It almost seems silly now, but when I was young I actively avoided contemporary pop music. I thought contemporary, "new," music was "a nice try," but not worth my time; I listened to '50s music almost exclusively. Anyway, as I was so willfully ignorant, occasionally some pop-culture thing might cross my path which would confuse, or perhaps even frighten me!! Such was the case with the album sleeve art for Queen's News Of The World.

Obviously, at the time, I cared fuckall for Queen's music, but this cover, with its goofy 1920s-era sci-fi robot, seriously FREAKED ME OUT; I (still) have no idea why!! Was it the crappy illustration, the "blood," or the robot's odd and emotionless face? It's odd it held such sway because I'd always been an avid comics reader. I was familiar with illustrated creepy, but this was no Marvel™ Sentinel or Crypt Keeper. It took a few years, but I did eventually suss out Queen, and News Of The World; it's a great record - "Sheer Heart Attack" GODDAMN!!! And yes, when I see the LP now I AM immediately transported back to the moment, but without being terrorized, thankfully!

I'm not alone, right? Any of y'all Slog Outers ever traumatized by goofy/spooky album art?