Worst Album Covers by Pitchfork

Well, it's that time of year again. Best of and worst of lists from every music site and blog imaginable. I have chosen to feature the 20 worst album covers as compiled by Pitchfork.com. I have chosen this feature because I agree with most of their selections, I'd be interested to see what some of you have to say.


The 20 Worst Album Covers of 2008

Staff List by Dave Maher

This year, valiant and pioneering efforts were made in the field of horrendous album art by Oasis, the Fall, Fuck Buttons, Xiu Xiu, the Ruby Suns, Evangelicals, Hinder, Cloud Cult, Kings of Leon, Todd Rundgren, the B-52's, Enya, Rush, Deer Tick, the Script, and, as always, the Mars Volta, to mention only a few. Yet none of those covers made the cut of our 20 worst, and there are various reasons why. Some were too confounding to comprehend (could someone please write a graduate thesis on exactly what the fuck is going on in this Moby cover?). Others spoke for themselves (like the anatomically oriented offerings from Sebastien Tellier and Amon Tobin, both NSFW). Others were simply redundant (there's only so much crappy collage one list can take).

Perhaps, like all things truly subjective, the configuration of this list defies explanation. All I know for sure is that these are the album covers that called out to me from the depths of their wretchedness and said, "Please, tell our stories, if for no other reason than to prevent these atrocities from happening again." Never forget.

By the way, thanks to the friends and Pitchfork contributors whose ideas I "borrowed."

Here are four of their picks, to see the rest, please visit their site here:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/147930-the-20-worst-album-covers-of-2008

Beck-Odelay / Death Cab for Cutie



Deerhunter/Dido