Rolling Stone: 50 WORST Album Covers of All Time

[RenegAde 16,675]

12 hours ago, Red said:

I was afraid ARTPOP would be in it

i would riot, that's her best cover after chromatica 

[Pennywise 35,622]

12 hours ago, Red said:

I was afraid ARTPOP would be in it

the ORIGINAL one could be 

[Batwings 12,735]

5 hours ago, Ophelia said:

is this atrocity there?

 

Yes, it's #3, ROFLMAO  

[Batwings 12,735]

4 hours ago, monstertoronto said:

Whoever wrote this really has an issue with male artists daring to show their chest in unbuttoned shirts or being shirtless. I read the whole list and it’s quite a theme. 

I noticed that too. Most of these covers aren't even that bad, but there was a lot of "Ew, male body, gross!" comments from the author. 

[tomsches 17,139]

The Beatles cover is one of the most iconic ones in music history though 

[Oriane 19,311]

14 hours 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.

 

9 hours ago, Future Lovers said:

The Beatles had a few tragic covers in their earlier days. Revolver is not one of them. It is one of the most iconic album covers ever. 

All of their covers are iconic, I can't find one that's ugly.

[LG7 time now 18,561]

9 hours ago, Monstermilo said:

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.......

I don’t see how it could be edited better tbh

[monstertoronto 8,168]

3 hours ago, Batwings said:

I noticed that too. Most of these covers aren't even that bad, but there was a lot of "Ew, male body, gross!" comments from the author. 

And basically mocking them for trying to be sexy which I think is really rude. 

[Agunimon 20,855]

10 hours ago, Monstermilo said:

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.......

[TheSine 5,967]

32 minutes ago, Oriane said:

 

All of their covers are iconic, I can't find one that's ugly.

Well yeagmh, they're all iconic.

I would have tolerared Beatles For Sale though considering it's pretty underrated. But even that wouldn't make sense lol...at this point leave them out. 

[Head Empty 23,090]

I really like the Queen one. Yes it's bizarre, but that's the point. Graphically it was really well done.

[Oriane 19,311]

19 minutes ago, TheSine said:

Well yeagmh, they're all iconic.

I would have tolerared Beatles For Sale though considering it's pretty underrated. But even that wouldn't make sense lol...at this point leave them out. 

I think For Sale is fine, it's simple and not one of their most memorable, but it's far from being bad!

[Oriane 19,311]

I have to say that I am impressed by the eye-blending effect on The Miracle. You can't tell which eye belongs to whom. But then I'm reminded that the rest of the picture is terrifying.

[Future Lovers 5,872]

1 hour ago, Oriane said:

 

All of their covers are iconic, I can't find one that's ugly.

Their official UK ones all range from good to amazing (although I’ve never been a huge fan of the look of Please Please Me). Their US covers for the US versions of the albums though often were quite bad. Once they started using the same covers and releasing the same album everywhere, it was fine. 

[Schizophonic 5,678]

The MJ cover is iconic!