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http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006GO9V.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

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― Hurting, Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I just bought a WTF album cover album today!!!! It's the Lovin' Spoonful album *Everything Playing*. It's mind-boggling. I'll give a dollar to anyone who posts a picture of it.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

that's the best cover i have ever seen. possibly.

― seahorse genius (seahorse genius), Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

"that's the best cover i have ever seen. possibly."

The album is really good actually -- it's late 60s Miles, sort of transitional stuff where he had started using electic keyboards and very very slightly rock-ish drums on some songs. A bit like Filles De Kilamanjaro. I think it didn't get released til much later, which is why it's not that well known.

Also a great WTF song title on the album: "Dual Mr. Anthony Tillman Williams Process."

― Hurting, Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000894P3.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

You owe me a dollar.

― hurting, Sunday, 26 September 2004 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

yayyyyyyy!!! Do you take paypal?

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Come on, if THAT isn't a WTF cover, I don't know what is!

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

This one is especially WTF coming from one of jazz's classiest acts:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005NG3W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

There's a cover band in a tent at the end of my block doing a really off key version of "Take On Me" right now.

― hurting, Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:15 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― Cripps Pink (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:18 (twenty-one years ago)

ooh... I like that plastic dreams cover

― supercub, Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:23 (twenty-one years ago)

The "Collectibles Jazz Classics" wasn't on the original, but it really adds something, dontcha think?

― hurting, Sunday, 26 September 2004 01:29 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg400/g431/g43187fpurw.jpg

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Sunday, 26 September 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

WTF as in, Why is This so Fuckin' awesome?

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000001L1.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Hurting, Monday, 27 September 2004 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Kool Keith is a very wtf man on all levels.

http://music.doodmonkeyradio.com/nuke/html/images/albumcovers/matthew2000.jpg

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 27 September 2004 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

There are some I want to post, like Bobby Conn covers, that I don't feel like they quite qualify, because I think they're supposed to be WTF. Kool Keith is pretty WTF though.

― Hurting, Monday, 27 September 2004 01:28 (twenty-one years ago)

"st. luke's church of god in christ" might save a few souls, but
"st.luke's POWERHOUSE church of god in christ" ownz your sorry, sinning ass.

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Monday, 27 September 2004 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I know it isn't true, but the cover implies that that IS the St. Luke's Powerhouse Church of God in Christ in the background.

― Hurting, Monday, 27 September 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I really, REALLY like this one:

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

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 27 September 2004 03:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i hope that album's all xmas carols.

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Monday, 27 September 2004 03:12 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

http://a.imagehost.org/0211/blackdick.jpg

― eggy mule (Hurting 2), Thursday, 7 May 2009 04:07 (seventeen years ago)

I like the "give the gift of music" sticker.

― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 7 May 2009 05:02 (seventeen years ago)

like it's something your grandma would buy

― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 7 May 2009 05:10 (seventeen years ago)

i would google that to find out about it but i'm scared

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Thursday, 7 May 2009 05:46 (seventeen years ago)

I did, so:

Boston sports multiple local all-cdr labels of dubious legality. This particular one comes to us by way of a lovely fellow named George. It features what are obviously George's records, usually transferred in a fair & decent manner. A cheap way to get your hands on good titles. Ludicrous blue-humor not-quite-Malcolm-X spoken word, that originally came on a triple lp with a gatefold (reproduced in all it's cheap oddity). Endlessly quotable moments; "Black Dick will set you free," and "you need a Black Dick in the White House." And while it's a single joke spread out over 100 minutes, it's also an interesting repository of disenfranchised political common sense. We're certainly into patriotism around here, and so we offer it to you for way cheaper than you'd ever find the lps.

Martin, Thaddeus
Black Dick for President

It was the first gOOGLE hit (Weirdo Records), the second hit was for Dick Gregory apologizes to the first black president, and the rest were the ones you were afraid of.

― nickn, Thursday, 7 May 2009 07:58 (seventeen years ago)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YCJfTbme5Dc/R_2bJQxrAEI/AAAAAAAAANA/kNo_g0v93gM/s1600-h/603px-Big_Bear_.jpg

― litcofsky, Thursday, 7 May 2009 11:39 (seventeen years ago)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o-qHWEt1Pgs/SdImKilH1ZI/AAAAAAAABPs/-94Xkn_IckY/s400/Big_Bear_Doin_Thangs_Album_Cover.jpg

I like it when I win.

