Strangest Album Cover contest!
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Topic: Strangest Album Cover contest!
Posted By: javajeff
Subject: Strangest Album Cover contest!
Date Posted: August 24 2013 at 16:28
I love Abominog, in a strange way! Let the strangeness begin! |
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 24 2013 at 16:52
 
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: August 24 2013 at 18:57
| Those are good choices. |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: August 24 2013 at 19:38
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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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Garlop
Date Posted: August 24 2013 at 20:07
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: August 24 2013 at 21:01
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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.  |
Posted By: Garlop
Date Posted: August 24 2013 at 21:30
 Unexpect?------------- Time has no name and regret has no meaning |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: August 24 2013 at 21:59
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^That uneXpect cover is really great and enigmatic.
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 25 2013 at 00:28
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). ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: August 25 2013 at 02:52
Listened to this yesterday: ------------- 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 25 2013 at 08:54
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I can guess how that meeting discussing album art went. "Guys I have this really great idea for the cover....." ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date 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 do ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: August 25 2013 at 12:19
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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!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 25 2013 at 13:25
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Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: August 25 2013 at 21:31
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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" rel="nofollow - 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 - ? |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: August 25 2013 at 22:07
This TMV album is a great contender for 'strangest album cover'...
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:03
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:11
No contest really.... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:29
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^ I can't see the image but i'm guessing it's the bearded guy paint in black. ------------- |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:35
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I can't see it either and the guy paint in black is Don Bradshaw-Leather methinks. -------------
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:37
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Nahh, but that Don Bradshaw Leather cover is pretty freaky too. I can see the image myself, but let's just post it one more time eh  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:39
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Now I can see it, but is it really the best you can do? How about the infamous Hairway to Steven?  -------------
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:45
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Nah I think I can do a little better actually. Maybe it's because I know the music it contains heh.... Oh and this is still in the prog lounge, so the surfers aren't welcome here monsieur Netherlands  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:47
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Maybe I should just post a link to one of those cover art polls I did a little while back... Yup, here it is: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=93563" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=93563 ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:51
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Ohh surray Then maybe some more Kawabata Makoto covers:    -------------
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 02:55
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Posted By: Neelus
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 04:26
I thought this was pretty unique. ------------- 
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Posted By: arcane-beautiful
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 04:37
This is the cover for my band's album Blood Rape & Gaffer Tape
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 08:26
Deerhoof have some pretty strange ones. Halfbird  Milkman  Offend Maggie  Apple O
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 08:34
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=18561" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=18561 -------------
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 08:41
The covers in this thread may be qualified as strange, but I'd like to call most of them just distasteful.  ------------- 
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 08:42
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Strange but tasteful just isn't strange enough. -------------
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 11:51
| Sorry, there is no prize. This is only for fun. Please stick to groups listed on PA. Also, strange is open to interpretation so you can have fun with it. |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 13:48
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Ah, PA groups only - that narrows it down and helps filter out the distasteful, thank goodness. I guess you can add Strange - Distasteful to my list of Strange subcategories. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 26 2013 at 14:04
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Hi,
I don't think that any cover is that bad, or strange.
What I find it strange is folks at PA in a "progressive" board, and they immediately go for a thread that has the favorite guitarist or group! To me, that is stranger than ruth or any fiction out there! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: August 27 2013 at 05:03
John Zorn has a strange taste for record covers amon them the rather morbid photos of Joel Peter Witkin: Naked City : Grand Guignol  Naked City : Radio  Naked City : same  Naked City : Leng Tch'e (form of former Chinese capital punishment by slow slicing) ------------- Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear "Hey there! Rotter's Club! Explain the meaning of this song and share it" |
Posted By: Kosmonaut
Date Posted: August 27 2013 at 16:00
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Posted By: Encoder314
Date Posted: August 27 2013 at 22:45
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Posted By: Encoder314
Date Posted: August 27 2013 at 22:48
Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: August 27 2013 at 23:00
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 29 2013 at 03:26
There are 2 versions of BVC's album and this is the one I have. Could never quite grasp what is happening here.  ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: August 29 2013 at 12:13
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: August 29 2013 at 12:20
------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: August 29 2013 at 15:07
------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: floflo79
Date Posted: September 28 2013 at 06:54
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With hindsight, Foxtrot of Genesis is weird. A fox-woman singing in a rock at the middle of the sea with whale and croquet mallet. On the beach, there is the cover of Nursery Cryme (who is also weird), men on horses with dogs and KKK. WTF ? ------------- 
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 28 2013 at 10:51
Yup. Foxtrot is weird as f**k. But, you gotta love it though. ;) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: September 28 2013 at 11:19
Fook by Pigface. ------------- http://revbookburn.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/rexcat http://www.myspace.com/prxcat Greetings! And Welcome to The Global Internet Church of Prog! Hail the Prog and Praise "Bob"! |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 28 2013 at 11:21
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: September 28 2013 at 11:36
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Posted By: floflo79
Date Posted: September 29 2013 at 10:58
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Oh god those covers are awful -------------
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: September 29 2013 at 15:24
Butthole Surfers: Double Live
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: September 29 2013 at 16:43
 One of my favourite albums by one of my favourite bands BTW. ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Chapo
Date Posted: September 30 2013 at 10:22
 Bjork - Homogenic always found this cover pretty annoying
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: September 30 2013 at 10:37
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I haven't listened to any Bjork yet (a mistake I'm soon to fix), but yeah, that cover always annoyed me for some reason. That face is soo punchable too. -------------  |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 01 2013 at 09:21
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Hi,
Of all the covers Hipgnosis ever did, the one that I always thought was weird and strange was Capability Brown's album "Voice" ... which has the zipped lips.
On the inside of the fold out, the whole band is standing up and singing, but all of them have their eyes closed. And the album is folk/rock to its very best, and on their first album a killer version of "Liar". Considering the singing in the album, the shut lips is the opposite, and the closed eyes, I guess you could think that they are "into it"?
The stupidest, for my tastes, was the bunch of colored balls in that Nice album through the desert. Takes the definition of meaningless to the meaningless degree, I thought! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: October 01 2013 at 09:43
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 01 2013 at 09:43
      ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: October 01 2013 at 10:04
How have I not seen this before?!!! Wonderful in a strange way. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: October 01 2013 at 10:06
I can't think of anything more AC/DC than that! Damn good choice, Clem. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: October 01 2013 at 11:36
Gotta love this one ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: October 01 2013 at 11:45
Reminds me of this:  ------------- |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: October 17 2013 at 08:09
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Was playing Spooky Tooth's Ceremony album for the first time in yonks the other day and was thinking, "Man, what an awful cover." And Herbie Mann's Push Push (picture on previous page)....but you have to love those Ohio Player records....I have a few in the collection simply for the covers. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: October 17 2013 at 08:46
 ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |