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What are the worst album covers in history?
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What are the worst album covers in history?
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>>64488102
That other Ludacris cover of him eating chicken
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>>64488125
lmao
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someone post the cover where it's two black dudes drawn like a shitty ripoff of dragon ball z
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>>64488222
almost as bad as the music
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>>64488102
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>>64488272
kek
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i really really hate looking at it
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American Radass is the only album that I've ever been unable to even listen to because of how much I despise the cover.
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>>64488303
its not great but its no terrible. Just extremely late 90s - early 00s
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>>64488272
i came here to post this
this will always haunt me
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Literally why
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>>64488175
I wanna fuck that chicken.
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drake - views
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>>64488275
thread is for worst, not greatest
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>Rated D for Dope Ass Shit
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>>64488547
SO RANDUM XD
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>>64488275
Idk if you're memeing but this shit has always been incredibly ugly to me
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>>64488547
can someone explain the symbolism here?
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>>64488569
the symbolism is that it is symbolism

it other words I just "looks" deep

in other words it's pretentious as hell
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>>64488569
>Update
little boy look out door the sky open hope the room dark painting with boy
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>>64488547
According to that easel, Dream Theater is:

ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED
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>>64488612
please tell me what rat mean
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>>64488556
Great album

It's unfortunate because I'm sure the cover has driven many people away

I didn't listen to it for a really long time even being as big a danny brown fan as I am just because the cover was so bad
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>>64488624
rat with bottle level broken scare elephant into masterpiece across room
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>>64488632
Danny's got quotables for days.

>My homie's a magician with the Tec
>Make your chain disappear and reappear on his neck

Fucking nasty, and that's just the opening lines. We need that new album tho, Old was like 3 years ago.
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>>64488692
I definitely agree, and I respect danny for taking his time, but he does need to drop something already.

On a side note Hot Soup is fucking great
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>>64488641
ahhhhhhh too hard for me to understand...
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>>64488547
Damn...
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>>64488569
the animal is over the books: human cultures sucks we will never gonna supere animals on inteligent
the raven gonna pose on the eye paint: dollar gonna get kill
4 moons: over poblation
kid open the door: thhe outside world-nature is better than making archivements - or probably hes getting out of the closet because he si gay
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>>64488863
Oh god damn it
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>>64488513
I like these
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>>64488547
i thought the illuminati on the easel was a shop but it's actually on the real cover

what the fuck
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>>64488275
Always despised this
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>>64488829
nigga this one's awesome
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I win
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>>64490159
you don't get it
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Im gonna be that guy
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Take your pick. EDM is the fucking worst
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>>64490515
I like the shadow illusion one, and the you & me one is ok.
But yeah the rest are awful
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Great album, criminally stupid cover
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>>64490642
literally a trick cover

there's a clear slip sleeve that goes over that which as its originally packaged is reversed. When its faced the right way, that becomes the back cover, the track titles appear clearly at the top, and alien looking trees appear in the background. she's an alien on an alien planet.
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>>64490664
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>>64488692
the only thing i give a BITCH
a fucking orgasm I'LL THROW YOU IN RIVER

top 5 danny brown songs lolol
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>>64490696
and sorry its been awhile so correction:

that is the clear slip sleeve
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>>64488863
what the fuck kind of band name is mest
like what does that even mean
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>>64490642
that looks excellent though
>>64490515
EDM is awful both musically and cover-wise but I have to say that cover-wise I think prog metal has it beat
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>>64490664

Which also blows
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I'm torn because this one is super shitty, yet I'd love to own a copy
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>>64490750
mest = messed
it's slang i guess
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>>64488556
Im a huge Danny Brown fan, XXX is one of my favourite albums of all time and I still havent listened because of the cover. I'm finally gonna do it
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can't even get their layering right
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One of his very best, but what an ugly cover.
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>>64490826
Lmao that fucking baby on the wolf never fails to get me
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>>64489445

Yep, didn't buy this one because of the stupid cover
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>>64488547

That's a pretty crappy cover. but worst off all time?

you haven't seen shit
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>>64491028
That is a work of art. What are you talking about
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>>64490794
It's so shitty that it becomes kind of good. Has that crude high school metalhead notebook doodle look to it.
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Surprised I am the one to post it

Like, I get what they were going for, I appreciate it, but fuck did they miss the mark. The photo reference would have been way fucking better.
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>>64491229
Well.

