"Why photography don't get no respect"

[drew.saunders]

The last one is kinda creepy, but the Electric Amish? Well, now at least I have an avitar!

Drew

[Brian K]

It's not just bad photography, it's horrible design too. The really scary thing though is that i can see some gallery framing that stuff and it selling really well to collectors as serious art.

[Frank Petronio]

awesome

[vann webb]

Three disturbing observations:

1. Judging from the obscurity of the 50 worst album covers, we can hardly be sure that there aren't 100 or so real howlers out there that are even worse than these.

2. Someone, somewhere, at some point, said "you know, I think that that's the look that we've been searching for", before any of this stuff hit the album rack.

3. Now that evil digital is here in full force, these sorts of full mooners can produce their wares on a scale previously unheard of by mankind and in record time to boot.

LOL. Will photography ever git it's respeck. Prolly not, but I keep hacking away like the guys that made those album covers. Hopefully, I'm not headed for the all time goober list, but if I am, it is what it is. I ain't gonna stop.

[big_ben_blue]

Three disturbing observations:

1. Judging from the obscurity of the 50 worst album covers, we can hardly be sure that there aren't 100 or so real howlers out there that are even worse than these.
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How true. Years ago I aquired a largish record collection by accident (really only wanted the shelf of books that were sold with the lot), and a good number of them are good contenders for the title of worst cover (really, really zoned out stuff).

A few of the 50 worst covers don't quite belong into the list either. The Electric Amish cover is obviously a spoof of a Beatles cover (and a pretty good one I would say); and the "Have Harp, Can't Travel" cover is actually almost brilliant IMO. That being said, a few of the covers are indeed downright scary - that "Chicken Coup" guy is from another planet, "All my friends are dead" I wonder why, the "singing postman" should probably keep his day job, and I truly hope that this leprechaun in "Julies 16th Birthday" is only her student guidance counselor.

[Waldo]

John and Darr thank you!
I like that kind of stuff.
I see a Taschen book in the making,....They should!

They would. I'm surprised I haven't seen it in Half price books yet.

[Struan Gray]

Seek, and ye shall find: http://www.maxstrom.se/bok.aspx?id=9171260811

(click on 'Se Bildspel' under the book picture for the full horror).

[John Kasaian]

Seek, and ye shall find: http://www.maxstrom.se/bok.aspx?id=9171260811

(click on 'Se Bildspel' under the book picture for the full horror).

Fortunately my children are off to bed----this would have given them nightmares!

[Struan Gray]

Fortunately my children are off to bed----this would have given them nightmares!

Just be grateful you can't hear the music :-)

[domenico Foschi]

Just be grateful you can't hear the music :-)

It's like being a two years old, awakened by a sordid looking clown.