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Old 08-06-2006, 6:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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great albums with crap cover artwork

inspired by the great album cover artwork thread, how about listing great albums that have crap covers. covers so bad that it could psychologically affect you so much that you could only imagine the music inside is awful, thus you won't buy it?

i need to think myself about some good examples to post, but i mentioned the bends by radiohead in the other thread. i'm a fan of the band and i like some of stanleys artwork, but the bends is a crap cover imo, but it's one of the best rock albums ever

certain covers like the dark side of the moon, tubular bells, etc, can make the uninitiated wonder what the music sounds like inside, suggesting something interesting. what covers make you think the music inside must surely be as bad as the cover, but actually contain great music?
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Old 08-06-2006, 7:16 AM   #2 (permalink)
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10000 Days by Tool gets it for me. Absolutely infuriating cover which won't fit anywhere, won't release the disc and the eyes fell out within a day.
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Old 08-06-2006, 9:09 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The Cars "The Cars" debut album. didn't buy it originally because of the cover

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Old 24-06-2006, 10:48 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army, it's awful but the actual album is fantastic




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Old 27-06-2006, 12:21 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army, it's awful but the actual album is fantastic




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It's not the worst cover I can think of but considering all the cool Suicidal flyers/shirts etc. that had been around between that and the first album it was a bit disapointing. To be honest I don't think it comes close to the first album song wise either but I did love it when it came out.
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Oasis - Definately Maybe.

Its just the band sat in Boneheads front room. Great.
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