Terrible album covers from established acts (first pic NSFW!)

bbill335

stimpsonslostson said:

The Scorpions- Virgin Killer is pretty bad too. Here's the "safe" version. 

It makes the Blind Faith cover look like tasteful art by comparison.

Winny_Pooh

ICBM said:

not_the_dj said:

Mike Scott having a some really deep thoughts by a tree..

[Dream Harder]

That's a terrible album too, apart from Glastonbury Song.

I would nominate Lady Gaga's Born This Way…

https://fanart.tv/fanart/music/650e7db6-b795-4eb5-a702-5ea2fc46c848/albumcover/born-this-way-50575c248478d.jpg

Wow, that is really really bad!

Octafish

not_the_dj said:

Maiden's Dance of Death, supposedly an early version to show the concept but Steve Harris loved it and went with it...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Iron_Maiden-Dance_of_Death.jpg

Ha, ha that is crap. Computer graphics can or at least used to date very quickly, bad choice for an album cover.

Octafish

A lot of bad Marillion covers to go with their bad music. This looks like it was somone's 6th form Art project, hilarious...


https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61sk3Y7uJjL._SY355_.jpg

randella

Travisthedog said:

I though that the blind faith girl would turn out to be 17 or something when I looked on Wikipedia 

11!

different times I guess, but jeezus it’s sickening 

In conclusion: drugs are bad, mm'kay?

bingefeller

Funkfingers

axisus said:

I have to kick off with Blind Faith, even now I can't bring myself to buy a copy of this horrendously inappropriate looking record.

The story of how the BF album cover came into being has been well documented. Mariora Goschen has stated that she was happy to pose for the photographic session and remains happy about it to this day. Some other people seem to like to get offended on her behalf.

Much depends upon how each viewer chooses to respond to the image. If you consider the image to be either sexual, exploitative or both, that is entirely in your own head. 

The thing that most definitely is terrible about the BF album cover is the montage work. The joins are glaringly obvious. By way of comparison, think of the front cover of Ummagumma by Pink Floyd. Another razor blade montage job. You know where the joins must be but they have been so well executed that they are almost undetectable.



My own nomination for terrible album cover design execution is Rush - Hemispheres.

axisus

Ugghh!! I want to unsee that Baby Bird cover ....

axisus

Funkfingers said:

Much depends upon how each viewer chooses to respond to the image. If you consider the image to be either sexual, exploitative or both, that is entirely in your own head. 

That is a weak argument that could be thrown at anything offensive. It doesn't mean that it isn't offensive.

Octafish

vasselmeyer said:

This one is pretty high up the list:

Dread to think what the creepy guy with beard is going to give Julie for her 16th birthday, she doesn't look too happy about it

Winny_Pooh

axisus said:

Funkfingers said:

Much depends upon how each viewer chooses to respond to the image. If you consider the image to be either sexual, exploitative or both, that is entirely in your own head. 

That is a weak argument that could be thrown at anything offensive. It doesn't mean that it isn't offensive.

True, however, inappropriate and tasteless is the word I'd use about the blind faith cover.
The Scorpions cover goes above and beyond to indecency and offensiveness.

Veganic

Winny_Pooh said:

axisus said:

Funkfingers said:

Much depends upon how each viewer chooses to respond to the image. If you consider the image to be either sexual, exploitative or both, that is entirely in your own head. 

That is a weak argument that could be thrown at anything offensive. It doesn't mean that it isn't offensive.

True, however, inappropriate and tasteless is the word I'd use about the blind faith cover.
The Scorpions cover goes above and beyond to indecency and offensiveness.

Well the album was called "virgin killers."

AlexC

http://i67.tinypic.com/25guyvo.jpg

Ted's so guitar his arms have turned into guitars. Cool!

HAL9000

ICBM said:

HAL9000 said:

axisus said:

We've all see those terrible album covers from weird american families in the 70s etc, but what album covers from established bands do you think are truly terrible. I have to kick off with Blind Faith, even now I can't bring myself to buy a copy of this horrendously inappropriate looking record.

Agreed. I've been a Clapton fan from the Beano days, but it was only recently that I bought this album. I'd always been put off by the somewhat disturbing/creepy nature of this image.

Same here. I bought a copy on CD recently - it was displayed openly in HMV, which really surprised me. The case insert has the alternative American cover on the inside, so I've simply folded it the other way. I'm no prude, but I've always found the original cover unsettling and I'm quite surprised it's even legal now, historic context or not.

Hadn’t realised about the alternative US of A cover on the inside.Just flipped mine the other around now. Good spot.

Bridgehouse

AlexC said:

http://i67.tinypic.com/25guyvo.jpg

Ted's so guitar his arms have turned into guitars. Cool!

Looks more like he's strumming one off the wrist to me..

AlexC

http://i65.tinypic.com/259bfkk.jpg

No comment needed, I feel.

Bridgehouse

AlexC said:

http://i65.tinypic.com/259bfkk.jpg

No comment needed, I feel.

That looks like she's engaging in a number 4 with barbs on it..

AlexC

http://i64.tinypic.com/5a5hzc.jpg

Great album, but terrible cover IMO.

bingefeller

AlexC said:

http://i64.tinypic.com/5a5hzc.jpg

Great cover, but terrible album IMO.

FTFY.

fob

axisus said:

We've all see those terrible album covers from weird american families in the 70s etc, but what album covers from established bands do you think are truly terrible. I have to kick off with Blind Faith, even now I can't bring myself to buy a copy of this horrendously inappropriate looking record.

I promise I'm not having a dig - I'm genuinely curious as to why you wouldn't buy it if you're prepared to do an image search for it and post it on a forum. The cover is reversible as far as I can remember (CD version) so, if you like the album, you could have the alternative or just bin it. I agree it's in very bad taste.

I'll nominate the British cover of Electric Ladyland. All adults, but it still seemed very tacky and the manipulation of the image to slightly distort the women made it worse. Hendrix hated it apparently.