I didn't know this existed
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>>64491229
can you explain to me what they were going for
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>>64491145
Yeah, the only thing that would make it better is if the cat man had a denim vest on.
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>>64491244
kek I knew someone would ask I fucking knew it

Something surreal, obviously. The point of the album/title track/whatever inspired the album was perceptions of reality, how weird shit is getting, and how everyone is retreating into their own versions of reality instead of caring about the real thing.

Suitably, they went for something very surreal. Formless shapes, something that might be an island, stars, and a warped caricature of Bowie. On one hand it looks kind of good, I like it more staring at the components with the idea in mind.

On the other, what the fuck?
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>>64490742
this one is art
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I do not know
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>>64491229
Why is a Spyro the Dragon level touching his arm?
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>>64488272
>>64488829
>>64490159
nah these are acutally good covers

>>64490826
This shit has to be on purpose, maybe they thougth it's more surreal this way?
Also why is there a Gregorian album cover at the back?
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>>64489528
This is like something out of Tim and Eric.
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>>64491323
Oh, it was not on purpose. I don't have it offhand but there's a drawing it was based on that was way, way, way fucking better. It was actually pretty badass. This was literally unfinished. Hell, I think I remember reading something where they talked about it.
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>>64490835
This looks like a BandMix profile pic.
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>>64490835
Sometimes, I look back to the 80's and think it was beautiful, aesthetically, in that vaporwave sort of way. Sometimes I think the 80's were awesome, looked cool, probably a great time.

And then there's shit like this.
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>>64491425
What's hilarious is it looks like the kind of covers that were everywhere in the early 90's on country and religious albums.
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>>64488556
>this came out in 2010
>a year before XXX
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>>64491164
That's hardly a bad cover. minimalist? sure but not bad.
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>>64490463
I fucking hate that cover, holy shit.
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>>64490794
>D. Leatherman
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>>64491747
Dwayneld Leatherman Esq.
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>>64490826
Maybe it's just me but I've found most of Iron Maiden's album covers to pretty off-putting
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>>64491763
It's part of the "experience"
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>>64491772
So what, it helps get my expectations nice and low before I start listening?
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>>64491229
It looks like he has a fucking leaf on his head
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Unlike most I actually like the music on this album. Cover is crap though.
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Slam dunk
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>>64488547
I knew this would behere
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>>64490794
Lol it looks like one of Napoleon Dynamite's drawings
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>>64491311
I love Marillion despite having incredibly stupid covers
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>>64489445
oh god it hurts to look
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>>64491666
Nice demonic trips
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>>64494736
Thanks.
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>>64490742
these two are amazing though

metal bands are the worst about this shit
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>>64493129
this is an excellent cover
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>>64494995
i'm losing my shit
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>>64493129
was about to post this
>make shit cover
>plebs think it's actually good
jesus fucking christ
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>>64490835
Pleb, George knew exactly what he was doing.
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>>64488175
This is a GOAT cover. I think both of these Luda covers really embody his cartoonish rap persona.
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A song I liked was on this album, and I actually started laughing the longer I looked at this shitty ass cover
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>>64495043
People that understand the aesthetics of good design.
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>>64495020
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>>64495215
That's not the point. The reason it's so shitty is that literally ANYONE could have made this in their own home in probably 5 minutes in ms paint. It didn't take any effort to make something unique.
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>>64488692
Stank puss smelling like cool ranch doe-ritos
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>>64488175
This is top notch
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>>64489445
i actually find this visually pleasing
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>>64488272
>This got a 7.9 from Pitchfork
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jesus h christ
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I had no problem with this one until I saw it in person. I was under the impression that all the stuff on the side was actually printed on an Obi strip.
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>>64495485
What are you smoking Anon, it's a neat cover.
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absolutely disgusting
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>>64495494
Forgot to post the image.
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>>64491028
did not need to see that
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>>64495328
well... that's what makes it unique
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>>64490794
>>64495575
fuck, my bad
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What's funny is that it's a great album.
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