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paragraph7
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Topic: Great music with terrible cover art? Posted: February 17 2015 at 14:46 |
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We all know that prog often is accompanied by great cover art that fits the mood and atmosphere of the record. But what happens when the music is actually fine but the art just looks ridicolous and tasteless? Feel free to post examples of this. (I'd actually welcome to hear albums I've totally dismissed because of the cover art).
My example: Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
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Littlecarrots
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 15:22 | |
I don't know if I'd call it terrible exactly, but The Division Bell's cover art it's definitely too creepy for the beautiful music Pink Floyd made. Still, the back cover was even worse:
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 15:26 | |
The Paranoid cover is quite stupid, but I think Yes' Going for the One is the worst of any super groups (you have Roger Dean do all your covers, and the one you don't has some guy's ass on it? Bzzuh?). That, or maybe Love Beach. |
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 15:31 | |
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paragraph7
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 15:43 | |
How fares the stuff on Love Beach btw? That's one particular record I steered away from because of the rather mega-cheesy cover art. |
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SteveG
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 15:49 | |
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paragraph7
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 15:50 | |
Indeed.
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TeleStrat
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 16:00 | |
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sublime220
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 16:09 | |
Pet Sounds, Magical Mystery Tour, & We're Only In It For The Money
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apps79
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 16:15 | |
I was shocked by the music here, amazing material to say the least, one of the better albums of the 90's IMO...but the cover...ohh gosh...
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 16:31 | |
The cover mirrors the music. I thought the album was as mediocre as the polyester shirts ELP were wearing.
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micky
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 16:39 | |
hahah. ALways loved that one. The winner however...and undefeated champion for however many year runnings.. as worst, scariest.. most f**ked up album cover.... and will be for ALL time is still this one though... terrifying and destroyer of all our musical world views. Who stole the Fripp we all know and love... |
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Xonty
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 17:36 | |
Every Soft Machine album.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 17:59 | |
If you were going to pick one Sabbath album then surely Sabotage?? My God those CLOTHES. Only in the seventies... Great record though. |
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 18:15 | |
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Michael678
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 18:23 | |
you mean just the covers, right?
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TeleStrat
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 18:30 | |
Bundles wasn't all that bad (compared to the rest).
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AreYouHuman
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 18:46 | |
Jimmie Spheeris – “Ports of the Heart.” From the same gifted artist whose first album “Isle of View” had one of the best fantasy-art covers ever came this atrocity which totally destroyed the almost mystic aura surrounding him. What was he thinking?http://www.allmusic.com/album/ports-of-the-heart-mw0000069642
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Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously.
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TeleStrat
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 19:11 | |
King Crimson's cover art went down hill after the first four albums.
Larks' Tongues is barely passable and from Starless on their covers are extremely plain. They're not terrible (OP) but plain. They're design rather than artwork. |
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Horizons
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Posted: February 17 2015 at 19:15 | |
Pretty much this haha. Though their debut is cool.
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