BMG in the UK are releasing a Kylie compilation and the artwork is awful.



It doesn't even look like her!

What other album covers do you all consider to be completely fucking hideous?

anyone seen the musicology cover?.
[This message was edited Wed Aug 11 12:26:52 2004 by SassierBritches]

I happen to like the Kylie cover. Butt ugly, true. But tonnes more creative than the standard "sexy" photo most artists have on their releases.

meow85 said:

YEAH BUT THAT APPROPRIATE FOR KYLIE

sinisterpentatonic said:

I liked the way Prince looked on that cover. Not the best art concept though.

The Kylie is kinda funny! I like the way she has a big boot for a nose.

This was done not too long ago so i'll just repost what I did then.
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I'm gonna focus on one soul/funk/r&b artist that might have the record for the most album covers to choose from (spanning 6 decades).
Which is now making me break this thread up into decades, phew!
What startled me after I decided to do this was the number of bad album covers that housed some of his best music.

The '50s/'60s era.

Worst:



Another interesting point is depending on where you look, the same album title/release date might have a different cover. This is probably dependent on whether it's on King (Papa's Got A Brand New Bag):

Awful

or Polygram (Papa's got a brand new bag):

Better (Not to mention a completely different set of tunes)


Good(?):



Bottom line, this was a really BAD period for JB album covers.
And that's just the '60s.

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

BinaryJustin said:

WHAT THE FUCK!!?

wait wait wait...PLEASE dont tell me that Kylie album cover is REAAALLLLL?????

paisleypark4 said:

Yes - It's sad but true!

http://www.kylie.co.uk/ne...00193.html

BinaryJustin said:

The "toilet seat" looking eye sockets give it that extra special touch.

tA

Tribal Disorder

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Love the album - hate the cover!



The jpeg's a bit fuzzy but I'm sure you can see the awfulness of it all.

It looks like a wet weekend in Wales!

James Brown-'70s

The '70s for the Godfather were not much of an improvement:




With a few exceptions (?):


Tribal Disorder
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Yes, that's a dwarf dressed up as Napoleon Bonaparte in the background.

I can't even make this image out. Is that James Brown? It looks like Grace Jones!!!

theAudience said:

All I know in life is that a genius designed this sleeve.



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[This message was edited Wed Aug 11 15:19:14 2004 by Number23]

BinaryJustin said:

Not any James Brown i've ever seen.
She looks like one of those computer generated beings you find in current video games.

What's even stranger is that she's got a lit cigarette in her right hand and what looks like a smoking gun in her left.

Go figya.

tA

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POOK said:

AUDIENCE ADMIT THESE NOT GREAT




BUT POOK HAVE TO ADMIT, NOT BAD LIKE THIS



tA

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theAudience said:

Damn man, you ain't lying about James' covers. I think the one that always irritated me the most was Think with the baby on the cover

...and as 4 this fucking abomination.... words (4 once) truly fail me.

James Brown-'80s

It now the '80s and more bad covers for Mr. Dynamite:




However, someone has finally figured out the necessary elements for a decent JB cover:



Tribal Disorder
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[This message was edited Wed Aug 11 17:02:22 2004 by flipwilson]

James Brown-'90s to present day

It took the '90s-Y2K era along with comps/imports/reissues for the Godfather to finally get some decent (not great but decent) album covers:




The signature JB cover should have one/all of the following elements:
A) Get the man in action.
(split, slide, scream, mic crouch, camel walk, knee drop, processed hair flying in all directions, anything involving a cape, etc.)
B) Tight performance head shot letting you know that a devastating
1) barrage of unintelligible vocal syllables...
2) "eeeee"
3) "Good gawd"
4) "Maceo"
5) "Hit me"
6) "Lookee here."
7) "Hamercy"
...is being delivered.
C) Gallons of sweat.

I love this guy but the King of Super Heavy Funk probably also deserves the title of King of the Super Bad Album Cover.

Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said:

Is it me or does he resemble Weezy on this cover?

sinisterpentatonic said:

Oh shit!

My picks and thankfully I don't own any of these:

Let me know if I'm missing out.






Scariest of all for the sheer fact it's a metal album and has a picture like that:




Run away!!!