7 Bad CD Covers

Perhaps it’s the passage of time that allows us to see things from another perspective and question, “what were they thinking?” Personally, I believe bad album art is more the fault of mediocrity. Some schmo doing a desk job they don’t really like gets assigned this work when they’d really rather be snapping glossies of fashion models, like the brochure on the community college commercial art department told them they would be doing.

Here are a few samples of those artists “living the dream.” Oh, and another thing, I claim no responsibility for these CDs and I have no idea how they ended up on my shelves. I figured one day I’d see what was up there gathering dust, rip it, then chuck the disk.

This was my first WTF find…

The dog adds a lot, don’t you think? I think I’ve been to Dollywood, but I was 10 or 11. I remember playing skeetball, but none of the music, thankfully.

They must have just seen Xanadu before coming up with this gem…

Wow, can you add more color please? I’m dizzy looking at this thing.

I give you, Pinocchio…

Here’s looking at you, horse hair. Or do they use synthetics these days? At any rate, someone should tell this guy what HA!MAN looks like in English.  (Hint, flip over the exclamation point.)

I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw this next one.  Literally 5 minutes almost falling over. Ladies and Gentleman, I give you, Macho!…

The Selleck ’stash, the hair, the ripped shirt, the muscle car steering wheel, the moon, you could go on and on. Just in case you didn’t think Aaron wins at life, there’s a fold-out insert:

The only thing this guy needs is a wolf shirt, but he’d have to cut the sleeves out.

At first glance, the Maverick’s album cover is not that bad…

That is until I opened up the cover to learn who these guys are.

I wonder if these guys even like each other at all. It’s as if the camera man instructed them to not stand on the same parallel line. Or perpendicular for that matter.

I suppose not. Even in a small room with no furniture they manage to not even look in each other’s direction. So much angst. So much deep country hurt. I suppose that’s what they’re going for. Just look at the song titles, “there goes my heart”, “ain’t found nobody”, “the losing side of me”.

What? You want to come in? Sorry, we’re too busy being gruff.

On the other hand, they could be like these guys…

Ah, now there’s some close collaboration. Let’s group hug while we write songs about our feelings.

Inside Jacket:

Yup, best buddies. I’m beginning to like the Mavericks the more I think about it.

You may have seen this next one, but have you ever really looked it it?

Sure, you already know it’s bad because its music BASED ON A COMMERCIAL. But have you ever looked at a cartoon raisin. It’s like looking at the guy from Mask. Not the Jim Carrey movie, the one with Cher. These little prune things aren’t cute, they’re nasty looking. Do not want.

Finally, I decided to end on a cover of glory. Actually, the back cover. While I don’t listen to Dwight Yoakam, this guy is obviously awesome.

Case in point…

Yes, with the boots on. In fact, there’s a whole insert booklet with ‘knockin boots’ pictures. Rock on, Dwight!

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