Worst Album Covers of 2011

[ryansartor]

I nominate Drake's "Take Care". I actually consider myself a Drake fan. That being said, who is this for?
 

[Paul DeLouisiana]

[methanolcereal]

Paul, those are all pretty bad (well, I don't mind the Wild Flag one).

I work at a Barnes and Noble in the music section, so my picks are little more... top 40

Off the top of my head, these are my front runners:

The Beastie Boys and Toro Y Moi are bad, but those have been posted so they escape my snark.


The Strokes - Angles
Eye-raping colors.


Selena Gomez - When the Sun Goes Down
This is a terrible concept for a Disney-kid album and the font, photoshop job, and costume are all garish


Limp Bizkit - Golden Cobra
Fred and the boys are back! The first full length with Wes Borland doing his thing! It looks like they let him draw the cover too.


Pictureplane - Thee Physical
I can't think of anything.

And the worst album cover of the year:

Lady Gaga - Born This Way
I glanced at it a couple times before I realized she was the motorcycle. Reminds me of that artist who was popular in the 80s that did all those stupid robot/people/car paintings. I remember a family friend had a giant print of one of them in their basement. Those were lame and so is this. It's not arty, or edgy, or subversive, or even goofy, it's just bad.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Wow. Nice work, Methanolcereal.  Those are all exceptionally horrible.  The Lady Gaga one is particularly ridiculous...almost Spinal Tap-ish.

[Big Plastic Head]

Those are all horrible.

[cavorting with nudists]

The world needs more album covers that take M. C. Escher's worn-out gimmick and do it, like, infinitely worse.  Keepin' it fresh with the Strokes!

[zaxxon25]

[nec13]

Selena Gomez - When the Sun Goes Down
This is a terrible concept for a Disney-kid album and the font, photoshop job, and costume are all garish

That album cover is more than a little creepy. She looks like she came straight out of Bugsy Malone.

[Christina]

Selena Gomez - When the Sun Goes Down
This is a terrible concept for a Disney-kid album and the font, photoshop job, and costume are all garish

That album cover is more than a little creepy. She looks like she came straight out of Bugsy Malone.

This is a weird trend in teen novels now:






Apologies for the lazy-ass cut 'n' paste from amazon.

[Alex_from_the_woods]

For me the Limp Bizkit cover wins hands-down. The fact that the band name isn't legible puts it over the top.

[Christina]

For me the Limp Bizkit cover wins hands-down. The fact that the band name isn't legible puts it over the top.

Is "gold cobra" Fred Durst's nickname for his weiner or something?

[masterofsparks]

The Toro y Moi one is just gross.

[gravy boat]

Enough of these kids; let's see what an old pro can do. 

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I kinda like that Strokes cover, but I have a thing for late 70s/ 80s commercial illustration. Haven't listened to them since 2003, though.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Apologies for the lazy-ass cut 'n' paste from amazon.

How do you sleep at night?