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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    mavi wrote:
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    Yeah it's a weird cover, but it fits with the theme of the album (especially the epic side-1 track)
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    Van Halen's "Balance" cover. WTF were they thinking??

    Really, most of their album covers are stupid. VH II? They didn't even try. Diver Down is bad. VH isn't that great either. OU812 is a Beatles ripoff. FUCK is OK but I can't figure out what that background is - a football? It looks like a football really up close. VHIII - Can't come up with anything original so they just find something on Google images and copy/paste.

    But they do have a classic in 1984.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Flagg wrote:
    VHIII - Can't come up with anything original so they just find something on Google images and copy/paste.
    Isn't Google how they found the lead singer for that album???? :twisted:
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    tybird wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    VHIII - Can't come up with anything original so they just find something on Google images and copy/paste.
    Isn't Google how they found the lead singer for that album???? :twisted:

    Probably! God, what a bad record.
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  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
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  • Stu42Stu42 Posts: 178
    so much hate for riot act! thats easily one of my favorite covers and packaging of all time
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Stu42 wrote:
    so much hate for riot act! thats easily one of my favorite covers and packaging of all time
    i agree.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    BinFrog wrote:
    mavi wrote:
    Back to the thread
    33957112cf171c4bfc8f54b89437b6dc3b7fae3.jpg

    Yeah it's a weird cover, but it fits with the theme of the album (especially the epic side-1 track)

    Absolutely the theme of the album along with one of the best instrumentals ever La Villa Strangiato

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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
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  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    CJMST3K wrote:
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    millie1.jpg

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    HAHAHA these are great! I'm assuming you have all of these albums on your iPod since you think they are good albums
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    joyce1.jpg

    letmetouch1.jpg

    millie1.jpg

    tino1.jpg

    105815.jpg

    HAHAHA these are great! I'm assuming you have all of these albums on your iPod since you think they are good albums



    Of course! Joyce's rendition of "Dear Jesus, All I want for Christmas is a man" is very touching.
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  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    These are all legit albums? I'd like to see a track listing for Joyce and The Minister Quartert.

    :shock: "dear jesus, all i want for christmas is a man" :lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    These are all legit albums? I'd like to see a track listing for Joyce and The Minister Quartert.

    :shock: "dear jesus, all i want for christmas is a man" :lol::lol::lol::lol:


    :lol: I don't have them, but they look legit to me. I made up that song title. :D
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  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    These are all legit albums? I'd like to see a track listing for Joyce and The Minister Quartert.

    :shock: "dear jesus, all i want for christmas is a man" :lol::lol::lol::lol:


    :lol: I don't have them, but they look legit to me. I made up that song title. :D

    haha that is very clever and gave me a good laugh!

    http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Joyce_Drake

    "Joyce Drake (1947-Present) is a 48 time Grammy Award winning, sexually religious pop icon, and a 20 time Academy Award winning actress, as well as a former award-winning pornstar." :lol:

    seems like you were on the right track with your song title
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  • toodeetoodee Posts: 89
    To Thoughts_Arrive:

    When you mentioned Angel Dust as a bad album cover, were you referring to the front cover or the back cover :lol:

    (To everyone else: I don't have a scanned image on my hard drive right now, so if you don't know what I'm talking about, look it up on Google)
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,942
    Kenny Olav wrote:
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    No way - this is awesome! That little black thing is in all these random 50s pictures. I'm a fan of the Avocado album cover too. That's probably just because it's blue.

    Here's one:

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  • wnh1977wnh1977 Iowa Posts: 639
    soulsinging wrote:
    one of the worst covers ever:

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    I like all of Pearl Jam's album covers... I don't like that Ten is pink, but I still think it's ok. I do like Riot Act's cover, but it always looks like a woman's breast and nipple to the right of the statue on the right. Anybody see this?
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  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    wnh1977 wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    one of the worst covers ever:

    riotact.jpg

    I like all of Pearl Jam's album covers... I don't like that Ten is pink, but I still think it's ok. I do like Riot Act's cover, but it always looks like a woman's breast and nipple to the right of the statue on the right. Anybody see this?

    I see exactly what your talking about. If that's not a nipple, I'm not sure what else that would be.

    I can see areola :shock:
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
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    Well, okay, it's not that bad, but it's their worst cover. Too messy.
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,942
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    wnh1977 wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    one of the worst covers ever:

    riotact.jpg

    I like all of Pearl Jam's album covers... I don't like that Ten is pink, but I still think it's ok. I do like Riot Act's cover, but it always looks like a woman's breast and nipple to the right of the statue on the right. Anybody see this?

    I see exactly what your talking about. If that's not a nipple, I'm not sure what else that would be.

    I can see areola :shock:

    I really can't see it all that well on the CD cover - maybe it's the gloss; and I don't have the LP. It's pretty undeniable in that picture though. Doesn't seem to fit the theme of the album.
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    I highly doubt the areola thing was intentional, guys. :lol:
  • DB41DB41 Posts: 539
    wnh1977 wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    one of the worst covers ever:

    riotact.jpg

    I like all of Pearl Jam's album covers... I don't like that Ten is pink, but I still think it's ok. I do like Riot Act's cover, but it always looks like a woman's breast and nipple to the right of the statue on the right. Anybody see this?

    Well, now I'll never be able to un-see it.
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Deebs41 wrote:
    wnh1977 wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    one of the worst covers ever:

    riotact.jpg

    I like all of Pearl Jam's album covers... I don't like that Ten is pink, but I still think it's ok. I do like Riot Act's cover, but it always looks like a woman's breast and nipple to the right of the statue on the right. Anybody see this?

    Well, now I'll never be able to un-see it.



    I see male genitalia.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    jimed14 wrote:
    People tend to forget how absolutely amazing these guys were for ther first 3-4 albums ... I mean, some of the best blues inspired hard rock ever. Thier debut album ... damn, some ugly dudes.

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    Sadly, they've probably got more ass combined than Wilt Chamberlain could've ever dreamed of.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    tcaporale wrote:
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    Well, okay, it's not that bad, but it's their worst cover. Too messy.


    Haha...yeah.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    dcfaithful wrote:
    tcaporale wrote:
    backspacer-cover.jpg
    Well, okay, it's not that bad, but it's their worst cover. Too messy.


    Haha...yeah.

    Well they did go from the previous album of plainess to a puzzle on this new album.

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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Love the band...the album is good too....but I just don't get the cover.

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  • EdLawEdLaw Posts: 194
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    At first glance, you may just think it's an ugly, cluttered mess. And you'd be right. But the more you look at it, the more you notice so many things that are just... wrong.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    dcfaithful wrote:
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    Yup....great album, but a cover that probably got it stuck among some Disney albums. :twisted:
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