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It’s Called Art, Sweetie: 40 Of The Worst Album Covers That Ever Existed
Some album covers are so iconic, it only takes a second for people to name the band and the album itself. Just think about the image on Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, the prism on Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon”, or the iconic picture of The Beatles crossing the street for their “Abbey Road”. All of these, in addition to thousands of others, are excellent examples of how a strong visual can take the album to the next level.
The same way a terrible choice for a cover image can ward off potential listeners without even giving the recordings a go. Quite a few examples of such disasters have been shared on the Facebook group, titled ‘Bad Album Cover Collective’. Dedicated to “the worst album covers on the internet”, it surprises its members with some of the most bizarre or simply funny-looking album covers, adding up to quite a colorful collection. We have listed some of their best examples here for you to evaluate, so wait no longer and scroll down to view them.
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#1
This Is A Win!!!!!
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#2
I Bet This Is Good
#3
I Dare You Not To Laugh Out Loud
Onan Hag All 3 years ago
Mary Hinge is such an obvious spoonerism. For our US readers, a Hairy Minge, refers to a lady garden
#4
Im Starting To Think That All Of These Gospel Artists Are Choosing Their Double Entendre Album Titles On Purpose!
#6
The Potatoe
#7
She A Delicate Little Flower (South Park)
#8
Was He A Pinata?
#9
Found One While Looking For That Willy Wacker Quartet
#10
This Was A Great Album Back In The Day
Egodeist 3 years ago
Rik Mayal, Nigel Planer, Ade Edmondson, (not sure of the 4th guy) but 3/4 of The Young Ones. A great time to be alive! the_young_...bd80aa.jpg 
#11
No. 1 In Belgium, Spain, And The Netherlands In 1981
#12
Poor Julie
The Original Bruno 3 years ago (edited)
For non-Americans: Even though the actual age of consent varies from state to state, sixteen is widely thought to be the age at which a girl can have sex with an older man without it being statutory rape. I do think this was someone's idea of black humor. And yes, country music has a lot of black humor, so yes, the album cover is real. UPDATE: OMG: This *IS* just bad design. He's apologizing to his daughter for hanging out a bar when he was supposed to be celebrating her sixteenth birthday!!! Would you believe the singer was only nineteen?
#13
You Gettink Shleepy
#14
Hercules - Legend Of Metal No, It's Not An Old Album, From Times When Artwork Was Wild. It's From 2022
#15
They Are Using Him As A Coffee Table
#16
David Wambold 3 years ago
The horse got the moves. You just got bad haircuts and fashion advice.
#17
I Could Easily Be Convinced The Tog Had Snapped A Genuine Murder In Progress. Nothing Says Gritty Gangster Rap Like That Typography
#18
Handsome
#19
I Remember This Guy. He Made A Living Talking To His Fist. Here It Looks Like He's Trying To Seduce It
#21
I Didn't Know Colonel Gaddafi Was In A Band (Far Right)
David Wambold 3 years ago
Check foreign languages before naming band. Weren't you supposed to do that Salazar?
#22
I Don't Know What To Say
The happy frog 3 years ago
THE ONE ON THE LEFT LOOKS SO DONE WITH THIS, he has that look dads give when you’re doing something wrong 😭
#24
This Band (Jonestown Mouning) Has A Pizza Cat Theme Going With Their Covers
#25
This Is Not Van Halen
#26
Is This Itchy Scalp Care Commercial?
#28
I Am So Glad I Joined This Group!
#29
#30
If Nicholas Cage And Gene Simmons Had A Child Together
#31
Nacha Guevara. Heavy Tango. Argentina. 1991
#32
Aaaaaaaaaahahahahaha!!!
#33
Ramiro "Ram" Herrera – Most Wanted Man (1986)
#34
Burt Reynolds And Susan Sarandon
#35
This Has Aged Well
#37
But If Y'all Know Anything About Who Whacked The Homie's Mama That Would Be Great Lmao
DooooCrime 3 years ago
So we're censoring "ki*ll*ed" now?! A common word in English that is not considered foul language by anyone and doesn't always mean death?! It can often be used to mean put a stop to something? And even if it did mean death, then when did the one thing we're all guaranteed to experience become inappropriate to mention?! What is happening any more???!!!
#38
Klaus Nomi ?
#39
It’s Actually A Great Album, Just The Cover Was Ridiculous. I Still Think It’s One Of The Funniest Album Covers Of All Time
Queen Jackson. 3 years ago
Black floridians know about that trick daddy though. His music sounds exactly like his cover, too.
#43
I Know It’s Not Horrible… But… To Me This Album Represents Everything That Sucked About The 80’s. We Went From Tie Dyes, Lsd And Weed To White Suits, Cocaine And Greed
#44
Faraón Love Shady Reggaetón From Perú
#45
Poor Skipper. Life After Gilligan Was Tough
#46
Great Band, Great Album, But Horrible Cover
#47
I'd Like To See Everyone's Favorite Album Covers. This One's Mine
#49
Dread Zeppelin
#51
I Actually Owned This Album Once Upon A Time. Please Don't Judge Me
#52
Love The Cat
#53
Looks Like A TV Church
cats_from_the_void 3 years ago
it's a bird, its a plane, it's the giant spaghetti monster! all rise for the Noodly Lord!
#54
That Year’s School Pic?
#55
Fortunately The Great Gino's Brilliant Music Is Not Like The Cover Of His First Album
#56
It’s Like She’s Singing The Songs To Only Me!
#57
Little David Wilkins
#58
I See
#59
Larz Kristerz
#60
*cough *cough, More Like Best Album Cover
#61
This Always Hurts To Look At, Solid Album Tho
#62
#sparks #propaganda
#64
The Big Boss Lion Of Corridos
#65
Disco's Dead. New Romantic Is In. This Is What We Got
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
The guy on the right looks like a young Jerry Only from the Misfits.
#66
Punk Band From Italy
#67
Better Than Other Ones Out There
#68
Some Heat From This Year
#69
The happy frog 3 years ago
If that was drawn by one of the peoples children that would actually be adorable
#70
Bad Enough?
#71
Pin UPS
#73
Oh Dayum!
#74
I Actually Own This Album
#75
De México Banda El Mexicano
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Mimi M 3 years ago
Prize to anyone who wants to look up if the Christian ones were parody or not.
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
Jokes on you, I reviewed every album I could find. Many of the Christian ones are in fact, real albums.
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Mimi M 3 years ago
Prize to anyone who wants to look up if the Christian ones were parody or not.
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
Jokes on you, I reviewed every album I could find. Many of the Christian ones are in fact, real albums.
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