Album Cover Art

Let's continue or look at Gigwise.com's list of controversial, weird, best and worst album covers:

Controversial


23. Anthrax: ‘Fist Full Of Metal’ Thank god for heavy "thrash" metal or we wouldn't have Anthrax. Or we could ask god to eliminate them and not have the heavy sounds of Anthrax.

The man who formed Anthrax is also the only remaining founding member: Scott Ian. Scott formed the band with classmate Danny Lilker to cover his favourite Judas Priest and KISS songs. The band played their first self-organized gigs in a church basement, playing covers and own songs. The band underwent a lot of lineup changes in the first years until they were able to record their first demotape with the help of Ex-Manowar Guitarist Ross-The-Boss in 1983. This demo got them a record deal with Megaforce records and Anthrax recorded their debut CD A Fistfull Of Metal and released it in 1984. Surprisingly, the band has withstood many, many different line ups and 'eras' and has produced some of the best thrash rock that was ever created.

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Weird


23. Aphex Twin: 'Come To Daddy' Ahhh, this weirdo again. Mr. Aphex Twin himself Richard D James' face is pasted onto faces of school children and this is enough to force me never to buy the album.

Come to Daddy is a 1997 EP by electronica artist Richard D. James, commonly known as Aphex Twin. "Come to Daddy, Pappy mix" — often simply called "Come to Daddy" — is one of Aphex Twin's best-known songs.

James describes his work like this:

“ Come to Daddy came about while I was just hanging around my house, getting pissed [drunk] and doing this crappy death metal jingle. Then it got marketed and a video was made, and this little idea that I had, which was a joke, turned into something huge. It wasn't right at all.

Enough said.

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Worst


23. The Frivolous Five – ‘Sour Cream and Other Delights’ I actually like this one- although it would be much better without all that whipped cream (I just want to see how far they sag)

The Frivolous Five were parodying the cover of a popular Herb Alpert album called Whipped Cream and Other Delights. You gotta love a group of grannies who don't take themselves too seriously.

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Best

23. The Cure: ‘The Cure’ I have a brilliant idea- let's get a four-year old and give him the artisitic talent of a two-year old and let him design our album cover! Why this makes a 'best of' list is beyond my comprehension.

The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, guitarist and main songwriter Robert Smith—known for his iconic wild hair, pale complexion, smudged lipstick and frequently gloomy and introspective lyrics—being the only constant member.

The Cure is the eponymously-titled twelfth studio album by The Cure released on June 28, 2004 internationally and a day later in the United States. Initial pressings included a bonus DVD "Making 'The Cure'", which featured video footage of The Cure recording the backing tracks and "scratch" (guide) vocals to three of the songs included on the album.