WTF Album Covers: Henri Salvador

What is it about the French and the goofy faces on their album covers? A great deal of the bad album art I’ve seen this year has some kind of face-pulling on the cover. This one I truly don’t get, but they would probably say that’s because I’m just a stupid cowboy. We can thank Reagan for that stereotype, no doubt.

The blue face paint and robot outfit (or is that a radiation suit?) are completely bewildering. Maybe this is some kind of retro/future Braveheart thing.

What I really want to know is how many copies of this disaster SOLD? I’ve said it a million times, if the overriding purpose of an album cover is to help sell the must, this one is a great big FAIL…unless of course it’s a CHILDREN’S record in which case it’s automatically unlistenable for anyone outside the recommended ages required for such torture.