Bad if not Excruciating Album Covers

[Low D]

Blind Faith (1969), and yes it was recognized as controversial at the time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Faith_(Blind_Faith_album)#Album_cover_controversy
The deluxe reissue at least gave her a sheer top:

[Low D]

The good folks at exclaim!*@# magazine have helpfully compiled their picks for worst album covers of 2016:

http://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_are_the_17_worst_album_covers_of_the_year-2016_in_lists

[Tal]

[Jarvis Fino]

Hey! What about Black Sabbath's Born Again? That awful "garish red devil-bab" made a lot of people confused!

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[DzM]

Hey! What about Black Sabbath's Born Again? That awful "garish red devil-bab" made a lot of people confused!

Reference for those of us not at all versed in Sabbath:

[Low D]

Hey! What about Black Sabbath's Born Again? That awful "garish red devil-bab" made a lot of people confused!

Reference for those of us not at all versed in Sabbath:

And for those that are, we know this is the only Sabbath album featuring ex-Deep Purple singer Ian Gillian, who told the press that he vomited when he first saw that cover.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Again_(Black_Sabbath_album)#Album_cover
Ben Mitchell of Blender called the cover "awful".[12] The British magazine, Kerrang!, ranked the cover in second place, behind only the Scorpions' Lovedrive, on their list of "10 Worst Album Sleeves in Metal/Hard Rock". The list was based on votes from the magazine's readers.[13] NME included the sleeve on their list of the "29 sickest album covers ever".[14] Black Sabbath's manager, Don Arden, was quite hostile towards the band's ex-vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, who had recently married his wife Sharon,[15] and he was fond of telling Osbourne that his children resembled the Born Again album cover.[15]

[Low D]

The British magazine, Kerrang!, ranked the cover in second place, behind only the Scorpions' Lovedrive, on their list of "10 Worst Album Sleeves in Metal/Hard Rock".

[wgfwegwg8]

Btw, Lovedrive's cover was named "Best album sleeve of 1979" by Playboy magazine.

[left]

How is that "bad"? Catches the eye, doesn't it?

[leadshoes]

Hey! What about Black Sabbath's Born Again? That awful "garish red devil-bab" made a lot of people confused!

Reference for those of us not at all versed in Sabbath:

I think the little guy is cute.

[Frances]

[Low D]

Exclaim Magazine's 21 worst album covers of 2018:
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_a ... newsletter

Here's a sample:



Y'know, they said the Trump era would produce great art. Maybe that will happen in the second half of his first term? So far, we've mostly been served up hamfisted post-Adbusters art like this cover from Los Angeles nu metal survivors Otep. This is the kind of image that one would be tempted to call a Banksy knockoff, but that feels like a cheap shot at Banksy. It's more like a Plastic Jesus or Mr. Brainwash knockoff. This is art for people who watch The Purge movies and conclude that we do in fact live in a society.

[leadshoes]

Exclaim Magazine's 21 worst album covers of 2018:
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_a ... newsletter

Here's a sample:



Y'know, they said the Trump era would produce great art. Maybe that will happen in the second half of his first term? So far, we've mostly been served up hamfisted post-Adbusters art like this cover from Los Angeles nu metal survivors Otep. This is the kind of image that one would be tempted to call a Banksy knockoff, but that feels like a cheap shot at Banksy. It's more like a Plastic Jesus or Mr. Brainwash knockoff. This is art for people who watch The Purge movies and conclude that we do in fact live in a society.

A funny read, with that one most definitely the worst of them all. Thunderpussy and Neko Case are not so easy on the eyes/brain, either. :/

[Low D]

Cannot get a link-able image, but please take a moment to enjoy / recoil in horror from the wicked lizard leer on the the face of Floyd Tillman on his "Slippin' around with..." album:

https://img.discogs.com/rQb2I_wat8AWH086qSBFhWQz6HM=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5159398-1420408507-9068.jpeg.jpg

Also whatever the hell is going on here:

[Frances]

Did this record get released before or after the lead singer’s dick exploded?