Album Covers that beg the Question: What the Hell were You THINKING?

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The confederate flag pic is actually a crop of a pretty famous photo by William Eggleston. What band decided to make it their cover art?

― el maury, Friday, 30 May 2003 02:20 (twenty years ago) link

Primal Scream

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 30 May 2003 02:26 (twenty years ago) link

Joni Mitchell's Don Juan's Reckless Daughter cover is cool! It's meant to be kinda nonsensical, as the back and inner sleeves addtionally prove. The black dude in the hat is her, obv. Dog Eat Dog's cover is Joni surrounded by dogs with her arms raised; dog woman? I think the Yes covers are sometimes cool, but some of them are kind of sloppily executed. I especially like Relayer and Drama

― Sean (Sean), Friday, 30 May 2003 03:04 (twenty years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf200/f233/f23305oon0b.jpg

No?

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Friday, 30 May 2003 04:38 (twenty years ago) link

"Dog Eat Dog's cover is Joni surrounded by dogs with her arms raised; dog woman?"

My bad, I was thinking of another cover that was dog themed and had a painting. This wasn't it.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Friday, 30 May 2003 13:31 (twenty years ago) link

Indulge me for a second and scroll way back to the top of the page where the first Steve Walsh cover.....is that supposed to be a bird on the right hand side of Steve Walsh's face (his left hand side)? And what's it doing? Eating out of his ear? This cover haunts me with its abject bizarreness.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 May 2003 14:38 (twenty years ago) link

don't do drugs, kids.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 May 2003 14:40 (twenty years ago) link

That Steve Walsh cover reminds me of Pen&Pixel, if they did covers for CMC International that is.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Friday, 30 May 2003 14:44 (twenty years ago) link

Wow...that Indonesian Popular Music CD was released by Smithsonian Folkways!! (still laughing, minutes later after seeing it)

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Friday, 30 May 2003 15:01 (twenty years ago) link

The guy on the cover of the Indonesian Popular Music CD sounds nothing at all like the picture would make you imagine, sadly

― dave q, Friday, 30 May 2003 18:30 (twenty years ago) link

Someday I will find a picture of Buddy Miles' Booger Bear and give you all nightmares.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Saturday, 31 May 2003 14:42 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

I got one name for y'all:

Kenny Fucking Loggins

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000029FW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000273U.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000025RO.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000259D.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000025H2.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000029BV.01._PE8_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― turkey (turkey), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 07:25 (twenty years ago) link

Herbie Hancock has a lot of these...

http://www.jazzversand.de/Modern/Hancock/486571b.jpg

My eyes! Those colours!

http://www.jazzversand.de/Modern/Hancock/471235b.jpg

Is that Buddha with some soap bubbles?

http://www.jazzversand.de/Modern/Hancock/486572b.jpg

Digital image manipulation has come a long way since the eighties...

http://www.jazzversand.de/Modern/Hancock/471240b.jpg

What are you doing to that poor flamingo?!?

http://www.jazzversand.de/Modern/Hancock/486570b.jpg

Admit it, Herbie! You'll never look cool.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 07:55 (twenty years ago) link

re: Kenny Loggins Covers
How very counter-intuitive. You'd think Loggins would do lots of creepily Springsteenesque-wannabe looking covers, but no...he's a granola munching new age space cadet at heart (if his album covers are to be believed); None of them are particularly ugly...just odd.
Now, the cover for "Vox Humana"...THATS ugh-lee!

#1 - What...is he aiming to be the next Andreas Wollenweider?
#2 - There's something slightly high-art paedo about that one.
#3 - Aiming for that lucrative "Frank Buck - Bring 'em Back Alive" tv show soundtrack demographic. Or to impress the people who make hair mousse. One or the other.
#4 - "Dooooodddde...I'm sooooooo sttttooooooonnnnneeeeed..." (Actually, it's kinda pretty in a "just saw the video for Orinoco Flow and want an album cover that looks just like it" kinda way.
#5 - Jesus uses the patented super-saiyan Kameha-meha Blast Wave Attack!
#6 - "Charles Manson...the New Age Years"

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 10:45 (twenty years ago) link

Now, the cover for "Vox Humana"...THATS ugh-lee!
and here's proof...
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d809/d80949txys4.jpg

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 10:46 (twenty years ago) link

Wow. I'm still reeling from Mr.Hands!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 11:46 (twenty years ago) link

"And now, my young padawan... to complete your training, and become a Jedi master... you must first grab my magic ball!"

"Master - NOOOOOO!!!!" *becomes Darth Vader*

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000025H2.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Sam J. (samjeff), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 14:55 (twenty years ago) link

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this must be the worst album cover ever. It's not even funny or weird, just plain BAD.

http://www.nic.fi/~jsantala/nightwish/ocean.jpg

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 10 July 2003 07:56 (twenty years ago) link

joe cocker is the undisputed master at this sorta thing ... take a look fer yerselves ... ALL HAIL JOE COCKER ALBUM/CD COVERS!!

