Popular Post Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted June 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2023 Inspired by the 'Best classical album covers' thread ... but I'm going in the opposite direction. Post your own favourite abominations! crocodile, A24, enderdrag64 and 7 others 1 1 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 20 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: Inspired by the 'Best classical album covers' thread ... but I'm going in the opposite direction. Post your own favourite abominations! I'm pretty sure a former president saw that cover and.... Those were all excellent, just one for anyone looking for an alternate Planet of the Apes cover. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 26 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: Those are title wins. 26 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: That's a win altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted June 12, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2023 56 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: I'm pretty sure a former president saw that cover and.... Those were all excellent, just one for anyone looking for an alternate Planet of the Apes cover. It looks bloody BULLETPROOF, doesn't it? Pretty sure that dude's hairspray usage was solely responsible for the hole in the ozone layer. enderdrag64, Yavar Moradi, Tom Guernsey and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 How about terrible album covers from famous artists! Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom 4,664 Posted June 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2023 The dude looks like the end result of Conan's What if They Mated bit between Trump and Leno. Yavar Moradi, Sylvan and Tom Guernsey 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted June 12, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2023 Edmilson, Holko and rough cut 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: This one not only is awful but also super creepy considering the name of the album. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bellosh 3,419 Posted June 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2023 Johnny deserved better than that. JTN, Naïve Old Fart, enderdrag64 and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Well sure, but they were contractually obligated to put that asshole’s face on the cover JTN, Unlucky Bastard and A. A. Ron 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bellosh 3,419 Posted June 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2023 16 minutes ago, mstrox said: Well sure, but they were contractually obligated to put that asshole’s face on the cover so what? it's still terrible none of the type breathes and the kerning of the type at the bottom is putrid. anways, here's another: Trope, enderdrag64, mstrox and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,529 Posted June 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2023 31 minutes ago, Bellosh said: Johnny deserved better than that. mstrox, enderdrag64, Naïve Old Fart and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,419 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 brutal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 52 minutes ago, Bellosh said: Darth Maul's glowing blue teeth is pure nightmare fuel Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Bellosh said: so what? it's still terrible none of the type breathes and the kerning of the type at the bottom is putrid. anways, here's another: What’s so odd about this is that Darth Maul was famously red so don’t know what possessed them to turn him blue. Bellosh and JTN 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Bezerra 302 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 He's Reverse Maul, of course Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 At least half of these are pretty blatant photoshop jobs from the early internet days, you guys need to up your internet literacy or you won't survive the forthcoming AI wars! Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 9 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: What’s so odd about this is that Darth Maul was famously red so don’t know what possessed them to turn him blue. They perhaps wanted to capitalise on the success of yet another 1999 icon. Karol Gabriel Bezerra and JTN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 It's occurred to me that this one makes it look like something terrible has happened to a youthful Roger Moore. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 13 hours ago, Edmilson said: Darth Maul's glowing blue teeth is pure nightmare fuel He really ought to see a dentist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 Edmilson and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 ? Edmilson and Sweeping Strings 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 Yeah ... their name contains the word 'Duo' and indeed the cover pic bears this out, but an entire symphony orchestra is namechecked at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 15 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: ? 2 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Yeah ... their name contains the word 'Duo' and indeed the cover pic bears this out, but an entire symphony orchestra is namechecked at the bottom. Such a weird one. Legit conductor (I have lots of Dausgaard, he's great with 20th/21st century Scandi music in particular), a fine orchestra and an excellent, well regarded label. Sometimes marketing just get it wrong (OK, sometimes is probably an understatement...). Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 38 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: Legit conductor (I have lots of Dausgaard, he's great with 20th/21st century Scandi music in particular), a fine orchestra and an excellent, well regarded label. Sometimes marketing just get it wrong (OK, sometimes is probably an understatement...). I only stumbled across it because I was browsing Dausgaard on Amazon (I have his Langgaard and Hamerik sets, and heard him live with Nielsen and Langgaard a few months ago). It has one 5 star review, and the description sounds quite odd but interesting, so maybe the cover is appropriate: https://www.amazon.com/Bach-Future-Safri-Duo/dp/B000005Z70/ Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 So many questions... Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,541 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 On 12/06/2023 at 7:40 PM, Holko said: This is terrible! Why on Earth didn't Varèse use the original poster art? The worse thing is, this cover is by Matthew Joseph Peak! CatastrophicJones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: So many questions... The main one being 'How come the band just seems to consist of several clones of the trombonist ... who hasn't even named the band after himself?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: The main one being 'How come the band just seems to consist of several clones of the trombonist ... who hasn't even named the band after himself?' Presumably he was the only one who showed up for the photography session. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 On 12/06/2023 at 8:11 PM, Bellosh said: so what? it's still terrible none of the type breathes and the kerning of the type at the bottom is putrid. anways, here's another: Doesn't the empire have a dental plan? Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hooper 1,793 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Hip-hop was the top-selling music genre in 1999, so marketing must've decided to put grills on Kool Maul Dee here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 That's pretty shitty as well: Mr. Who 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trope 527 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said: Hip-hop was the top-selling music genre in 1999, so marketing must've decided to put grills on Kool Maul Dee here. I have always hated this cover. Why blue??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 For @Sweeping Strings. Sweeping Strings and LSH 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,030 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 17/9/2023 at 1:00 AM, Edmilson said: That's pretty shitty as well: Cut them some slack, they had to eat their friends, they are just happy to be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted January 5 Popular Post Share Posted January 5 Apparently, the original title was "Friends with Benefits". enderdrag64, JTN and Mr. Hooper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr. Hooper 1,793 Posted January 5 Popular Post Share Posted January 5 1 minute ago, JTW said: Cut them some slack, they had to eat their friends, they are just happy to be alive. You could look at it the other way. They had to eat their friends, and be featured on a poorly designed album cover. JTN, Edmilson and Jurassic Shark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,030 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Original title before revision: Eaten Alive 1 minute ago, Mr. Hooper said: You could look at it the other way. They had to eat their friends, and be featured on a poorly designed album cover. I don’t think we should be joking with this, it really happened to those poor people… 😔 And also they had to eat their friends. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hooper 1,793 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just now, JTW said: Original title before revision: Eaten Alive Which reminds me: I finally watched Tobe Hooper's (no relation) 'Eaten Alive' recently. I needed a shower afterwards... An effective but nasty little film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,030 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 17/9/2023 at 1:00 AM, Edmilson said: That's pretty shitty as well: The new one isn’t much of an improvement, either. Maybe this soundtrack is cursed. In their defence, they didn’t have much to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hooper 1,793 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 9 minutes ago, JTW said: I don’t think we should be joking with this, it really happened to those poor people… 😔 And also they had to eat their friends. You had me going for a second. lol JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 17 minutes ago, JTW said: And also they had to eat their friends. Actually, it was done with special effects. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,030 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 What a relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 You want to make a relief out of that cover? JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I have no problem with the ALIVE poster in itself, but the huge, red borders are a bit irritating. Having huge borders is never a good idea. I think my main troublemaker in this area is Mancini's THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (as it happens, also my favourite score of his). Those huge, white borders make it look like someone just slapped the poster onto a white Paint backdrop and couldn't care less about cropping it to CD size. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Looks like they copied the cassette cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 minute ago, Jurassic Shark said: Looks like they copied the cassette cover. That's a good point, actually, because the cassette obviously doesn't have it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,030 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Thor said: That's a good point, actually, because the cassette obviously doesn't have it: I haven’t heard this one, so you’re obviously recommending it since you’re saying it’s your favorite Mancini score? I’ve got to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 12 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: For @Sweeping Strings. A new spin on smoking being bad for your health? Incidentally, is this the same Bruce Hornsby who used to have a Range and had a big 80s hit with 'The Way It Is'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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