Album Covers that beg the Question: What the Hell were You THINKING?

imaginary phantom self donging

Phantom mammoth dong syndrome.

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/z/zzthaibeatagogovol3gr_101b.jpg

http://991.com/NewGallery/Flora-Purim-Everyday-Everynig-524694.jpg
"Ooh, Freddie's here"

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7jGF8pFTQH8/Sw-5HnUp1FI/AAAAAAAAC6k/Oj8H21fBLVU/s1600/Front-1.jpg

Has there ever been an album cover that managed to do a visual pun on the album name without looking goofy?

http://www.timba.com/artists/reve/images/d-99.jpg

^^^ that's a good one, because not only is the cover not good technically, I also can't even figure out what the intent was.

http://www.spirit-of-rock.com/les%20goupes/V/Van%20Der%20Graaf%20Generator/Reflection%20Van%20der%20Graaf%20Generator/Reflection%20Van%20der%20Graaf%20Generator.jpg

xp guessing that's nora in front of her casa.

it looks dark in there

I think it's one of the most awkward record covers I have ever seen, on many different levels

The first song here “Changüí en la Casa de Nora” is how the changüí was traditionally played before Elio Revé, Sr. migrated to Havana in 1955. Nora was born in the same place as Revé, Sr. and maintains her home there where the jam sessions still take place. After hours of musicians playing and the country dance probably going all night until close to dawn, she is known to serve up her famous soup and seafood. The chorus, always sung rapidly in childish voices, says “Let’s go to Nora’s house to eat ajiaco”.

That Van Der Graaf Generator cover looks like the artist got confused about the American and British meanings of "fanny."

Uncomfortably rapey, Eric Carmen. Gross.

http://i.imgur.com/5SY7Q2g.jpg

yikes

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/49692/1acfde93.jpg

thought this would be here for sure.

"yes a mosquito is nose raping a baby why not listen to our not very good new album"

alex in nyc was very proto-buzzfeed listicle in his old picture threads

I like the original Steve Walsh cover! It's got this weird '80s kitsch that that hits me right in the childish sweet spot.

https://i.imgur.com/XTUkrNI.jpg

man, reading the first posts in the thread is a trip. i could tell at a glance that styx album cover was a storm thorgerson joint. also fuck you i like the cover to "more you becomes you".

since we're reviving this i would like to note that while the new sunwatchers album "illegal moves" is great, the cover art is, er, not.

wow omg @ sunwatchers ...

https://cdn2.dustygroove.com/images/products/c/cobham_bill_liveontou_101b.jpg

https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/t_900/5015959465225.jpg?1550167115

Straight nightmare fuel

https://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/images/alb.214187/500x500.jpg

Can't tell if this is supposed to be kinda sweet or offensive?

https://img.discogs.com/0NLcQej-4kzz9StlD3FtqTYH-fs=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2149871-1296101414.jpeg.jpg

thought this revive was about this

album cover // pre-save : https://t.co/MDAeut3QY4 pic.twitter.com/96PbZGJA83

— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) January 4, 2022

michael urbaniak - ecstasy (1978)

https://imgur.com/a/wOLtZDU

idgi

https://i.imgur.io/N1QRKOf_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

hope that one works.

ps- fuck you imgur. nothing you do makes sense and your "share"/"copy url" button has officially lost the plot. thanks for the absolute betrayal.

Alex in NYC must have used a rock-solid image host back in 2003… all his pics at the top of the thread still load.

Amazon links seem to last forever

yeah, that's 20 years going strong! impressive💪🏻

anyway, back the regular program: can anyone explain this one to me? like is it implying that our friend mike will pleasure the ladies as he bows his instrument? ARE THE STRINGS THE CLITORIS IN THIS ANALOGY? jfc or is it saying his playing is seductive? i've often joked that i would "lay down and spread my legs for a vibraphone solo" but IT WAS JUST A JOKE I'M SORRY.

anyway, obviously a masterwork of a cover. i don't even want to listen to the album. there's no way it can live up to the artwork.

The font used for his name reminds me of this:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61azmcuN4mL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg