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    Posted: August 24 2013 at 16:28
I love Abominog, in a strange way!



Let the strangeness begin!
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Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - August 24 2013 at 16:53
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2013 at 18:57
Those are good choices.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2013 at 19:38
Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:


I found out recently the story behind that Simon Steensland one ... that's actual a legitimate photograph, slightly modified to have a stick removed. Here's the original:

Supposedly it was supposed to be a picture of an unknown primate in South America but that theory has been debunked. http://www.bigfootencounters.com/images/de%20Loys%20Ape2.jpg

Anyways, fantastic album, it was my first RIO/Avant (I know, odd starting point), and remains one of my favorites.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2013 at 21:01
I never thought of any Beardfish album cover as strange, but that Pain of Salvation cover is creepy.  The Mars Volta Cover is just bizarre.
This new Bowie cover is just strange.
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2013 at 21:30
Unexpect?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2013 at 21:59
^That uneXpect cover is really great and enigmatic.

Edited by ole-the-first - August 24 2013 at 21:59
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 00:28
Originally posted by javajeff javajeff wrote:



I never thought of any Beardfish album cover as strange, but that Pain of Salvation cover is creepy.  The Mars Volta Cover is just bizarre.This new Bowie cover is just strange. 

Great album but I hate the cover - it's lazy and unimaginative, like appropriation art (such as passing off photos of other photos as art).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 02:52
Listened to this yesterday:
Father Moo & The Black Sheep Father Moo & The Black Sheep album cover
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 08:54
I can guess how that meeting discussing album art went. "Guys I have this really great idea for the cover....."
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 09:05
Guys I have this really great idea for the cover. There is a very surrealist/fantasy atmosphere with strange vignettes, flying islands and castles, weird herbs and animals appearing here and there, giant rocks, ice caves. I believe no-one ever came up with such a new thing to doLOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 12:19
Looking pretty good. On a non Prog note, I'd Say cannibal Corpse has some very extream album covers.
I can't post any images with the device I'm using at the moment, but look into those. Wow. ;)
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 13:25
I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 21:31
Is there a prize?

There are so many flavors of Strange.
Strange - Disturbing/Gruesome (Cannibal Corpse and the like)
Strange - Conceptual (Hypgnosis and the like)
Strange - Otherworldly/Surrealist (Roger Dean and the like)
Strange - Creepy
Strange - Out of Context

Those are just a few I can think of at the moment. I think album covers should have their own genres, just as the music does.

A browse through the Album Cover Chain Game thread is highly recommended!
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68436

Here's one I would put in the Otherworldly/Surrealist category. I just picked this up at a used record shop. It's orchestral music, which makes the cover even stranger. Music's not great, but I got it for the cover.



BTW, this thread seems to be in the wrong place - ?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 22:07
Originally posted by javajeff javajeff wrote:

...The Mars Volta Cover is just bizarre....
This TMV album is a great contender for 'strangest album cover'...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:03
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:11
No contest really....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:29
^ I can't see the image but i'm guessing it's the bearded guy paint in black.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:35
I can't see it either and the guy paint in black is Don Bradshaw-Leather methinks.
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