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WTF Bad Album Covers: Sumthin Terrible U Stupid

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Bad album covers Somthin Stupid

You have to give Sumthin Terrible some credit for adhering to truth in packaging concepts–you know exactly what you’re getting into here if you buy a copy of U Stupid. At first glance it sort of looks like the name of this record is U 2 Stupid, which made me want to buy the album instantly–U2 IS stupid and have far outlived their relevance. The last interesting thing they ever did was let Edge sing on Numb. Remember? It was back when they were still trying to be “edgy”.

Heh.

I have to give this bunch props for trying something original–in hip hop the “me too” factor is so high that it’s almost shocking when a fresh concept emerges. Sad that “me too” didn’t happen with groups like Arrested Development or Digable Planets in the same way it did with damn near every other successful name in the genre.

This album cover is a mess. What the hell is going on here? It looks like either a 28 Days Later-style zombie attack setup with the zombies sadly MIA or maybe these guys all at the leftover shrimp from last week. Either way, it’s an big ol’ FAIL of an album cover. Yawn. Continue reading WTF Bad Album Covers: Sumthin Terrible U Stupid →

WTF Bad Album Covers: Jay Ferguson Thunder Island

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More like “Hall and Oates Island”. How can you look like BOTH of them at the same time?If Thunder Island were the last remaining safe haven in the zombie apocalypse, I’m not sure I’d go there with Jay Ferguson, even if he promised to let the survivors eat his corpse.

Sorry, Jay…but this is a matter of style–your choice of footwear leads one to believe that you’d be completely useless in a Charlton Heston-style end of the world context. Even on Thunder Island. ESPECIALLY on Thunder Island.
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WTF Album Covers: Jerry Colonna Music For Screaming

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WTF Bad Album Covers Jerry Colonna Music for Screaming

This wretched album cover for the Jerry Colonna album Music For Screaming couldn’t be accused of false advertising; this album cover is an accurate depiction of the mental state you’ll be in once you’ve listened to a track or two. But this record couldn’t possibly hold a candle to the promise of Dexy’s Midnight Runners Frontman Kevin Rowland, who on My Beauty barfs up versions of Daydream Believer, The Long and Winding Road, and The Greatest Love of All. In short, music for screaming–and a stunner of a bad album cover to boot!

WTF Bad Album Covers Kevin Rowland My BeautySome would call it homophobic to make fun of this album cover as it might represent someone’s attempt to come out of the closet or come to terms with their sexuality…but I put it to you that Pete Burns, Boy George, hell even Jayne County had album covers sexier than this.

Instead of some kind of bold statement, the expression on THIS guy’s face is one of somebody who got caught playing “Silence of the Lambs” in front of the mirror ala Buffalo Bill.

“Um, er…I wasn’t actually doing THE TUCK, lads. Really.”

There is more raw sex appeal in an album cover by The Mentors than this. If you’re really into the Pete Burns gender bendy concept (and why not?) here’s a VERY important tip–DITCH THE SIDEBURNS. You wouldn’t catch Annie Lennox with a pair of chops like this, and if Lemmy ever decided to give an alternative lifestyle a whirl I guarantee you he’d shave the fuzz off and never look back. Though he would look right scary in a set of pumps–Lemmy would need a pair of cycle boots regardless of which side of the street he decides to work.

WTF Bad Album Covers: Predator Easy Prey

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predator easy prey vinyl album WTF bad album coversby Joe Wallace

Easily one of the most offensive album covers of all time, the Predator Easy Prey vinyl album defies logic–IF the guiding principle of album artwork is to sell the music inside. “Hey kids, buy this record–it’s about SEXUAL ASSAULT!”

What were these lunkheads thinking when they came up with THIS crap? It’s difficult to blame the band 100% on this one–the fault rests squarely with the record label, Metal Blade Records if an interview with Predator’s Jeff Prentice is to be believed. Prentice was interviewed by Sleazegrinder.com, saying “I laughed my ass off that they actually used it. Talk about low budget!” Prentice added, “It was all in good fun. Nowadays the politically correct liberal f*cks would be all over it. Heh heh.”

Some would counter that by saying that it’s not so much a question of political correctness per se, but rather the idea that–as presented on the cover and the infamous back cover (see below) the band might be misinterpreted as saying “We don’t actually have a problem with this.” Or maybe they’re saying, “We like hot chicks in beachwear, but didn’t have the balls to just show that cuz it’s like, you know, not METAL enough. Party on, Garth.”

Prentice nyuk nyuks about this cover, but the presentation actually would have been far more interesting if the roles were reversed on the back cover of the LP instead of what we get here:

predator back cover vinyl

But it’s not really Turntabling’s gig to discuss effing philosophy of art with this crap–it’s more about first impression factors and whether the album art does its job well. If you spot THIS winner in the shops, do you want to BUY it? Continue reading WTF Bad Album Covers: Predator Easy Prey →