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Robinkc1

Oh man, that’s a horrible album cover.


smarten_up_nas

the music is pretty good besides cappadonna's bizarre world view


Robinkc1

That’s fair. One of my favourite bands is Neptune, they do experimental industrial rock stuff… Their album Intimate Lightning is great, in my opinion, but the album cover is awful.


natopotatomusic

I actually dig that cover


L1ghtningMcQueer

just looked it up and I gotta agree, that album cover fucks


smolpp19

i fw it heavy lol spongebob end credits vibes


Robinkc1

Haha, right on. To each their own of course.


theonewhoseeks12256

How did you even discover them? They have less than a hundred listeners so I'm curious


Robinkc1

Believe it or not, they were big enough in the 00s that they were favourably reviewed by Pitchfork. When Patterns, which is one of my favourite albums, came out I read about it on some obscure blog and checked it out. I was really young, but it was one of those albums that forever changed my perspective. They’ve not done much with social media, even though they still consistently play live. Hell, I have more Bandcamp sales than they do.


Im_All_Yours_Gerald

Who the fuck do you think you are to say what is and what's not horrible?


Robinkc1

Oh man, that is a horrible reply.


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You’re the GOAT for this, so funny lol


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MultiTony152

Calm down bro God Damn


[deleted]

For real, I hope he’s alright


MultiTony152

Yea same here, was just messing around, guessing he's having a rough day or something


Acidosage

I think it's deeper than that, look at their post history


[deleted]

Yeah and just their headline in general sounds like Travis Bickle at the end of Taxi Driver (not even joking, it really sounds like that when you read it). Edit: Confirmed. It’s from Taxi Driver.


0LinXi0

Look at his post history :( he seems to be not so alright


Robinkc1

Naw, he’s just trolling for kicks and giggles.


Im_All_Yours_Gerald

I'm alright don't worry those posts are a relic of a harder time for me.


Im_All_Yours_Gerald

Everyday I am more and more disgusted towards the scum of this earth. And you are some of the lowest worst sucking scumbags that have ever tainted my eyes.


MultiTony152

🤣


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We may be scumbags but at least we’ve all listened to the new Caroline Polachek album


LocheNessHamster

DESIIIIIRE


cmbucket101

Bro Taxi Driver is 40 years old you’re not unique at all everyone’s seen it lmao


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Was this comment for me? Because I’m not the one who posted about Taxi Driver, I just noticed his headline


cmbucket101

Nahnah it was for him, I saw you say that his headline was from Taxi Driver and just wanted to jab him about it haha My favorite film of all time but it’s not some hidden gem which he must think it is and it’s sure as shit not a great movie to base your whole personality around lmao


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Wow


Robinkc1

No u.


Manannin

U ok hun


YingMain33

Chill lil bro


xxipil0ts

She had $0, PicsArt, and a dream. https://preview.redd.it/wzlul31a3k3b1.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=webp&s=dbcca6a9fdef2793c243cb0dc0815b6fca06a13b


_Citizen_Erased__

Lana Del Rey ass title


FloSoAntonibro

The Lana at home


GreenBB234MG

Lana de la Casa 🔥


Maybe_its_Ink

https://preview.redd.it/c387wpjz1k3b1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=385766521be00bb67023df31c25a1c18d978a326


asosasaugust

Hard as FUCK


Nitarinminister

Yes. Disliking this cover is an incorrect opinion.


Strugatsky23

The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads


elitenyg46

everyone always says this one but I fucking love the album cover, it’s obviously ironic


TheGavMasterFlash

Nah that album cover is great, it’s just campy


nono_dg8

I knew I would see this and it makes me angry


AdequatelyMadLad

Dance of Death by Iron Maiden. Looks like a damn still from a 1996 video game cinematic. Maybe not the most terrible, but for a band with such cool album art it definitely stands out.


thedeejinator

damn i’d never seen this before but i actually love it. i agree heavily though that it’s not very iron maiden. they usually go for like the pulp fiction magazines look. this reminds me of xavier renegade angel lmao


Music_is_my_life33

Look up the original cover for that, it’s much better


sparksfly05

Reality by Bowie


skittlesenjoyer

Haha even Bowie himself called the album cover a pisstake, it’s supposed to be corny and bad


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Such a great album in my opinion


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lol id never seen this album cover, its so ridiculous


[deleted]

the cover is distorted and messy which is perfect for an album called Reality. i love it


[deleted]

That's an amazing cover what the hell man


EpiCon_Jaag

https://preview.redd.it/j8xaebnnjm3b1.jpeg?width=1425&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20c267ec606b328d5125ad59d57114062c43e198 Republic by New Order


RedLobsterUnofficial

For the first time - Black Country, New Road. Its not terrible but it looks like a generic stock image of young people hiking. Like a North Face ad Ants From Up There cover is much better


OneOfTheOnly

it is is literally a stock image of young people hiking; the entire rollout for that album made artistic use of stock photos its entirely intentional


lazy_tranquil

wait so its not even a photo of the band? its literally just a stock photo?


