Ito 2438 Posted January 15, 2016 Thread revival! We need to have Sadie's Gangsta in here. It's nearly sacrilegious levels of terrible - Mucha must be turning over in his grave. 1 Deathtopi4 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eiheartx 1310 Posted January 15, 2016 YOU CAN'T BEAT SMILE ANW XDD Every time I take my album with me....I cry a bit. xDIt's the first hideous thing that came in my mind, there are surely others.. xD 2 jduv86 and appl- reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmny 4139 Posted January 15, 2016 i love glass skin, its one of my fav diru covers. honestly in the past 6 years since this thread was last updated so many hideous visual album covers have come out that i cant even try making a list. i see nice vk album covers like a few times a year, otherwise its all bat shit hideous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colorful人生 2777 Posted January 15, 2016 I literally have the obi covering the lower fourth of the cover in my CD wallet...*screams internally* 6 Ito, SadMoomin, suji and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkmakona 1810 Posted January 15, 2016 HenzeL's "RAINBOW COLOR" comes to mind. http://img2-ak.lst.fm/i/u/770x0/1c66200d98ea4f9bbe9c52ca8c4d3a11.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Senedjem 510 Posted January 16, 2016 this thread is such a surreal timewarp ito has shit taste in art 1 nullmoon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ito 2438 Posted January 16, 2016 ito has shit taste in art Five years later and people still butthurt that I think that Glass Skin looks like someone accidentally spilled ink all of their terrible painting and try to pass it off as intentional XD ...Now if only we could get a Bob Ross painting cover. 2 NICKT and nullmoon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mahoujin 395 Posted January 16, 2016 Most of the links earlier in the thread are broken now, so if this has already been posted, I apologize. It's the worst thing that comes to mine immediately. 1 platy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted January 16, 2016 ^ awww, that's actually one of my favorite VK covers... xD 1 suji reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ikki 807 Posted January 17, 2016 I present you the cover of BY-SEX's Ago EP. It was drawn and photoshopped by Den himself. The album covers Den made for test-No. are just as bad, but I this one I can't even laugh at. We all should be happy that Den isn't in charge of making the covers for the new Zigzo releases. 5 ghost, violetchain, NICKT and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fitear1590 2414 Posted January 17, 2016 There must be a duplicate thread, because I know these have been posted before. Anyway, my "fave" worst CD covers:Dear L'Novel - 罪と罰(Tsumi to Batsu) ViViD - Message Dear L'Novel's is one of the few albums that I truly enjoy but refuse to buy, because the album art would haunt me. And yet, the ViViD one is somehow worse, because they were actually a major band. Can you imagine who designed these covers and thought "Yup, these are good to go!" 8 meat, violetchain, NICKT and 5 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alkaloid 3143 Posted May 28, 2016 I'm amazed no one has mentioned Jackman's Multi Color Freaks (Or, as the cover says, Malti Color Freaks) yet. (Or if they have, the link is broken.) Best of all, it came in two versions, so twice the ugly! (Although type B (the purple) is waaaaay worse.) 5 Ito, enyx, nullmoon and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saishu 1589 Posted May 30, 2016 5 NICKT, IGM_Oficial, platy and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karma’s Hat 3107 Posted March 15, 2017 DIAURA's school shooter youtube video album cover is the worst in vk history Spoiler 5 ahnchc, suji, returnal and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted March 15, 2017 ^ they're really trying to connect with their American audience with that cover :^) 3 returnal, suji and Takadanobabaalien reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
violetchain 912 Posted March 15, 2017 The cover of NOA's "Paper Hearts" album is pretty ugly. Aki does super kawaii emo sketches like this for his bands' setlists, but that was the best they could come up with for an official release? 2 Ito and platy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suji 8317 Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) JILL-PRINCE's "Ms. Girlfriend", aka appealing to tanuki gya Edited June 16, 2017 by sheepprincessgara 6 1 inartistic, returnal, ghost and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willen 49 Posted April 3, 2017 On 17/01/2016 at 6:43 PM, fitear1590 said: And yet, the ViViD one is somehow worse, because they were actually a major band. Can you imagine who designed these covers and thought "Yup, these are good to go!" It seems that the design was made by a member of the band (I think it's Ko-ki?) This thread is funny but in my opinion, there are definitely more horrible covers than beautiful ones hahaha Here is my selection: ALiBi – ЯOCK★STAR (2009) Anli Pollicino – Fahrenheit 31 (2009) Awake – ★Heavy★Decorationz★Party★ (2012) BORN – オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ (2015) DOG inThePWO – ミラクルSUPER超DX (2012) Kra – Life~Today is a very good day to Die~ (2009) SCREW – Brilliant (2016) カメレオ (Kameleo) – KAMENICATION!(2016) You're welcome... 