Great Album; Bad Cover (and vice versa)

[ringo_rama]

You know what I'm talking about. They're the albums that you always pull off the shelf and open the case quickly so you can avoid looking at the atrocity of a cover. Or the ones you take off your shelf just to look at the cover and put it back.

Great Album; Bad Cover

Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters - There is Nothing Left to Lose
Foo Fighters - One By One (actually, just a pretty good album with a lame cover)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor

I'm a huge fan of the Foos but they have really bad album covers (their single covers are usually a lot cooler). TCATS and OBO are way too basic. IYH is too arty, and TINLTL is just too bland.

Pete Ham - Golders Green
I love the music but the cover looks too Microsoft-Paint-y.

Bad Album; Great Cover

Queen - The Miracle
Queen - Hot Space

They obviously spent more time constructing the covers than they did recording the album.

INXS - Kick

Ever heard of "including the whole band on the cover"? (I know the back of the booklet includes the ones not on the cover, but still.)

[pattiboyd's slave]

I still like looking at Disraeli Gears by Cream & the UK cover of Blindfaith. Also, the UK version of Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix.

[taxman]

Great album, bad cover: Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

[dav-here]

Great album, bad cover: Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
I second that nomination!

In that same category: "Asylum" by KISS

[IWantToTellYou]

In that same category: "Asylum" by KISS

Ouch! I would have to agree with that one. Actually, I would consider it to be their worst album cover. I do not care much for the music either to tell you the truth.

Eric Carr at least made the cover a little more bearable.

[Blackguard]

The cover to Freebird the Movie by lynyrd Skynyrd kinda looks like they were running low on ideas. The CD itself is a recording of a killer Skynyrd show at Knebworth.

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