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 10 July 2003 08:12 (twenty years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d848/d84839q75re.jpg

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 10 July 2003 08:14 (twenty years ago) link

That Nightwish cover is actually kinda cool.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 10 July 2003 11:52 (twenty years ago) link

Nightwish have the best album covers! They're just all-around perfect. Especially the picture on the front of their website where one of the guys is trying to look all tough in a doo-rag...

― adam (adam), Thursday, 10 July 2003 13:25 (twenty years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000348M.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 10 July 2003 21:04 (twenty years ago) link

those herbie hancock ones are great!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 11 July 2003 05:13 (twenty years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre600/e697/e69782f6sv4.jpg

I like to pretend this one didn't happen.

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Friday, 11 July 2003 05:17 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000C9ZLD.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― wtf?, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:17 (twenty years ago) link

It's the color choice that really does that one in.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:59 (twenty years ago) link

An obvious one:
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f110/f11074q3334.jpg

A lot of people wondered what they were thinking - and and lot of people still do....

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link

played a gig with Cheap Trick once in the 80's and Steve Walsh was the *hidden* keyboard player. He wore Reeboks, tube sox, and running shorts. He had a rainbow mohawk. He stood and dance all night behind a speaker stack in a club that only held about 200 people. Everyone could see him, but he was never acknowlaged. It was sad and hilarious at the same time. When the band was done, he acted as a roadie. Neilson kind of shut me up when I was making jokes ala "Carry on my Wayward son" but then he started snickering too.

― Speedy Gonzalas (Speedy Gonzalas), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 10:40 (twenty years ago) link

That Strokes one is a (non-commissioned) painting from some artist, innit? Not that that makes it good. I really hate the fact it's a bit lopsided, I scanned it in three times before I realised it wasn't my fault.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 10:49 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.io.com/~dork/records/pages/DrugsDave.html

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 13:33 (twenty years ago) link

four months pass...

Yes and I thank You! Don't know IF I'm in the right place or not, but here goes! I am looking for a company called PEN & PIXEL GRAPHICS INCORPORATED - 2400 Central Parkway - Suite M - Houston, Texas.

Do I have the right Album Cover People? Please email me back as I am interested in doing a CD Album cover for my music. Will await your reply. Thank you!

― Gerald L. Withers, Friday, 26 March 2004 07:48 (twenty years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg000/g054/g05479gvo26.jpg

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 26 March 2004 08:03 (twenty years ago) link

remember, there are some things Pen & Pixel won't illustrate, like the destruction of your competitors ride, or a van driving in or out of a "coochie"

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 March 2004 08:08 (twenty years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf200/f244/f24409qhctt.jpg

(I mean, "The Fury"... yeah, furious that Philip Michael Thomas was out getting coffee during the photo shoot)

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 26 March 2004 08:14 (twenty years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d639/d6394295nky.jpg

(Yes, it's "+Live+", the band. welcome to the Wheel Of Vomit)

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 26 March 2004 08:18 (twenty years ago) link

(ok, my commentary is sub Jay Leno now.. ack, must stop)

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 26 March 2004 08:19 (twenty years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d662/d6627642asr.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c011/c01153113xe.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 26 March 2004 10:22 (twenty years ago) link

the Scorpions "virgin killer" (or whatever it's called) has a very very dodgy sleeve

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 26 March 2004 10:25 (twenty years ago) link

six months pass...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00002EPLU.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

"yes, I want to be on the cover, dressed like a tango dancer!"

― fernando, Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:43 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.bizarrerecords.com/pics/recpics4/swamprat.jpg

"let me get this straight : you want to be RIDING...a RAT?"
(this from http://www.bizarrerecords.com)

― fernando, Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:49 (nineteen years ago) link

But the fact that it's called "Rat On!" is really what makes it.

I wish I could find an image of the album "Black Dick For President" by the band . . . "Black Dick For President"

― hurting, Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:52 (nineteen years ago) link

http://king-diamond.coven.vmh.net/pics/large/xmas.jpg

― Cripps Pink (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:57 (nineteen years ago) link

you could fill up this entire thread w/ unfortunate gary numan album covers from 1981 until 1994 (besides the afore-depicted dance and the fury). and the funniest thing about that dance cover is how numan STILL LOOKS LIKE AN ANDROID, even though he was trying to shake the android-vibe musically.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 26 September 2004 02:27 (nineteen years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002HOM.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― {Sand in the [vaseline} on the lens] (x Jeremy), Sunday, 26 September 2004 02:35 (nineteen years ago) link

http://gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote5/bl8%20025.jpg

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 26 September 2004 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Michael Nesmith - 'From the Photon Wine to the Radio Engine' or some nonsense like that. It was one of my dad's records that I've never listened to.

Isn't he the guy from the Monkees?

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 27 September 2004 00:08 (nineteen years ago) link

that king diamond cover is genius

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 27 September 2004 00:31 (nineteen years ago) link

"Virgin Killer" - The Scorpions.

Just Google it - I don't even wanna post it!

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Monday, 27 September 2004 03:10 (nineteen years ago) link

― mentalist (mentalist), Monday, 27 September 2004 03:15 (nineteen years ago) link

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