I also hate Beyonce's covers up until I Am....
But none of them are epic enough for her
But none of them are epic enough for her
Album Covers You Hate
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Sweet 7 by Sugababes. It just looks really gaudy. Also I think it would have been a nice gesture if their greatest hits had featured all five members on the front cover instead of just Amelle, Heidi and Keisha - I mean Mutya's vocals were on 11 of the 15 tracks.
And also Blackout by Britney. The front cover and album artwork are all pretty terrible. Although saying that, I guess that was a dark time for her, and her life was a bit of a mess, so the artwork kind of represents that. If she'd been blonde, airbrushed, pretty and smiling in those photos, it wouldn't have been very convincing.
And also Blackout by Britney. The front cover and album artwork are all pretty terrible. Although saying that, I guess that was a dark time for her, and her life was a bit of a mess, so the artwork kind of represents that. If she'd been blonde, airbrushed, pretty and smiling in those photos, it wouldn't have been very convincing.
Albums cover i dislike. Hate is a strong word used too much on this forum
The saturdays - Wordshaker. Can't even see them,
The saturdays - Chasing lights (they look dead and like mannequins)
Britney - Circus. She loooks too pretty and innocent. Like a cheesy teen picture she would of done back in her hey day for a teen magazine. It should of been of the picture used on the back of the booklet because it actually represents the title Circus.
Christina aguilera - Bionic. The bionic side of her face looks tacky and poorly done.
Jordin sparks - Jordin sparks. The american cover. She is too over dressed and wearing this horrible black coat. I later found out that even critics picked up on this as well.
The alesha dixon - The alesha show. She looks horrible. Her hair. Her pose. Just how she is on the thing she is sitting in. I prefered the deluxed edition cover they used dressed in the outfit with the red background
Natasha bedingfield - N.B. it's an outline of her face with a boring white background. It could be anyone's face.
Leona lewis - spirit. It's just an upclose of her face. I prefer the deluxe edition one. She looks gorgeous. Nice little background with her hair straight
Beyonce - Bday. For me her hair is just wrong. She looks quite ugly. I prefer the deluxe edition cover.
The saturdays - Wordshaker. Can't even see them,
The saturdays - Chasing lights (they look dead and like mannequins)
Britney - Circus. She loooks too pretty and innocent. Like a cheesy teen picture she would of done back in her hey day for a teen magazine. It should of been of the picture used on the back of the booklet because it actually represents the title Circus.
Christina aguilera - Bionic. The bionic side of her face looks tacky and poorly done.
Jordin sparks - Jordin sparks. The american cover. She is too over dressed and wearing this horrible black coat. I later found out that even critics picked up on this as well.
The alesha dixon - The alesha show. She looks horrible. Her hair. Her pose. Just how she is on the thing she is sitting in. I prefered the deluxed edition cover they used dressed in the outfit with the red background
Natasha bedingfield - N.B. it's an outline of her face with a boring white background. It could be anyone's face.
Leona lewis - spirit. It's just an upclose of her face. I prefer the deluxe edition one. She looks gorgeous. Nice little background with her hair straight
Beyonce - Bday. For me her hair is just wrong. She looks quite ugly. I prefer the deluxe edition cover.
Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
One of the best pop albums of the past 10 years and all they could come up with is a few black lines with the words 'Girls Aloud' through them? Dreadful, especially seeing as all the single covers from that album were great. They did release a special edition with a different cover but that was crap too.
One of the best pop albums of the past 10 years and all they could come up with is a few black lines with the words 'Girls Aloud' through them? Dreadful, especially seeing as all the single covers from that album were great. They did release a special edition with a different cover but that was crap too.
The angels with dirty faces cover. One of the best girlband albums ever and it's them sitting in a field or whatever. They should incorporated "dirty" and "angels" into the picture.
Originally Posted by lost-boy:
“all girls aloud album covers are rubbish”
“all girls aloud album covers are rubbish”
'What Will The Neighbours Say' and 'Chemistry' were great covers. Especially the former. It's just the most recent 2 that haven't been great.
Originally Posted by pharoah:
“Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
One of the best pop albums of the past 10 years and all they could come up with is a few black lines with the words 'Girls Aloud' through them? Dreadful, especially seeing as all the single covers from that album were great. They did release a special edition with a different cover but that was crap too.”
“Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
One of the best pop albums of the past 10 years and all they could come up with is a few black lines with the words 'Girls Aloud' through them? Dreadful, especially seeing as all the single covers from that album were great. They did release a special edition with a different cover but that was crap too.”
Oh I love both those covers! The purple one especially. I can see why some people think its boring but I just think its really pretty. And I like how they referenced the "Tangled Up" theme on almost all of the CD covers for that era.
I love the WWTNS cover and both Chemistry covers too. The Christmas edition of Chemistry has a particularly amazing cover.
Originally Posted by huggzy:
“Leona's "Echo" cover, I think shes amazing, in fact shes one of, if not, my favourite female artist but there are so many better photos of her (even within the album art) and I don't understand the slicked back hair dealie going on there.”
“Leona's "Echo" cover, I think shes amazing, in fact shes one of, if not, my favourite female artist but there are so many better photos of her (even within the album art) and I don't understand the slicked back hair dealie going on there.”
Totally agree!
Originally Posted by mathertron:
“The G'n'R appetite for destruction replacement cover because the banned one was awesome.”
“The G'n'R appetite for destruction replacement cover because the banned one was awesome.”
That's the one found inside the CD case itself? If so, I can understand why it was banned even if I agree it was a great sleeve.
Originally Posted by musicdude:
“The angels with dirty faces cover. One of the best girlband albums ever and it's them sitting in a field or whatever. They should incorporated "dirty" and "angels" into the picture.”
“The angels with dirty faces cover. One of the best girlband albums ever and it's them sitting in a field or whatever. They should incorporated "dirty" and "angels" into the picture.”
I really liked that cover. I thought it looked very natural and honest.
Anyway there is one Jordin Sparks' album cover that is truly awful..the one where she looks like she is just about to barf. I mean who in their right mind would pick that as her album cover?!
I'm afraid to say....
Blackout by Britney Spears. Just AWFUL!!
One of the best pop/dance albums of the last decade, but the artwork did no justice to it.
Blackout by Britney Spears. Just AWFUL!!
One of the best pop/dance albums of the last decade, but the artwork did no justice to it.
M.I.A.'s album covers, although not visually appealing to most people, are representative if anything. For example, her most recent album is heavily influenced by internet culture, hence the front cover, and even the name /\/\/\Y/\, reflects this. Kala is heavily influenced by Africa hence the front cover is also influenced by African art. Finally, Arular is pretty much a political album and her artwork there was inspired by Tamil street art and violence (hence the tanks and guns).
Anyway, back onto the topic in hand.
I think U2 - No Line On The Horizon is very unimaginative and the photo used was used on someone else;s album prior to U2s.
Hard Fi - Both of their album covers. They were trying to be "cool" as if to suggest it's the content and not the cover which matters. Although true, it's a shame the content was equally as bad.
Razorlight - Razorlight - :yawn: How many album covers look like this?!
Anyway, back onto the topic in hand.
I think U2 - No Line On The Horizon is very unimaginative and the photo used was used on someone else;s album prior to U2s.
Hard Fi - Both of their album covers. They were trying to be "cool" as if to suggest it's the content and not the cover which matters. Although true, it's a shame the content was equally as bad.
Razorlight - Razorlight - :yawn: How many album covers look like this?!
Can't believe I forgot to mention this one before, but Brooke Hogan's The Redemption has to be one of the worst album covers of all time: http://static.thehollywoodgossip.com...lbum-cover.jpg
Thats a great cover! One of my favourites. It represented them really well as a band at that point. I like girlband album covers where you can tell they were actually photographed together, rather than being photoshopped in.
Originally Posted by musicdude:
“The angels with dirty faces cover. One of the best girlband albums ever and it's them sitting in a field or whatever. They should incorporated "dirty" and "angels" into the picture.”
“The angels with dirty faces cover. One of the best girlband albums ever and it's them sitting in a field or whatever. They should incorporated "dirty" and "angels" into the picture.”
Thats a great cover! One of my favourites. It represented them really well as a band at that point. I like girlband album covers where you can tell they were actually photographed together, rather than being photoshopped in.
Another vote for Scissor Sisters' 'Nightwork' cover. I know what they were trying to do with it (female sexualisation v male sexualisation) but I would personally feel a bit embarrassed buying a CD with a bottom of any gender on the cover! I'll still buy it, but I don't think it's a good cover.
Beverley Knight's Greatest Hits. They just zoomed in to the extreme on a really bad picture. She looks half asleep (as were many of the people who listened to it I should imagine! 
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lbum_cover.jpg
)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lbum_cover.jpg
Originally Posted by kryskrys:
“Can't believe I forgot to mention this one before, but Brooke Hogan's The Redemption has to be one of the worst album covers of all time: http://static.thehollywoodgossip.com...lbum-cover.jpg”
“Can't believe I forgot to mention this one before, but Brooke Hogan's The Redemption has to be one of the worst album covers of all time: http://static.thehollywoodgossip.com...lbum-cover.jpg”
Hahaha!! That is amazing for all the wrong reasons!
any that's mainly the artist's face... boring there's so much creativity that can be put into covers and they just do that?
Can't believe this hasn't cropped up yet! Minging isn't the word:
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Regarding M.I.A's album covers, they may be a tad gaudy but you can't say they're unoriginal...
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Regarding M.I.A's album covers, they may be a tad gaudy but you can't say they're unoriginal...
Girls Aloud - Out of Control. That cover is absolutely hideous. The awful letter box photo and the dreadful streched font. Plus the tacky background... eww
http://i42.tinypic.com/2pt8jlw.jpg
I love the new Scissor Sisters cover though
http://i42.tinypic.com/2pt8jlw.jpg
I love the new Scissor Sisters cover though
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death. The album itself is great, but the artwork is hideous. It was supposed to be computer generated image, but the band couldn't be arsed to finish it and just wanted to release the album:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_of_Death.jpg
The weirdest part is the kid just levitating on top of the dog.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_of_Death.jpg
The weirdest part is the kid just levitating on top of the dog.
Madonna's hard candy. A women of that age with her legs wide open. Poor lourdes. Horrible horrible cover.
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