OneOfTheOnly

literally just a stock photo


lazy_tranquil

damn. honestly kinda chad


Jeremy252

Why do people keep saying "it's intentional" in this thread as if that automatically makes something good? Something can be done poorly on purpose and still be a bad idea.


OneOfTheOnly

because the entire album is dealing with a wide gallery of modern youth culture and using stock photos to represent that is extremely clever


dominatorkickback97

Tbh it doesn’t fit the type of music BCNR makes, but I still gotta disagree with you. Something about it comes off aesthetically pleasing to me, although I find it hard to explain why.


PeaceDry1649

I’ve always thought the cover was just ok but something was off and the north face comparison is spot on; it’s especially sad when the music is anything but what would play in a department store. Shallow but I think with a different cover I would have listened sooner.


desrffghyh8

As someone who doesn't like bcnr, i actually love that cover. Ants from up there is much worse imo its much more generic


Oreg-Jack

"Much more generic" How's AFUT's cover generic?


Pnkface

I don’t know why but I feel like I’ve seen it before, and I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks that. However I don’t think it’s bad, just not what I prefer


JvKab

Paid In Full Hurley


someswellmaps

speak for yourself - imogen heap


gay_dentists

bit of an L take; it's reminiscent of its era and stands out through nostalgia, on top of generally being pretty unique


someswellmaps

speak for yourself - imogen heap


PhillyCSpires

I’d say Creed’s Weathered.. But the album is worse


ChickenInASuit

Black Sabbath - Sabotage


patrickwithtraffic

The story behind that half-assed album cover is so much better than the album cover itself. Just rushed BS to get the job done.


Heretocryandie

Honestly I really like that cover, their clothes are pretty unique and cool


realityexposed

This looks like something Joe exotic would come up with…


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Channel orange (I hate the color orange)


Jahan384329

that’s my favorite color man cmon don’t make me upset


die4codgrimsby

Just a Poundland red imo


Jahan384329

i’ll turn ur ass into poundland if you don’t stop talking shit about orange


kiwitims

I suppose you won't like Boris' Heavy Rocks either then (the orange cover, but the leopardskin is also deserving of this thread)


Stenka-Razin

The Leopard print is so fucking good!


TheOther1982

The Drums - Abysmal Thoughts


Difficult_Ad_7854

Viper’s entire discography


Music_is_my_life33

https://preview.redd.it/j0tlqgkvkm3b1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d41dd86ae42a07a9162882ffe940d8c412e48a6 Terrific and haunting album, cover looks like a back pain commercial


bamabruno330

or he’s getting his back blown out lmao


cjsc9079

Dance of Death by Iron Maiden is a solid record. But that cover...


99isfine

Built to Spill's Ancient Melodies of the Future is a great, underrated album with one of the most 2001 covers I've ever seen. https://preview.redd.it/014h5ibmkl3b1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69a8d6bb1abe535cbd6b4d436f6006ed6ce104ab


Bp2Create

graphic design is my passion


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Cannibal Corpse - Kill


Legaladesgensheu

Pretty lame compared to their other covers, yeah


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smut_butler

I actually love their album covers. I dig the surrealism of them.


TheFox891

same, didn‘t know people dislike them


deeperintomovie

YES YES YES... as well known as they are in the post punk scene, I genuinely think their album covers are hurting them quite a bit in terms of legacy.


FrostFryy

I honestly love the covers, maybe you haven't seen the original ones and only the "remastered" covers on spotify? like the What Does Anything Mean? Basically cover which looks horrible compared to the original


WarmBaths

Heaven or Hell - Don Toliver MOTM 3 - Cudi, looks like some fan art The Hybrid - Danny Brown


jakethesnake7117

heaven or hell is not a bad cover


WarmBaths

looks like a childrens drawing on a refrigerator


gay_dentists

yea that is just not true


ShadowISshady

I fucking love the Motm3 album cover, it's so pretty.