― litcofsky, Thursday, 7 May 2009 11:41 (seventeen years ago)

Those bears be doin thangs like eatin strawberries.

― bendy, Thursday, 7 May 2009 12:24 (seventeen years ago)

Hahaha oh wow.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 7 May 2009 15:47 (seventeen years ago)

Those bears are awesome.

― a sweet ballet dancer (ENBB), Thursday, 7 May 2009 15:49 (seventeen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005NG3W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

seriously can't figure out what's going on with the boobs here

― Skinny Malinky (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 7 May 2009 15:51 (seventeen years ago)

A lot more examples in this thread:

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

― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 May 2009 15:51 (seventeen years ago)

Never really got why that Big Bear one was especially WTF - I get that it's funny but you'd think that these were the first anthropomorphic bears ever the way some ppl carry on

― display mane (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 7 May 2009 15:55 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/WDW1971/01110217-500.jpg

― Skinny Malinky (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 7 May 2009 15:57 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=395626

― meisenfek, Sunday, 10 May 2009 06:09 (seventeen years ago)

Please, Hammer, don't hurt dem designers

― StanM, Sunday, 10 May 2009 06:16 (seventeen years ago)

ze french Starsky & Hutch of Funk:
http://www.parisdjs.com/images/covers/jazz_freaks/Cortex-Pourquoi_b.jpg

― meisenfek, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:45 (seventeen years ago)

http://100albums.canalblog.com/images/Todd_Rundgren_Liars_1.jpg

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:52 (seventeen years ago)

that's the best cover i have ever seen. possibly.

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:55 (seventeen years ago)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L0deb0c7_Rs/ScPe1FlH6eI/AAAAAAAABGE/jYekXZ_pZ2E/s400/black+dave.jpg

― QE II, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 23:47 (seventeen years ago)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L0deb0c7_Rs/ScPe1FlH6eI/AAAAAAAABGE/jYekXZ_pZ2E/s400/black+dave.jpg

― QE II, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 23:47 (seventeen years ago)

I like the "give the gift of music" sticker.

― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:02 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark

Black Dick for Present

― Garri$on Kilo (Hurting 2), Thursday, 14 May 2009 03:07 (seventeen years ago)

i should listen more to todd rundgren.

― meisenfek, Thursday, 14 May 2009 14:09 (seventeen years ago)

that's the ~~best~~ worst cover i have ever seen. possibly.

Ah, that's more like it.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:04 (seventeen years ago)

Still not sure whether it would work better as a cover for a Liars album called "Todd Rundgren"

― QE II, Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:34 (seventeen years ago)

Always thought this one was a bit WTF...

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/c8/6b/cc8992c008a0b740aab66010.L.jpg

― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:56 (seventeen years ago)

the thing he's holding in his left hand looks like it was digitally blurred (?)

― lil waynes babymama (musically), Thursday, 14 May 2009 19:39 (seventeen years ago)

seven months pass...

http://i46.tinypic.com/2ex0kqt.jpg

― chicken sandwich CARL!! (Z S), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 02:10 (sixteen years ago)

Nantucket lobster cover to thread

― moron oil (Gukbe), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 02:16 (sixteen years ago)

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs248.snc1/9522_179168244477_825544477_3815631_1575768_n.jpg

― Kelsey Glamour (Nijoli), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:23 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/image/R-870497-1167519869.jpeg

― Sailor Tuxedo Moon Mask (Daruton), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:38 (sixteen years ago)

that coltrane cover is making me lol

― =皿= (dyao), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:55 (sixteen years ago)

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― =皿= (dyao), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:55 (sixteen years ago)

Never really got why that Big Bear one was especially WTF - I get that it's funny but you'd think that these were the first anthropomorphic bears ever the way some ppl carry on

― display mane (DJ Mencap), Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:55 AM (7 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― iirc's to you, mrs. robinson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:59 (sixteen years ago)

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http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/wp-content/media/2009/03/u2.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/2ex0kqt.jpg

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― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 05:13 (sixteen years ago)

http://friends.s5.net/mazzini/plosce/images/millie.jpg

You can only get so literal in your intent.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 05:17 (sixteen years ago)

oh dear.

― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 05:37 (sixteen years ago)

always thought this was a little WTF:

http://www.personadondada.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/scott_walker_stretch_lp.jpg

― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 05:37 (sixteen years ago)

i'd buy that millie jackson album on the strength of it's cover alone!

― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 05:46 (sixteen years ago)

Always wondered why she was holding her shoe in her hand.

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 08:11 (sixteen years ago)

sexy. never understood why it always comes up in misc 'worst' lists.

― meisenfek, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 08:25 (sixteen years ago)

Sorry, but Budgie own this thread.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q23/metalmark1/budgie.jpg

― ithappens, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 10:36 (sixteen years ago)

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs268.snc1/9522_177594229477_825544477_3801692_235822_n.jpg

― Kelsey Glamour (Nijoli), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 19:30 (sixteen years ago)

http://hitparade.ch/cdimages/burst_appendix-fly_a.jpg

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 19:36 (sixteen years ago)

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92/damien_stone/inner_dialogue.jpg

― Fahrvergnügent (herb albert), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 19:44 (sixteen years ago)

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/R-870497-1167519869jpeg.jpg

― Sailor Tuxedo Moon Mask (Daruton), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 19:58 (sixteen years ago)

"birthcontrol operation"
this has to the most disgusting cover i have ever seen.

― meisenfek, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 20:02 (sixteen years ago)

oops, didn't mean to post twice (the first time didn't load for me)

― Sailor Tuxedo Moon Mask (Daruton), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 20:05 (sixteen years ago)

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs300.ash1/22768_1238046986434_1087022487_30788148_4329522_n.jpg

wow.

― Kelsey Glamour (Nijoli), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 21:37 (sixteen years ago)

okay, if "ain't too proud to beg" is the album title and mama lion is the artiste, who is mr. invitation? is it a 12", and that's the bside? whatsoever it is, i'm guessing it's funky....

― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 6 January 2010 03:27 (sixteen years ago)

"Family Productions, Inc."

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 January 2010 03:29 (sixteen years ago)

for a rich vein of wtfness, peruse the wall of bone

http://waxidermy.com/features/stock-covers/

does not contain any visible penis

― mr bollock apple (electricsound), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 03:31 (sixteen years ago)

lol I think that Glenn Just Sings album may be one of my favorite covers of all time.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 January 2010 03:33 (sixteen years ago)

kolb (4th row) has a horrifying cover/title combination

― mr bollock apple (electricsound), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 03:35 (sixteen years ago)

i just got back from a record store, and yeah, budgie does sort of own this thread.

― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 04:32 (sixteen years ago)

Mmom's Apple Pie (NSFW) sets the standard imo – I don't know if it's been linked already.

That Budgie cover is so epic!

― girl moves (Abbott), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

I would say the only bad thing about the Budgie cover is they did a poor job of foreshortening w/the center guy's leg. Otherwise, that shit is great!

― girl moves (Abbott), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000719S.jpg

^This is less wtf than I thought...the copy I bought had some kid color it all w/purple, pink and red markers. It's not a v good album. I bought it bcz there was a cover of a Spirit song on it, tho I forget which one.

― girl moves (Abbott), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 04:50 (sixteen years ago)

Whoa the song ("Mr. Skin") is also covered by Mom's Apple Pie!

― girl moves (Abbott), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 04:54 (sixteen years ago)

the hot poop album is pretty wtf, and nsfw:

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/05/hot-poop-does-t.html

― mr bollock apple (electricsound), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 04:54 (sixteen years ago)

three months pass...

Found out earlier today that my friend's dad played in this prog band back in the day:

http://i39.tinypic.com/24l2yyr.jpg

― biologically wrong (Z S), Friday, 30 April 2010 03:24 (sixteen years ago)

that cover is awes

― ways t'burg (electricsound), Friday, 30 April 2010 03:27 (sixteen years ago)

Who's to thank for the whole "Prog = things melting" meme? Besides Sal Dali, I mean.

― Bashful Johnny C. (staggerlee), Saturday, 1 May 2010 04:25 (sixteen years ago)

http://rangerecords.com/LAST_CRACK_SINISTER_FUNKHOUSE_17.jpg

― Pippi Longstockings (Brad Nowell's Soiled Undergarments), Saturday, 1 May 2010 04:51 (sixteen years ago)

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/F/fleetwood_mystf.jpg

― Fellini.Kuti, Saturday, 1 May 2010 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

five years pass...

i put this on the anthropomorphism thread but it really belongs here.
http://rockandrollarchives.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cover_FlsktBrnr.jpg

― brimstead, Thursday, 22 October 2015 00:14 (ten years ago)

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