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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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 Topic: Wonderful cover - Bad album
Posted: April 25 2006 at 23:23 |
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Yes, I meant the UK sleeve, not the US sleeve.
I quite like Hendrix' decision on that actually, to dislike the UK cover.
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zappaholic
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 21:27 |
 Geck0 wrote:
The Original Electric Ladyland cover, which I am not showing here!
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Wasn't the U.S. cover the original? I know Hendrix didn't care for the U.K. sleeve.....
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Rust
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 21:05 |
More's cover doesn't do justice to the wonderful music inside.
Again with Going For the One love the songs confused by the cover, what were they thinking? 
U.S. version of Time and A Word cover is preety boring, but I love the music.
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night, like the album but the cover is a little perverted, not what I look forward to in prog.
Moonmadness is a boring cover as well but the album rocks!
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 20:18 |
Zoso wrote:
MattNYR wrote:
Yesterday and Today by the Beatles has a picture of the four beatles with dead babies and raw meat or something. I have no idea what the hell is going on, except that it's a terrible album cover. And since it's by the Beatles, I'm assuming the music is pretty good. |
Yeah, God knows why they did that. |
From what I've heard, it's because they were pissed at Capitol for "butchering" their albums; often Capitol would add or remove trackis from the original album for the US version. BUt it was recalled very quickly (as you might imagine), so I'm not sure it really counts.
I despise the cover of Three Friends; I can't comment on the music, but I assume that it's pretty good as Gentle Giant seems to be well-liked on here; however, I will never buy that album because I could not stand having to look at that cover on a regular basis.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 17:38 |
I like the Godbluff cover! I don't know if I like the Van der Graaf logo so much though (I mean Van der Graaf, not Van der Graaf Generator - the logo for the classic lineup is a classic logo). Some might say: The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage by Peter Hammill. Get A Whiff Of This by Juicy Lucy:  The Original Electric Ladyland cover, which I am not showing here!
Edited by Geck0 - April 25 2006 at 17:40
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Witchwoodhermit
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 17:22 |
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Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell. Bought it for the cover-nothing else.
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mystic fred
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 11:22 |
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the early RARE BIRD albums have awful covers, also ARGENT, but the music is absolutely brilliant! all i can think of for now...except QUEEN's were pretty gruesome for a while, oh, and COLOSSEUM, and MAY BLITZ...and...and....!
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sleeper
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 05:31 |
Asia, most of their albums have really good Roger Dean covers. I dont think we have to soil this page by talking about the music though. 
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Zoso
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 23:23 |
MattNYR wrote:
Yesterday and Today by the Beatles has a picture of the
four beatles with dead babies and raw meat or something. I have no idea
what the hell is going on, except that it's a terrible album cover. And
since it's by the Beatles, I'm assuming the music is pretty
good. |
Yeah, God knows why they did that.
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The Wizard
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 17:01 |
A good album with a bad cover is Jefferson Airplane, Crown of Creation.
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avestin
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 03:51 |
Inferno by Metamorfosi is an excellent album with a rather ugly looking cover which does not give any indication of the magnificent content of the album.
But I have grown used to it.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 02:25 |
I don't know... I dont like the cover to "Sabotage" of Black sabbath very much...
maybe you should make a thread about "Bad cover, wonderful music"
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 02:05 |
Bern wrote:
Now that I think of it :
King Crimson - Red : This album cover is pretty lame but the music is the exact opposite of lame 
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I'm in total agreement. The music is out of this world, shame about the cover. The same applies to an album featuring two-thirds of the Red lineup, i.e. UK's debut album. Insignificant cover, fantastic music.
As to great covers vs. not-so-great music, the first example that comes to my mind is Yes' Tales from Topographic Oceans. I won't say it's a bad album (it's not) - it just does nothing for me, I'm afraid.
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NotAProghead
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 23:32 |
soundspectrum wrote:
demons and wizards....awesome cover...album aint so good!!
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Not a bad album at all! Considered by many as HEEP's best.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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valravennz
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:52 |
King Crimson started off with some great album covers then we got some lame ones:
"Earthbound" - awful cover and not a great recording.
"Starless and Bible Black" - bland cover but great music
"Red" - another unimaginative cover - but imo the best KC album.
Perhaps in general the covers do reflect the music. I disagree with those members who don't like the covers for Rush - Hemispheres, Yes - Going For The One, Jethro Tull - Broadsword and The Beast - they are brilliant works of art and both the Yes album and JT's album have great music. Unfortunately, I never did get into Rush.
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soundspectrum
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:49 |
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demons and wizards....awesome cover...album aint so good!!
love salisbury though
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dagrush
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:44 |
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- I'm not a big fan of any of Genesis's covers (except Trespass), but fantastic music was contained within many of them
- The obvious GFTO. I don't mind the naked guy so much, but the rest of it is weak too
- Deep Purple's Fireball has a pretty cool cover, but I think the album is fairly weak
- The already mentioned Moving Waves
- The already mentioned Godbluff
- The Yes Album's boring cover
- The overly bright and annoying LTIA cover
- The cool Obscued by Clouds cover
- Not prog, but Iron Maiden's Virtual XI has a fantastic cover and the album is horrifying
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Cheesecakemouse
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:36 |
Man With Hat wrote:
Cheesecakemouse wrote:
King Crimson In the wake of Poseiden great cover, not so great album
Starless and Bible Black, lousy cover great album; maybe they should swap.
The great thing about Genesis was when their music went downhill so did the covers, while their early covers and music are both great.
But with Going for the One I always liked the cover,but sure who wants to see a guys rear end? for me its the whole musical city thing in the backround which is awesome, maybe if Mr G. For the One wore some jeans it would be a better cover, the same goes for Hemispheres  . |
Its better then the other side |
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The Miracle
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:11 |
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I can't really think of anything outside of those mentioned... usually great album = great cover.
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lightbulb_son
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:03 |
My pick is
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
I love the album but very bad cover in my opinion
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Can't no one be well
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