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WTF Bad Album Covers: Sumthin Terrible U Stupid

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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 Showdown

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Some days you just can’t decide…and today is one of those days. Normally only one bad album cover gets featured at a time here, but I found three utterly horrific vinyl LP releases today that not only defy reason with their utter cluelessness, but also transported me temporarily into a completely other dimension of disbelief. I couldn’t NOT write about any of them.

Not even Christian rock is this astonishing. You may be able to find some kind of mental acrobatics going on for a born-again record label to be able to justify a band like Stryper combining their gender-bendy spandex-n-sexual confusion vibe with bible verses and (apparently) chaste-living philosophies….but no amount of sacramental wine could fog your brain enough to think the following album cover artwork choices made ANY sense at all… Continue reading WTF Bad Album Covers Showdown