Rolling Stone: 50 WORST Album Covers of All Time

[phantasmas 9,061]

Per their website:

"Our selection criteria for the list, other than fugliness: We skewed toward major artists with the resources of professional graphic designers who really should have known better. (Some of rock music’s most revered design firms, such as Hipgnosis, are also some of the worst offenders here.) No more than one album per artist. No mercy for the album’s music actually being good (that happens more often than you’d think)."

 

50:

Spoiler

Billy Joel, ‘River of Dreams’

 

47:

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Queen, ‘The Miracle’

 

44:

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Michael Jackson, ‘HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I’

 

37:

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The Beatles, ‘Revolver’

 

9:

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Dolly Parton, ‘Bubbling Over’

 

7:

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Kanye West, ‘The Life of Pablo’

 

Full List: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/worst-album-covers-1235044141/billy-joel-river-of-dreams-1235044151/

Edited 14 hours ago by phantasmas

[HelloHangoverz 8,115]

The bubbling over cover 

[LG7 time now 18,550]

I like The Life Of Pablo’s artwork. I hate this man with every atom of my body but that cover, as messy as it is, is the definition of iconic to me

[Babylon Dynasty 1,714]

10 minutes ago, phantasmas said:

WTF

[Red 89,726]

I was afraid ARTPOP would be in it

[phantasmas 9,061]

3 minutes ago, Babylon Dynasty said:

WTF

 dont let @PartySick see 

[hieronymus 8,858]

The writing in this really reminds me of those 2000s VH1 panelist countdown shows like 40 Most Awesomely Bad Songs.

Also some of these are eyesores, undoubtedly, but I don't think a few of them belong on here. Definitely not Revolver and HIStory (and Chumbawamba, sue me). I feel like it's just Rolling Stone trying to get outrage clicks because that's their new modus operandi.

Edited 13 hours ago by hieronymus

[Jack2102 122]

I love the life of Pablo  One of the few albums I like from start to finish 

[King of the Fall 2,859]

That Queen cover is painful to look at

Edited 12 hours ago by King of the Fall

[RochestrMonstr 2,300]

If any Gaga cover had to go on a list like this, I’ve always thought the standard BTW cover was ugly, with the whole bike and the big font. 
 

It looks much better on the deluxe. 

[PartySick 139,817]

1 hour ago, Babylon Dynasty said:

WTF

 

1 hour ago, phantasmas said:

 dont let @PartySick see 

Drunk messes

Love that he actually sailed those statues down rivers as promotion for his album

[TheSine 5,965]

Not Revolver getting picked for this, but they completely skip over Beatles For Sale and that one cover Megadeth had...the ragebait is real.

Edited 12 hours ago by TheSine

[PartySick 139,817]

5 minutes ago, TheSine said:

Not Revolver getting picked for this, but they completely skip over Beatles For Sale and that one cover Megadeth had...the ragebait is real.

RS makes these lists with the intention of making people mad to generate anger and clicks lol

[killme89 643]

2 hours ago, LG7 time now said:

I like The Life Of Pablo’s artwork. I hate this man with every atom of my body but that cover, as messy as it is, is the definition of iconic to me

Yeah fr I can’t stand that man but I’d be lying if I say that’s not a good album cover. 

[Monstermilo 2,990]

surprised BTW isnt on there 

love that album but the motorcycle Gaga thing was so random to me and looked so cheap

looks like it was edited on microsoft paint.......