooh album is $14 bucks on cassette on Ebay! crazy, must be some kinda weird collector thing, unless they're paying you $14 bucks to take it away....!
KingCracker wrote:The best I would ever do is meet you part way. The 80s metallica did make a few decent tunes. But uh....ya, Im feeling a little dirty saying that
....All a mater of taste and timing KC...I remember seeing Metallica live back in the 80's and really enjoying the crossover material they were doing.
...plus I've always enjoyed Cliff Burtons Bass style.
^^ I don't know, man. Those Marines look like they're wearing cardboard armour getting schooled by Orks. Musically,this album was a total 4/10 for me.
The album cover for GW's next leap into 'Metal', D-Rok Oblivion, which I had a vinyl no-less, was wayyyy better. The tunes were late 80s metal cheese, but it was a lot more melodic than Bolt Thrower. D-Rok broke up in the early 90s, but I think Bolt Thrower is still around. You can get the Realm of Chaos Album with different cover art now, but the marines look like some kind of Hong Kong knock-off art for $1 toys you'd find in a street bazaar in Malaysia or something.
"I'll take 90s Warhammer themed metal for $500, Alex."
KingCracker wrote:The best I would ever do is meet you part way. The 80s metallica did make a few decent tunes. But uh....ya, Im feeling a little dirty saying that
....All a mater of taste and timing KC...I remember seeing Metallica live back in the 80's and really enjoying the crossover material they were doing.
...plus I've always enjoyed Cliff Burtons Bass style.
Personally I don't understand the hate for Metallica because there recent albums suck, there's many other classic bands that release new albums that don't compare at all to their previous efforts such as Rush and Deep
Purple yet they don't receive near as much hate as Metallica even though they're releasing lousy music as well.
KingCracker wrote:The best I would ever do is meet you part way. The 80s metallica did make a few decent tunes. But uh....ya, Im feeling a little dirty saying that
....All a mater of taste and timing KC...I remember seeing Metallica live back in the 80's and really enjoying the crossover material they were doing.
...plus I've always enjoyed Cliff Burtons Bass style.
Personally I don't understand the hate for Metallica because there recent albums suck, there's many other classic bands that release new albums that don't compare at all to their previous efforts such as Rush and Deep
Purple yet they don't receive near as much hate as Metallica even though they're releasing lousy music as well.
Because it's easy and the internet is the perfect way for anyone to bitch about anything.
Metallica's latest stuff isn't as good as their older stuff, no doubt, but I compartmentalize them as a band, they lost so much when Cliff died and they've even said they wouldn't be able to re-create the past sounds with him, so they didn't out of respect. I personally like most of their newer stuff, I think they were interesting tangents in the history of a band that has done and seen much. They helped legitimize metal as a serious genre, unlike Glam metal (which is horrendous cheese, still good music, but men shouldn't wear make-up to look like tranny hookers, not cool ).
The whole Napster thing doesn't help, but I still think they did the right thing. As a positive side-effect to this, we now have iTunes.
Not as bad as my first example but sill looks stupid nonetheless, it is Rush's "Presto" and "Rush in Rio". Come on guys, what happen to your cool artistic album covers I don't want bunnies or fruit eating 3d dragons.
For a second i thought i saw the mythical coconut eating T-Rex....
got to quit smokin'..........
Now THAT'S a BAD album cover, finally. Apart from my suggestion on page 1 all the covers have been ace!
yeah, I'm inclined to agree - the rest of them have just been fairly amusing and a bit naff. THIS piece of gak? Ugh. It makes me want to punch Geddy Lee in the throat.
Crazy Train is definitely the WORST SONG on this record. As soon as I heard the back-up vocalists sing "Crazy Train. Choo-Choo" I knew metal had sold out.
@akira5665 I wholeheartedly concur, sir. Nimoy's version of tambourine man is a song to play for friends after about 8 drinks. It is almost as bad as Mae West's version of "Light my Fire".
Well, I don't know if anyone listed it yet, but bloodhound gang made an album called hefty fine, I don't have a pic of it, since it's so offensive, it's a fat, naked, hairy guy in a cardboard box.
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