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Points: 4335 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2009 at 15:38
this one genuinely disgusts me:
 
these aren't as bad but qualify:
frankly, any band that decides to put themselves on the cover in some silly pose.  if you want your album to look dated in only a few short years this is the way to go.
 
Other bad covers without visual evidence (they aren't worth the space):
Yes:
- Going for the One
- Tormato
- Big Generator
- Talk
- Open Your Eyes
King Crimson:
- Starless and Bible Black
- Heaven and Earth
Rush:
-Signals
ELP:
- Love Beach
- Trilogy I always found off-putting
Jethro Tull:
- War Child
- A
- and what the hell is going on here:
 
 


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Points: 933 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2009 at 06:46
Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

Dis-gus-ting....
 
Stongly dis-a-gree with you on this one.  I love this cover.  Tull have often used dramatic artistic impressions of Ian anderson on their covers (Aqualung for instance).  The 'Stormwatch' cover painting by David Jackson is beautifully realised and fits the music on the album very well.
 
There are far worse Tull covers than this.
 
eg.
 
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Points: 3144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2009 at 00:43
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Pick 3 Birth Control albums. There.
I agree Condomonium and about every compilation album they ever released suck, but Operation is one of the best IMO.
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Pick 3 Birth Control albums. There.
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Originally posted by hours_of_wealth hours_of_wealth wrote:

Anything Gentle Giant ever put on their albums. No offense or anything... Tongue
The cover of Three Friends genuinely disturbs me. I would not want a physical copy of that inside my house.
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Points: 216 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2009 at 19:26
The Love Beach cover looks like a parody of something.  Maybe of itself.
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Points: 8321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2009 at 19:26

Dis-gus-ting....
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Points: 1719 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2009 at 17:13
I'll go with Big Generator in prog.
But it's also fun to post other repulsive ones:
How offensive is this? An obese, Latino bum?
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Points: 15141 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2009 at 14:40
Originally posted by Green Shield Stamp Green Shield Stamp wrote:


Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!  It's a joke......right?
This is starting to get a bit depressing.
 
You would have to be a Yes fanboy to defend this indefensible awfulness.

That actually is one of my favorite album covers of all time.

I agree with you about Tarkus though. 
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Points: 3144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2009 at 14:32
Does anybody know what Wolf album is called? I don't know the band, or the album, or their names, so help would be appreciated. Also the cover rocks, I don't know why people hate it.
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Points: 933 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2009 at 13:35
 
This is a pretty bad cover - don't you think???
 
 
Let's not forget this nauseating mess (the cover's horrid also).
 
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!  It's a joke......right?
This is starting to get a bit depressing.
 
You would have to be a Yes fanboy to defend this indefensible awfulness.
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2009 at 00:10
Originally posted by questionsneverknown questionsneverknown wrote:

Originally posted by zachfive zachfive wrote:

I am posting a link to this cause it may be offensive to some... Atomic Rooster's alternate cover for Nice & Greasy.

http://biolog.jamsbio.com/images/prog/atomicrooster.jpg

Gwarf!  How hideous.  What were they thinking?
 
I have that album - Atomic Rooster's Nice n Greasy
 
 
That is rather offensive. I think that was the US version but the UK version was more tasteful. Yet I will post that version because it is still pretty awful
 
 
 
This is the version I changed the cover to using the images in the booklet - Its a real improvement too
 
 
 
I like that cover. Theres a lot worse.
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Originally posted by zachfive zachfive wrote:

I am posting a link to this cause it may be offensive to some... Atomic Rooster's alternate cover for Nice & Greasy.

http://biolog.jamsbio.com/images/prog/atomicrooster.jpg

Gwarf!  How hideous.  What were they thinking?
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Points: 770 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2009 at 00:56
I am posting a link to this cause it may be offensive to some... Atomic Rooster's alternate cover for Nice & Greasy.

http://biolog.jamsbio.com/images/prog/atomicrooster.jpg
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2009 at 23:55
Not Prog, but had to post it:



Hey, isn't the woman in the middle The Church Lady from SNL?



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Points: 27 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2009 at 20:33
Anything Gentle Giant ever put on their albums. No offense or anything... Tongue
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I love Rick, but... well...







Edited by Silverbeard McStarr - October 23 2009 at 17:24
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

While trying to keep things on a prog level I do have to say that the Residents cover is much better than the majority of crappy artwork hitting store shelves these days. Hell, the Love Beach cover is way cooler than anything by the Jonas Brothers. Now who wants to argue with me on that?
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Ofcourse lets not forget Fireballet's aberration:
 
 
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Oh god... We have a winner (or loser, you choose). This is more gay than Love Beach!
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2009 at 09:58
Ofcourse lets not forget Fireballet's aberration:
 
 
Two Too..
 
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