Ugliest covers of otherwise great albums

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Moyan wrote: Cristi wrote: Moyan wrote: Cristi wrote: Mirage rips off the cigarettes pack, it's surprising they got away with it.  Coca-Cola sued Judas Priest for the cover of their debut album, so there is an alternative version. They settled it and realized it's free publicity as well.  There's a fine line between copying and inspiration. Camel's "Mirage" sleeve design certainly falls into the latter sort. Coca-Cola's lawsuit aside, the alternate album cover for Judas Priest's debut does, in fact, better capture the somewhat proggy spirit of the band in 1974. I find the alternate cover fits the "ugly" description  Nice album cover. I mean, that's 'ugly is beautiful' aesthetic, to which, for instance, the "In the Court of the Crimson King" cover illustration belongs as well.

Moyan wrote: Cristi wrote: Mirage rips off the cigarettes pack, it's surprising they got away with it.  Coca-Cola sued Judas Priest for the cover of their debut album, so there is an alternative version. They settled it and realized it's free publicity as well.  There's a fine line between copying and inspiration. Camel's "Mirage" sleeve design certainly falls into the latter sort. Coca-Cola's lawsuit aside, the alternate album cover for Judas Priest's debut does, in fact, better capture the somewhat proggy spirit of the band in 1974.

Cristi wrote: Moyan wrote: Cristi wrote: Moyan wrote: why is this one ugly?  That creature, of which, btw, I have no idea what it is doing on the locomotive, looks a lot more like a rubber Nessie toy than a camel.  Unlike that one, "Mirage" has a great, iconic sleeve design featuring a camel motif. Mirage rips off the cigarettes pack, it's surprising they got away with it.  Coca-Cola sued Judas Priest for the cover of their debut album, so there is an alternative version. They settled it and realized it's free publicity as well.

There's a fine line between copying and inspiration. Camel's "Mirage" sleeve design certainly falls into the latter sort.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Mic drop. Or should I say egg drop. Actually, I've never heard the music on this but apparently it's not nearly as bad as the cover.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Mic drop. Or should I say egg drop.

Id' say birdshіt drop.

Octopus II wrote: Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners.

TBH, I find him quite hot. I think that cover was a bit ahead of its time. It would be way better received if it was released today.