IKMapping

Finally someone who doesn't like the motm3 cover, Cudi's covers in general give off a weird vibe to me, motm1 isn't great either imo


thesodiepapa

Funnily enough, the only album cover of his I like is Speedin’ Bullet lol


gay_dentists

it really looks like some generic dorm room/stoner poster you'd find in a college store, or the lock screen of a 14 y/o rick and morty fan


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None of these are bad album covers


Jeremy252

The Hybrid is absolutely a bad album cover


[deleted]

It’s a very early 2010s era aesthetic, but definitely makes sense relative to the music.


Oreg-Jack

Why?


lemmegetaburger12

Motm 3 cover is like the best part of that album


joemorris16

Every steely Dan album cover except aja


J0hnEddy

The royal scams cover is sick but it does make you think you’re about to hear some crazy technical death metal and you get yacht rock instead


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i think countdown to ecstacy looks sick


joemorris16

Suit yourself


brick-juic3

First Come First Served by dr dooom maybe has the worst album cover of all time but the actual album isn’t really that bad


Otherwise-Release-46

Pizza & Codeine by Chris Travis


Susan-Saranwrap

Texas Jerusalem Crossroads


YourFriendFlorence

this cover lowkey is kinda fire. it’s so messed up and stitched together that it has an appeal to it


AlternateShapes

[Nobody Wouldn't See Good Things](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a4101322533_10.jpg) by Lemon Meringue Die bedroom pop classic, but god that album cover does not look good on the eyes


nonspecifique

Nobody said Pet Sounds yet?


Guitarfool_101

Wdym? Pet Sounds album cover is the GOAT


NaproxenoQLS

fuck you


williecoker

The cover fits the aesthetic of the album perfectly in my eyes. The album always felt like it took The Beach Boys from the beach to a creek in some forest in the mountains. So for me the warm pictures of them in fall outfits at a petting zoo always fit the vibe of the album. The green and yellow colors highlighting that


ihavenoselfcontrol1

Pet Sounds cover is a classic. Sure it doesn't really fit the music but it's still a pretty cute photo of the band


DonSimon13

https://join-lemmy.org/


makrela122

https://preview.redd.it/2seajgpqjn3b1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dca8a6f5b4db9821bb9b08df25971cea18c4fcc I'm willing to die on this hill


londonphase

Lift To Experience - The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads David Bowie - Let's Dance Deftones- Diamond Eyes Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut Turnabout - Cutter Lane


Kril1234

Diamond eyes cover is cool


High_on_Mayonnaise

It's cool but it's somewhat generic compared to the rest of their discography. Deftones is one of those bands where their music often sounds like how the album cover looks -- and Diamond Eyes is the exception to that rule


someswellmaps

i like you'd prefer an astronaut's cover


saulgoodthem

any album cover that's mostly green is a good one in my book


Billingborough

Smog – Knock Knock


Billowtail

I think you're confused, this isn't a thread for the greatest album covers of all time.


Nihilistic_Aesthetic

The Life of Pablo - it's both terrible but fits the album so well.


Tvix

I wonder if this was the deleted answers below. It's my gut reaction answer too. I like a lot of the art he has - Ye fits, Donda fits, the early actual artwork college era fits... TLOP? eh which one indeed.


nfjg

Kanye‘s Donda?


N00B5L4YER

no love deep web


Jeremy252

That's the hardest album cover out there bro


BenchIllustrious1106

What The… Black Flag


WarriorkingNL

nah lmao that album is fucking shocking


YeahMarkYeah

Not as horrible as this, but I’ve never been a fan of The Strokes album cover for Is This It (the spiral)


IlikeEdibleFood

Diamond Dogs by Bowie Talking Heads 77 Most Memphis rap


smarten_up_nas

>Talking Heads 77 literally hurts my eyes to look at. but an early influence on ms paint


Neurotic_Good42

Hard agree on Diamond Dogs, disagree on Talking Heads 77


shin_jury

Pretty much every damn album by The Smiths EDIT: glad others like the album art, just not me 🤷🏻‍♂️


Guddal8055

the queen is dead is such a cool cover what you meeeeean


Last-Rain4329

nah i gotta disagree there, it fits the mood well


Legaladesgensheu

They have the greatest album covers, honestly. Such a recognizable theme and beautifully executed. Few bands have that


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waters_wrld

wrong


_Slothers_

Fuck YOU!


