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Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

And whatever's going on here ...




I can't prevent myself from thinking of a parody of this cover by a black-metal band! LOL
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

The White Album - The Beatles. I mean, truly, - WHAT were they thinking? As devoid of inspiration for an album cover as some of the music therein. George Harrison was said to have loathed much of the experience of recording the thing, to boot.

I love that album, all of it - the best album the Beatles ever made. as to the cover: maybe they saw all kinds of things when looking at a white cover. don't forget this was the Beatles' LSD period
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^^^ i think those both more than qualify for WTF LOL
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And whatever's going on here ...
"Peace is the only battle worth waging."

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Has anyone mentioned this one yet?  Not so much the album cover as the whole package is just off ...
"Peace is the only battle worth waging."

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^ while the White Album isn't the most creative album of the lot, it sure was planned out and they knew what they were doing. Remember that this was the time of intense creativity when they visited an ashram in India and the idea of a blank album cover was symbolic of a tabla rasa and symbolizing a spiritual rebirth of sort, so i can understand that it appears to be contrived and a WTF moment but actually was quite calculated and appropriate for the time and state of mind of the band for the album at hand. 
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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

^^^ Wasn't it inspired by bootleg albums of the time, which were sometimes sold in a plain white sleeve?
 
Those didn't start appearing until 1969, after the White Album was already out. Dylan's Great White Wonder was the first rock bootleg of note.
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^^^ Wasn't it inspired by bootleg albums of the time, which were sometimes sold in a plain white sleeve?
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