Worst album covers EVER

[GetCarter]

I know a lot of you have seen my sad collection (and have added to it), but there may be many here that have not, so I thought I'd chuck up a link.

http://www.stevecarter.com/albumcovers.htm

If you have candidates, please post some 450 x 450 px jpgs below!

Steve

[TonyHetherington]

How incredibly apt!

My band has just lost a keyboard player and a photographer because of disagreements over the cover of our album

Long story short, the (unofficial, amateur) photgrapher wanted 100% of the artwork to be hers. Ok, said we, so send us your shots for front cover. A few bad examples later (and much argument) later, and I did the cover.

Still, artwork was approved yesterday and the CD guy says it's going to look fantastic, so I'm over the moon!

Makes me worry though when you see some album covers - that people genuinely looked and said "yes, that's what I want on the front".

[whitechief]

[shirt]

there's a website somewhere that sells cushion, t-shirts etc. all with the devastating dave cover.

my favourite is julies 16th birthday, i must own a copy!

i have a 7" with a shocking picture on it, though can't recall the band. i;ll hunt it out tonight.

[anonymous-user]

[GetCarter]

(which are on my site)?

[whitechief]

[GetCarter]

Class... WTF!?

[TonyHetherington]

I particularly like the way that they matched EXACTLY the background to both his shirt, and his slacks

[anonymous-user]

whitechief said:

Is that Frank Skinner? and who's that bloke next to him?

Edited by excel789 on Tuesday 28th July 19:41

[whitechief]

TonyHetherington said:

I particularly like the way that they matched EXACTLY the background to both his shirt, and his slacks

It is quite a look!

[Debaser]

shirt said:

my favourite is julies 16th birthday, i must own a copy!

Yep, it's a pretty bad cover!

[DrTre]

That's Julie Kirkbride.

[whitechief]

GetCarter said:

Class... WTF!?

"Orion.....your name is Orion, isn't it?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Orion_Ellis

Orion (February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was the stage name of rockabilly singer Jimmy Ellis. Following the death of Elvis Presley in August 1977, Ellis dressed and sang in the manner of Presley and wore a mask during public appearances, fueling speculation that Presley had faked his death and returned to singing. Ellis' singing and natural speaking voice very closely resembled Presley's. Ellis had recorded rock and country singles under his real name for a number of independent labels since the early 1960s before adopting the Orion persona for Sun Records — Presley's first recording label — in 1980.

Edited by whitechief on Tuesday 28th July 20:31

[Evangelion]

What about that Lou Reed one with all the bananas?

[Pints]

GetCarter said:

I know a lot of you have seen my sad collection (and have added to it), but there may be many here that have not, so I thought I'd chuck up a link.

http://www.stevecarter.com/albumcovers.htm

If you have candidates, please post some 450 x 450 px jpgs below!

Steve

At the bottom of Carter's webpage: "If you liked thouse, you'll probably like these!"

What the hell is "thouse"?

[NiceCupOfTea]

[GetCarter]

Pints said:

GetCarter said:

I know a lot of you have seen my sad collection (and have added to it), but there may be many here that have not, so I thought I'd chuck up a link.

http://www.stevecarter.com/albumcovers.htm

If you have candidates, please post some 450 x 450 px jpgs below!

Steve

At the bottom of Carter's webpage: "If you liked thouse, you'll probably like these!"

What the hell is "thouse"?

Ah... spello - sorry. Also the link is broken... it was to someone else's similar page.

Edited by GetCarter on Wednesday 29th July 08:53

[vdubbin]

Sorry lads, but when it comes to dodgy album covers, the Russians are way ahead/behind, depending on how you looks at it...








Go, go to http://englishrussia.com/?p=2998 and feast your eyes!

[SkinnyBoy]

loads here

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/...

Edited by SkinnyBoy on Wednesday 29th July 09:22