Epically bad album covers

[hifiguy]

http://www.teamjimmyjoe.com/2015/01/20-bad-album-covers-rock-creepy-scale/

Many religious for some strange reason.

ETA And then theres this

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. OMG!

So weird and creepy and aesthetically foul - I don't know where to start. And what is it with religious "musicians" of the '60s and '70s and their architectural hair?

And there's even a scary clown.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. Good Lord these are funny

How in the world do they justify such a creepier than creepy photo for an album entitled If I Should Touch You? The photo screams of disturbed sexual pervert.

[lovemydog]

9. 'If I Should Touch You (I May Serve Hard Time)'

No wonder he looks nervous.

[hifiguy]

25. He doesn't sound as creepy as he looks.

As if that were possible.

http://left-and-to-the-back.blogspot.com/2014/10/jj-worthington-whiter-shade-of-pale.html

[lovemydog]

32. Yeah, probably not possible.

What a sappy arrangement though. I can hear why it flopped. Doesn't bring anything new to the original. Thanks for the link.

[orleans]

12. riding down from bangor sounds like a real hit (lol!) n/t

[lovemydog]

14. Especially if 'Bangor' is a person not the place.

[hifiguy]

3. This looks like an unspeakably bad attempt

to channel David Lynch at his most surrealistic:

[Marie Marie]

7. Oh this is just wrong on so many levels...

[lovemydog]

10. Yeah, I picture Dennis Hopper

screaming 'Have you met the singing midget?'

[hifiguy]

24. oMG!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Want to give your kids nightmares?

How about a nice sex-offender-serial-killer clown?

[hifiguy]

5. A one way ticket to a lifetime of therapy.

[Laffy Kat]

6. So long for the sweet dreams tonight; hello nightmares. nt

[lovemydog]

11. I don't want to ring that bell!

Please, don't make me ring that bell!!!

[drm604]

26. The actual recording is on Youtube, and it's just as disturbing.

I'd love to know the story behind this.

[Terra Alta]

27. barely made it past the 30 second mark

Had to turn it off. Creeped the hell out of me, and I'm an adult, imagine what it would to to children... scary!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. What an odd and horrible song.

That's probably what is being broadcast through loudspeakers all over Hell.

[lovemydog]

34. Makes me want to be good

just in case there's a Hell.

[lovemydog]

33. Holy crap. I listened the whole thing.

It's 2:49 too long.

[lovemydog]

8. Pooh-Man wants to get real funky.

[orleans]

13. scary. and those shoes! even more scary! n/t

[Initech]

15. This one ranks about a 9 out of 10 on my WTF-o-meter:

[lovemydog]

35. I'd like to hear the band meeting

after the shoot.

'They took some great photos. We look smokin'.'

'What about that weird one?'

'Don't worry. The label won't use it.'

[orleans]

16. five or six pages of them! and the commentary for them is great!

they really are exceptionally horrible and stupid and funny!!!
thanks for the laughs!

[cemaphonic]

17. These threads are never complete without this one:

[lovemydog]

36. Yeah, that was a standard gift back in those days.

'Hey bud. I like you. Have a dove!'

[olddots]

18. you could black mail these people

with thier own album covers

[Art_from_Ark]

19. Then there's this classic album cover

[lovemydog]

37. The original by the great Guy Peellaert

including Bowie's 'package' on the gate sleeve. It was later censored.

True story.

[DeSwiss]

20. Janet Greene's lyrics were approved by the John Birch Society.

- She was dubbed the ''Anti-Baez.'' Don't know what happened to Janet. Wherever she is, I'll bet she's spinning......

[kwassa]

22. Which is country and which is Spanish?

[DeSwiss]

30. The left and right, respectively I believe.

- Although with right-wingers it may be different.....

[lovemydog]

38. buahahaha

[shenmue]

21. I love bad cover art

Thanks!

[hifiguy]

23. This thread would not be complete without Heino

You KNOW those roses are going to explode. You just know it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Reminds me of "Dieter," the SNL character.

Touch my monkey.

[DeSwiss]

31. I don't know.....

...I kinda like Heino and Mother Love and all, but I'm partial to The Shaggs philosophy:



And of course everyone's other favorite titillating trio, those babes whose motto is: ''The Higher The Hair The Closer To Jesus'', The Faith Tones:

[lovemydog]

39. I was hoping someone would post The Shaggs.

Here's one of their classics: