Im dont like the 'Prince' Album cover. No idea why, just bugs me lol!

Whats yours?

Musicology, then 3121. Very, very boring.

Prince

Musicology

Planet Earth

Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic

The Gold Experience

Emancipation

Old Freinds 4sale

Chaos and Disorder




god, there's a lot. I'll just stop there.

Imago said:

What?! The Gold Experience an Rave albums are really good covers!

For me, hands down it is Lotusflower. In its' own galaxy bad.

It puts me in the mind of Billy Joel's River of Dreams in terms of the amateurish feel.

Graffiti Bridge would get second place for me.

SexyMotha said:

The Gold Experience is a terrific album, but the cover



lawd, the fonts used, the shadow effect with the symbol. The fey picture of him in it...all of it just looks like a Feng Shui nightmare ala paintshop pro.

Imago said:

God I love it! lol! I want it blown up on a canvas in my house!

i would say planet earth SO not sexy

rave, for me. can't stand that whole era, for whatever reason. his look, the music. meh

The Black Album

...also Batman, Planet Earth, New Powersoul, Crystal Ball, Indigo Nights

All kinds of wrong.

squirrelgrease said:

by far the worst

ARock said:

Is Prince wearing a Snuggie in that pic?

squirrelgrease said:

i don't follow trends, they just follow me

squirrelgrease said:

Fenwick said:

LOL! I concur.

Yeah, don't know whats with those colouring book additions on NPS, but I also never liked Rainbow Children's cover.

Fenwick said:

Don't jump on me for this, but I have to say Parade. It's one of my favorite albums, but I've never particularly liked the cover, he just looks weird to me there.

The Rainbow Children. An artsy fartsy cover with people made to look ugly and exaggerated.


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"Chaos and Disorder," is the only one that I think is uninteresting.

Yeah, Rainbow Children cover sucks big time.

Imago said:

Dan, I hate you, 'cause I love you.

How can someone so beautiful write bullshit like that?

The Gold Experience cover is his best, alongside Parade.

The font is great, the symbol with the shadow behind it is like a stamp - it has a meaning: It's not the symbol somewhere in his work, in his heart or his lyrics. It's HIM now, his music, his art, everything he was then was the symbol. THIS album is credited to .

Whereas the pic of him is hidden somewhere in the golden glittery colours - All that glitters ain't gold. For the first time in his life, it's not Prince, the persona, that is the guiding figure in his music. His face is hidden behind the mighty, fresh, meaningful . All you can see are his wet lips -


I think it's great.

That's easy:



I can't decide what's worse though: The Love Boat-type font or his porn actor look.

Planet Earth - like the album, but that cover!

Messiah complex or what? It just seems so against his beliefs to be doing God-like imagery

Emancipation takes the cake for me.

He's had quite a few actually.

peter430044 said:

I rather like it

peter430044 said:

Worst album covers:

- Emancipation (tacky and cheap looking, like a bad cut'n'paste job)
- Musicology (same reason)

I'd hate on Rave too but I find that unintentionally funny, so I won't include it.

The lamb on Rave is just plain fucking amazing. Classic Prince.

novabrkr said:

Yet it is all nothing compared to this beauty:



Damn it, that makes the "Musicology" cover look like a work of Andy Warhol!