Great Albums With Bad Album Covers

yup, germans have been known to make some of the worst & tasteless albums covers (Birth Control anyone??)

But what I mean about Fugazi (besides not liking the music on it - the lesser of the Fish-era albums, IMHO) is the sordidness of it all is that I've always considered the Jester as a junkie in that sleeve . On top of it, the first two Marillion albums didn't get released as a gatefold sleeve, which kind of ruined the whole ensemble thing (full view)

Cboi Sandlin wrote: For example, the Dark Side Of The Moon cover is nothing genius, it is just a prism, but because the album is so great, the album cover has also become iconic. That's just a thought.

Sometimes the genius of great artwork is utter simplicity, but then again what is and what isn't great art will always be subjective.

Love the band. Love the albums. Hate the covers!

Also: David Bowie - Diamond Dogs

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds. Advanced, sophisticated pop and feeding goats?

The Beatles - Rubber Soul. Never really been a fan of that photo actually. The close-up seems almost a bit agressive, and it is a bad representation of the music.

I actually would've agreed with you at one point, but I think the style of this cover fits well with songs like Misunderstood, the title track and disappear. I think they have far worse covers out there, but not all of them are good albums in my opinion so they might not fit the thread. I think Falling Into Infinity is a pretty awful cover for an album that I actually dig quite a bit, especially considering it came from the same guy who did Dark Side of the Moon, Peter Gabriel 3, Animals to name a few