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Ever since I started buying download-able albums, I have stopped looking at cover art. Unless, of course it is really impressive.
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genesis and ELP (aside from their first) have consistently bad artwork. foxtrot and nursery crime are pretty embarassing, and Trilogy, Tarkus, and love beech are just bad. 
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^you simply do not have good taste, that's all Tongue
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the genesis ones are just . . . flat and awkward. the ELP ones are just rediculous. soo over the top, which fits the music but its just silly.


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^Genesis' ones flat? I would say very creative.

The ELP ones are not great, but still good, specially the simiplicity of Trilogy.
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Or you just may have a fetish for pastels...
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Originally posted by Tarquin Underspoon Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Good grief!!  What goes on The Lamb The Wall Going for the One ......Are all fantastic covers..
 

This one always makes me cringe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Sabbath Paranoid album cover


Maybe I am alone on thhis too?
I'm with you! I thought it was some kind of Pig due to the pinkish, but when I figured out it was a odd guy with a sword and a shield, it just made a cool cover-work to a lame one.

 

Funny you should mention that, as the title for the album was originally "War Pigs", as you may already know. They designed the cover with that title in mind. Even though it's not a pig, it certainly fits that title better than "Paranoid". This is indeed a horrible cover.

 

Some other good albums with boring/bad art, in my opinion:

 


Perhaps I just think this because of the contrast to earlier albums from Genesis.

 

 

In the Wake of Poseidon

I this.

 

 


This is nearly as cheesy as the music.

 

Some bands just can't release a bad one, for instance:

 

Led Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

Porcupine Tree

 

And on a bit of a side note, I just wanted to bring up the eerie coincidence between the "V" artwork for both Symphony X and Spock's Beard

 



 

 

 


The Genesis cover of Wind and Wuthering isn't boring at all! Do you have the vinyl version? On the flip side you will see that the tree has no leaves, but it was full of birds which fly away. A nice concept IMHO.
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^ yep - should never take Hipgnosis covers at face value Wink
 


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Originally posted by kingfriso kingfriso wrote:


The Genesis cover of Wind and Wuthering isn't boring at all! Do you have the vinyl version? On the flip side you will see that the tree has no leaves, but it was full of birds which fly away. A nice concept IMHO.
 
Can't say I have it. A nice concept, maybe, but I prefer the covers of Nursery Cryme, the Lamb, and Trespass.
 
I think that Foxtrot is too busy and a bit messy, mind you. Also, I the cover of Abacab.
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^I love that cover, it really fits with the music! 
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^ yep - should never take Hypnosis covers at face value Wink
 
 
Oh wow. Ok, you guys win, that's awesome. That's what I get for not owning a physical copy. Shame on me.
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Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Any cover with a photo of the band on it is pretty bad in my estimation, though King Crimson's Red is the exception to that rule.

 


What do you think of these?:



 
Red is horrible, Led Zeppelin II is great.
Wat? Red is awesome, it's just the three of them looking all dark and intense, perfect for the music.

Bah, that LZ cover is lame, who the hell is that with them, pirates, sea captains of some sort? I've never gotten what was going on there. :P
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Originally posted by Tarquin Underspoon Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

^ yep - should never take Hypnosis covers at face value Wink
 
 
Oh wow. Ok, you guys win, that's awesome. That's what I get for not owning a physical copy. Shame on me.


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Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Any cover with a photo of the band on it is pretty bad in my estimation, though King Crimson's Red is the exception to that rule.

 


What do you think of these?:



 
Red is horrible, Led Zeppelin II is great.
Wat? Red is awesome, it's just the three of them looking all dark and intense, perfect for the music.

Bah, that LZ cover is lame, who the hell is that with them, pirates, sea captains of some sort? I've never gotten what was going on there. :P


Isn't it Led Zeppelin with Zeppelin crew of Nuremberg?Or did I think they were cleverer then they actually were?



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As Close To The Edge goes, i think it's meant as a 'dont judge a book by it's cover.' if someone looks beyond the bland cover, they get something beautiful.
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CttE kind of reminds me of Sigur Ros's ( ) cover.
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Am I alone in absolutely loving CTTE's cover?

It may be my favorite ever.
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Trespass, Benefit, Trilogy, Drama, Houses of the Holy, U.K.
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2009 at 21:25
Originally posted by keiser willhelm keiser willhelm wrote:

genesis and ELP (aside from their first) have consistently bad artwork. foxtrot and nursery crime are pretty embarassing, and Trilogy, Tarkus, and love beech are just bad. 


Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Good grief!!  What goes on The Lamb The Wall Going for the One ......Are all fantastic covers..
 
This one always makes me cringe
 
 
 
 
 
 
Black Sabbath Paranoid album cover
Maybe I am alone on thhis too?


Actually yeah, despite it being one of the best metal albums ever, that does look like crap.



Edited by Petrovsk Mizinski - September 20 2009 at 21:56
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Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Am I alone in absolutely loving CTTE's cover?

It may be my favorite ever.
 
I concur. The CTTE cover is beautiful.
 
I'll throw in pretty much anything in the traditional prog metal category, especially Pain of Salvation. None of their covers are particularly interesting. WTF is the cover of Entropia supposed to be?

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