Slog - Comments on Worst Album Art Ever http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever Flipping through the Florida Sun-Sentinal's Worst Album Art of All Time gallery, I thought I'd found the best-worst one every few clicks. Until I came to #36 and knew I needn't look any further.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 30 May 2008 10:35:51 -0800 Fri, 30 May 2008 16:48:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by d Almost as creepy as the pictures of Warren Jeffs slipping his 12 year old bride the tongue.

]]> d http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035540 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035540 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 10:42:43 -0800 Comment by Kyleen Handless organist for the win. That or #21, love the song titles.

]]> Kyleen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035584 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 10:48:03 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt One of my personal faves was the Brailettes! How awesome.

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035589 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035589 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 10:48:56 -0800 Comment by Chris I don't know. #38 is pretty creepy. It features a song entitled "He Touched Me," followed by "Get All Excited."

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035602 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 10:51:41 -0800 Comment by Tlazolteotl I agree. #38 was creepier than this one. While #45, titled "All My Friends are Dead" with the picture of a very solemn dude kneeling at a headstone, made me laugh out loud.

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035666 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:02:28 -0800 Comment by Nora #21. that level of awesome is impossible to top.

]]> Nora http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035721 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035721 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:14:15 -0800 Comment by beelzebufo Love that Les Baxter one, though. I want to be at that party.

Can we all agree that Seventies fashions were horrible?

]]> beelzebufo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035726 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:15:04 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens The Electric Amish (#34) cover is actually crazy brilliant, IMHO. It looks like a mash-up of A Hard Day's Night (I know, duh!) and The Notorious Byrd Brothers, the latter a truly great 1960s artifact. I'm going now to Google "Electric Amish" to see how much more great meta-music they made back in the day.

Or was that "Yesterday"? Yuk yuk yuk!

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035748 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:20:52 -0800 Comment by Tom A few more
http://www.stevecarter.com/albumcovers.htm

]]> Tom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035750 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:20:59 -0800 Comment by elm Wait. Why is Julie in a bar with a perv on her 16th birthday? She really wants to smoke that abandoned cig, though.

]]> elm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035761 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:22:59 -0800 Comment by dawicksta Hilarious. Thanks for making me laugh until tears ran down the sides of my face. =)

]]> dawicksta http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035804 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:34:10 -0800 Comment by crazycatguy I'm glad they gave you an activity poster and lyrics sheet with Slim Goodbody's album (26). It probably explains why his anus is where his penis should be.

]]> crazycatguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035807 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:35:20 -0800 Comment by heywhatsit Julie looks like one hard-ridden 16 yr old.

]]> heywhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035852 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 11:47:30 -0800 Comment by Tom in Chicago #5--you are correct. "All My Friends are Dead" for the win. Although #47, Mike Terry all fish-belly white in that sequined muu-muu is reaaaaaally close.

]]> Tom in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035917 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 12:06:59 -0800 Comment by elswinger I've seen almost all these covers before in a Taschen book, maybe "1000 Album Covers" or one of it's sequels/

I really love some of the album titles: "Can I Borrow A Feeling", "My Turtle's Dead!", "King Of All The Taverns", "Skid Row Joe", "Understand Your Swede" and "Thank You For The Dove".

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035985 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 12:26:52 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I laughed at that site for hours when I first saw it, but alas, it's rumored to be about half PhotoShop'd fakes.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035988 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1035988 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 12:27:29 -0800 Comment by Mr. Bat I remember someone who owns this

]]> Mr. Bat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036030 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 12:40:38 -0800 Comment by Fnarf No Photoshop there. They're real, and they ain't the half of it. You can find stuff like this in obscure towns with hard-core Christian heritage -- try Lynden, WA (where I think it's still illegal to dance).

That Les Baxter record is great.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036042 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 12:43:49 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I have a couple of these. The Muhammad Ali vs. Mr. Tooth Decay is a masterpiece.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036045 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 12:46:05 -0800 Comment by dawicksta @18&19 You HAVE some of these albums?! You are my new personal hero. Also for confirming Santa Claus isn't dead by confirming they're real and not photo shopped. They still would've made me laugh photo shopped, but the true magic in the universe revealed by these REAL covers is something ridiculously special. LOL

]]> dawicksta http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036090 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036090 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 13:01:45 -0800 Comment by left coast "So you see Julie, since I only put it in your pooper, it's not really sex and you're still a virgin. Happy birthday sweetie."

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036156 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 13:25:59 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The Ali one turns up all the time, and for some odd reason it's always in mint condition. It's almost like no one ever plays it twice.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036226 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 13:49:10 -0800 Comment by laterite 31 is exactly the mental picture that I conjure whenever I hear the name "Joyce".

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036272 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 14:16:34 -0800 Comment by Nola Cleophatra And more! With reviews of the music on the albums.

http://www.thespecialbrew.biz/id69.htm

]]> Nola Cleophatra http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036615 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 16:20:00 -0800 Comment by butterw Love #40... Hunky Swede returns home to with bottle of Aquavit (in bag) brandishing suggestive woodsman tool.

]]> butterw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036691 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 16:47:20 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool's Tangliest Thread Why isn't this cross-posted on Line Out?

]]> Ari Spool's Tangliest Thread http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/worst_album_art_ever#c1036692 Teh Internets Fri, 30 May 2008 16:48:03 -0800