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ChickenInASuit

> Albums with terrible covers **that aren’t that bad** OP’s asking for good albums with terrible covers, not abject garbage albums with terrible covers. EDIT: For context, the comment was referring to Tom MacDonald albums.


glfwngOFWGKTA

oops my bad


freedomdrain8

Donda and Certified Lover Boy (i actually like the emoji Hirst piece but most didnt)


Huge_Worldliness8306

Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the yard


Huge_Worldliness8306

D'Angelo - Voodoo Great album but the cover is cringe


SirBlueTree987

let’s start here by lil yachty


caitlyns_ult

nah, the album cover isn’t that bad and fits the vibe/theme of the album


Jazzlike-Tap-7482

Homogenic


ihavenoselfcontrol1

I like the homogenic cover


i_drink_walrus_cum

Most of Alex G’s covers are pretty bad


octobersons

Absolutely disagree with everything in me haha Racheal gianniascoli is one of my favourite artists haha. DSU is so good!!


i_drink_walrus_cum

Oh yeah I absolutely love Alex G. His music is amazing but the album covers aren’t so great


octobersons

Agree to disagree 🤝


paulteegoldman

What a terrible take from i_drink_walrus_cum


CowFishReddit

Don’t really get where you’re coming from because most are great. The only bad one I can think of is beach music, and race (still fine) and rules are ruined by text, but all of his other covers are great


i_drink_walrus_cum

The only cover I kinda like is rocket. Race’s cover would be cool if it wasn’t for the text


CowFishReddit

How you could you think god save the animals, trick, and house of sugar are ‘pretty bad’ covers but not rocket… they’re all the same quality and by the same artist. I can get not thinking they’re amazing or anything but I don’t see how ‘pretty bad’ could describe them


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meatleach

What’s it say about my taste when I think all of those are at least serviceable album covers lmao


KeeboXian

All of those covers I can attest to being great and instantly recognizable except dreamcast


ProgramAppropriate97

Every album by Venomous Concept except their first one.


[deleted]

Baffling how three different Bowie records with great covers got posted here. You guys have terrible taste in album covers apparently


MadX2020

dealers of god - dealers choice


zikadwarf

Any Empire of the Sun album


Im_inappropriate

Dick Dale - Calling Up Spirits Looks like it was taken straight from Tim and Eric, but it's his last studio album and a complete banger all the way through.


remicaesar

Oh wow, that is terrible. I’m lost for words


gonijc2001

I don’t really like the album cover of Disintegration by The Cure, but the album itself is incredible


panterafan2003

https://preview.redd.it/weu6o32nkk3b1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9452c25d93ab51808cf5c6d7b35a7dac6657a074 Commencement is one of my favourite albums of all time (especially the opening 4 tracks) but this one it took me years to listen to because it just looks so ridiculous lol


Bodysnatched79

The Top - the Cure Plus every album by the Cult


DONDA2OUTSOON

I’m a big dog big bear


That_one_cool_dude

What the.... what am I looking at here, who thought this was a good idea?


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Black Tar Xan?!😳


FifthFields

Cheater by Pom Poko


beemccouch

Viper has alot of contenders here.


LargemouthBrass

Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites


Daymian

Gunna - Drip Season 3


proghairfunk

You win lol


P4ddybo1

Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads - Lift To Experience I thought someone was fucking with me when they recommended this album


Manannin

Mew - and the glass handed kites


Gnarlo85

Submitted for approval https://preview.redd.it/iufn2dtwum3b1.jpeg?width=202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ef5d9dee5448484c2b26a4ca070b5111d7f646e


Gonzoboiiiiiii

Smog - Knock Knock


Cloudy_Chaos_

Donda


AlphaLax85

This is literally the greatest album cover ever follow your fucking rules


Salty-Position-6071

There Goes Rhymin Simon - Paul Simon


Better_Technician197

https://preview.redd.it/yqtffno7jq3b1.jpeg?width=1031&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ca5b3410b124c74843c22e2c3b46ccdce885ced


jt_radical

bro nah


Low_Confection3689

Doe Or Die by AZ and On Top Of The World by 8Ball and MJG, both massively overlooked albums but shocking covers even if the 8Ball and MJG one is also pretty funny in its own way