It is well made, so not “shit art” at all.
Edit: There seems to be not even a repeated tooth, so there’s also a lot of effort.
(My favourite album is Kollaps.)
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I agree. I always liked the cover. It was not meant to be pleasant. It’s an effective and evocative cover.
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What really bother me is that the text in the TV isn’t properly centered.
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I played that record to death in the 90s
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Me too, but I never looked at it
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Slight variation on the second post in this thread from @NeonMelk (Faith no More)
My favorite metal album of all time, really hated the artwork.
Lost for words…
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Well they got their name and sound from this so it fits
EDIT: I love this album cover
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I’m not denying that a lot of effort has gone into this. It’s just that, to me at least, it’s trying to hard. I’d associate a cover like that with some mediocre Emo band, not with EN.
It is well made in terms of craft , it just doesn’t fit the album’s tone.
(Kollaps is great as well. Always had a thing for Negativ Nein.)
Has to be a joke - or pastiche of / nod to some library music or schools music cover
It stops me listening to it. The tiny pencil bothers me more than anything. I kind of like the eyes
A friend used to dig this out for us to go “omg, sooooo bad” - but now I respect it. Never heard it though
But Emo came 20 years later …
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Violent sleep of reason was pretty good, as was catch 33, but holy fuck their first couple… Destroy, erase, improve was diabolical.
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Pet sounds has to be the best album with the worst cover ever
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Well, there’s Mike Love on it…doesn’t help.
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Back in the day I was sort of into how weird shapeshifters were but I always thought these album covers were not at all good selling points. Know Future in particular is a little too out there, but Adopted by Aliens is a close second.
Conversely, I always thought the cover for planet of the shapes was a fucking riot.
Don’t forget the all time classic of shit/horribly unfortunate sleeve art, but actually pretty decent music…
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I like it
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