Any site that claims to have the 50 Worst Album Covers, had better back it up with some real "winners" (and they do!). Some personal favorites:
Chicken Coupe de VilleThere's so much visual information on this cover that a good CSI team could re-construct this guy's entire life in a couple of days (never mind simply figuring out what kind of music is inside). The pickup, the mullet, the song titles, where to begin...
The Handless Organist-Truly a Miracle of GodGood fucking grief. I'm sure The Handless Organist can play up a storm, and I wish her well (honestly). I gotta wonder, though, about the kind of thinking that would allow someone to see a person with no hands and call it a "miracle."
John Bult-Julie's Sixteenth BirthdayNobody would blame you, gentle reader, if you thought your eyes were deceiving you, but what you see is what it is...
Jimmy Jenson-Understand You're SwedeHey, Jimmy, where you goin' with that axe in your hand?
Slim Goodbody-The Inside StoryWhat the fuck!?
Johnny Janot-Expose Yourself to Cajun MusicFor Glenn and Dave. Heh, just kidding around, guys!
"Johnny Janot-Expose Yourself to Cajun Music": Hey, I've got that one. Wanna make something of it?
ReplyDeleteThe one I want is "Chicken Coupe de Ville". Bu then I would.
"The Handless Organist"? I prefer mine toothless.
The rest are too creepy.
Glenn,
ReplyDeleteThe rest are too creepy.
I think they're all pretty fucking creepy, but then I think you knew that...
Oh man, these are great. What were they thinking?
ReplyDeleteI kind of want to hear The Handless Organist now. It looks like she's just smashing the keys with her forearms...
Rob,
ReplyDeleteThat might be kinda cool in a punk sort of way...
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I know this site well. Joyce is also one of my favorites. Chicken Coupe de Ville had some great hits. "Ain't Above Lyin'" Really, I never would have guessed.
ReplyDeleteI also love that Jimmy Jenson record. How do you understand that you are a Swede? You do so by thinking that the apostrophe in "You're" goes between the R and the E, that's how.
Junk Thief,
ReplyDeleteIt's the ax (and the small sack) he's carrying that puts the Jenson cover into exalted territory, but I agree that the apostrophe definitely adds some drama...