4 jduv86, Ito, suji and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShTon 268 Posted April 5, 2017 On 3.04.2017 at 1:33 PM, Willen said: BORN – オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ (2015) This is a nightmare fuel. As much as I think DIV CD covers were usually cool, CD cover for limited version of "Secret" is a mess. Too much stuff going on here and I don't know if this was supposed to be like that or designer got too carried away. Spoiler But my biggest nightmare is that purple Jackman CD cover mentioned few posts earlier. It's so bad I don't even want to quote it so I don't have to look at it more than I should. xD This is some beginner level Photoshop skills and colors are just painfull. Also not a big fan of those covers with only a band/vocalist picture on them with no other efects. Too lazy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robkun 4184 Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) Well, I've got a good amount. 16, to be exact. Kasutera (カステラ) - "Tori (鳥)" (1990): The title literally translates to "bird", so there you go, a cover centered on... a bird. And not just any bird, but an emu. Alright..... interesting choice? STRAWBERRY - coming all the way E.P. (2000) Okay, I've seen a few hideous drawings as covers, but this takes the cake. The girl literally looks like a sick, teenage Barbara Streisand, with her body looking twisted and contorted like she was fighting off death. It's just... nasty. Kome Kome CLUB (米米CLUB) - Phi II (1994): Okay, I see what they're trying to do with the whole Washington, D.C. theme, but it just doesn't work. The coloring of the background and the lack of stripes on the structures they're supposed to represent just makes them look like PEZ dispensers. Flipper's Guitar - CAMERA TALK (1990): "Camera talk"? Well now, it sure as hell covers that theme. You have some old foreign dude on the left, with the floating hands on the main part of the cover representing his hands, I presume? I don't know. It's quite an eyesore though, and the scribbles don't help. ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK - SLAYER's BAY BLUES (2000): The guys in ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK have a damn good sense of humor which I appreciate (I've been a fan of Bloodhound Gang since I was in middle school, for example), but the comically poor photoshopping of the singer wailing on one of the members just makes it a bizarre spectacle. UNICORN (ユニコーン) - Hattori (服部) (1989): One of the most legendary Japanese rock albums of its era, the cover still bewilders many to this day. Apparently the guy is some dude named Fukutaro Nakamura (中村福太郎), who supposedly had some connection to the band? Whatever it may be, it definitely remains one of the most memorable Japanese album covers to date for its weirdness and maintains a legacy of sorts today. KEMURI - waiting for the rain (2005): Soooo a schoolbus is broken down which holds the bandmates of KEMURI, and one of the kids on the bus got out and took an extreme closeup of her with the band wandering in the background while a giant fountain sprays simultaneously? ... Makes sense. KUSU KUSU - cajon (1991): Seriously, this cover just gives me the creeps. They look like the kind of guys who sneak into your bedroom and just watch you sleep. Those damn colorful freaks. THE FOOLS - Weed War (1984) Well now, for a drug war, that is the happiest person I've ever seen involved. I guess she may be a huge drug pin that the government just can't take down? Un...touchable. YUKI - Melanchorinista (メランコリニスタ) (2006): It's no secret, but I have a huuuuuuuuuuuge crush on YUKI. I can't even listen to JUDY AND MARY a lot without swooning like a schoolgirl. So when I heard that she did a "nude" cover of sorts, I immediately jumped on it and Googled it in a heartbeat. Needless to say, I was disappointed. Seriously, this looks like a woodsy Sapporo dude's fantasy come to life. Not cool. SPIRAL LIFE - FLOURISH (1995): What the hell?! I guess this is a close view on the Tokyo perv of the mid 90's? But where the hell is the bottom half?! You know what... I guess I don't want to know. SUPERCAR - OOYeah!! (1999): Now don't get me wrong, I love me some SUPERCAR, especially pre-"HIGHVISION", but what the fuck is this?! A collage of the band members's noses? THE ZIP GUNS - THIS IS YOUR LIFE (1997): Something about this cover feels exploitive and makes me uncomfortable. RC SUCCESSION (RCサクセション) - FEEL SO BAD (1984): Ahh... ohh... umm... no comment. TRICERATOPS - KING OF THE JUNGLE (2001): Homoerotic Japanese Tarzan, anybody? Speaking of... Skip Cows (スキップカウズ) - The Great Hunting (ザ・グレート・ハンティング) (2001): Yeah... sometimes covers can speak for themselves. Edited April 5, 2017 by robkun 4 platy, Ito, cvltic and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inartistic 1151 Posted April 6, 2017 literally everything BORN has ever released 1 jduv86 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nekkichi 6043 Posted April 6, 2017 ^ #trigger_warning that page autoplays dir en grey music when visited 1 IGM_Oficial reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LIDL 692 Posted April 6, 2017 LMAO. Autoplayed music on blogs? What year is this, 2005? Myspace and Friendster doesn't even do that anymore. 2 IGM_Oficial and NICKT reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShTon 268 Posted April 6, 2017 It played Gazette for me. i'm personally more triggered by this. : | 2 IGM_Oficial and NICKT reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yurameki24 99 Posted April 6, 2017 My first impression is this picture,But the song is great 1 inartistic reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites