The 10 Most Ridiculous Album Cover Trends of All Time

Cracked.com ^ | 9/14/12 | C. Colvile, Chris Holmes

[GSWarrior]

This is worth a few guffaws. Read more at link. Some mild potentially offensive content

#10. The Jack Daniel's Label
#9. My Left Hand Is Stuck to the Side or Top of My Head
#8. Legs Crossed in the (Same (expletive deleted) Wicker Chair
#7. Female Singers With Shiny Face Accessories
#6. Ironic Innocents
#5. Jesus Christ Pose
#4. Nekkid Women With Guitars
#3. Progressive Rock and Metal's Fantastical Creatures
#2. X-Rays (But Only of the Head and Neck)
#1. The Sign Says "Fire Your Graphic Designer"

Read more at the link.

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[RummyChick]

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[Sirius Lee]

Classical music bump.

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[CrazyIvan]

I think that was an old GM hood ornament.

[cva66snipe]

The original post was about "trends" but how can I not mention these non-trend covers. The Beatles butcher cover: And the dead members of Lynyrd Skynyrd standing in flames released just a couple of months before the plane crash that took their lives

I have the original released vinyl LP of Street Survivors. IIRC right after the plane crash no further copies were made until the re-release of same album but different cover, then finally the original cover was re-released with the flames background.

[Darren McCarty]

I knew Mustaine was a conservative independent. I didn’t know Bruce Dickinson was conservative. I always figured he was like Motorhead’s Lemmy and hated all politicians and all isms.

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The big joke in “local cover band” photos is the “old brick wall” meme. Seems like everyone did it.

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[KosmicKitty]

H. R. Giger - Weird

I actually had a whole book of his stuff. Lots of aborted fetus stuff. Can't believe I used to like it.

Must have been the drugs

[cripplecreek]

Bruce Dickinson was flying people out of Lebanon a few years back when the muslims were going at it with the Israelis in Lebanon.

[crazydad]

Bruce is a cool dude.. Who was he flying out?

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[Dr. Sivana]

Hey, they got you to check out the album, didn’t they?

1. I found out about the content from Casey Kasem.
2. In those days, the Top 30 record albums or so would be on display in the record section so they were visible without being picked up . . . a far cry from the cassettes, 8-tracks and later CDs. EVERY big box store had a record department. In my area these were Grant's, Barker's and Caldor's.
3. Real record stores had popular albums even more prominently displayed, except for the high-end well-stocked places, like the legendary Cutler's of New Haven, CT.

[21twelve]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7weq9DMHoIQ

Was trying to find an interview with Emerson about the album cover - interesting tale of visiting Geiger’s home.

Instead - here’s a clip of them in the development stages of Karn Evil No. 9.

[cripplecreek]

He flew some 200 British citizens who were trapped in Lebanon. He couldn't fly in but he arraigned for them to get to Cyprus where he flew them out in a 757 the band owned. (He's a pilot)

[daku]

Bruce was also a 9th ranked fencer in Europe at one time

[KosmicKitty]

Thank you.

I did, and still do, like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

(Okay, maybe not Love Beach, though I did buy a copy)