Returning to our “We Aren’t The World” bracket in our Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament (and if you haven’t voted in any of our previous installments, there’s still time), today we look at two covers in which the subjects are floating in space. In one corner, you have Chingo Bling’s pictorial ode to evading the border patrol, while in the other you have PJ Olsson’s depiction of angels floating around New York City in anticpation of picking their noses with the Empire State Building’s iconic spire. Which one is going to jump into the next round? That’s up to you.
The final two entrants in our We Aren’t The World Bracket come from two musical stalwarts who, as far as I know, have never collaborated before: electro legends Erasure and ex-Kiss skinsman Peter Criss. No matter who wins, here’s hoping that this pairing will inspire them to release “A Little Respect ’08” sometime soon!
Our final bracket in the Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament is the Southeast Bracket, where we collect all of the covers that were so bad, they couldn’t really fit in anywhere else. The two covers above pretty much encapsulate the two extremes of bad art that crossed our transom this year–on one side, you have Toby Keith’s oh-so-lazy Santa makeover, while on the other, you have Status Quo’s attempt to get in on the Indiana Jones bandwagon way before The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull hit theaters. Which one is the worst, though? That’s up to you to decide.
Because wherever they were recorded, the next two covers in our anything-goes Southeast Bracket speak the same bad design dialect. In the one corner, we have global gal Maya Arulpragasam’s blinding, bitmapped Kala, which manages the feat of wrapping a great album in dot matrix puke. And in the other is American Idol-ette Jordin Sparks’ self-titled debut, which manages the feat of making a pretty girl being groomed for stardom look like a snortin’ mad bull ready to charge. Decide whether this round belongs to the world townie or the girl next door after the jump!
With a new day comes a new bracket in our Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament, and–in case you hadn’t figured it out by the dueling covers above–today we look at entrants in the Anatomically Incorrect bracket. On the one side, you have Ted Nugent, who… well, really, does this cover need any more comment? On the other, you have the Killers, and their unfortunately Creed-like attempt at showing that trees have limbs, too, mannnn. Vote after the jump!
Today’s second entry in our Anatomically Incorrect bracket pits Celine Dion’s twisty torso/lion’s-mane/shark-eyes combo against Spank Rock and Benny Blanco’s love of a greased-up rump. (If nothing else, the cover of Bangers And Cash more than makes up for Celine’s definite lack of ass.) Decide between skeletally creepy or slimily bootylicious after the jump!
It’s a new day, so let’s put politics aside and move on to the “Bad Photoshop” bracket in Idolator’s inaugural Worst Album Cover Of The Year tournament. In one corner, we have the No. 8 seed, Jennifer Lopez’s $60,000 ode to the power of sparkles. And in opposition, we have Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party, which shows that Mr. Farrell’s computer-art skillz are almost as good as his taste in guests. Whichever one wins, we know one thing: Staring at the above one-two punch means that our field of vision is going to be tinted purple for at least the next six hours or so!
In case you want to follow along with our Worst Album Covers Of The Year race in handy bracket form, Brian Blankenship is keeping a running tally of the matchups. It’s a downloadable PDF that’ll be updated every day. Thanks, Brian! More »
In case you want to follow along with our Worst Album Covers Of The Year race in handy bracket form, Brian Blankenship is keeping a running tally of the matchups. It’s a downloadable PDF that’ll be updated every day. Thanks, Brian! More »
In case you want to follow along with our Worst Album Covers Of The Year race in handy bracket form, Brian Blankenship is keeping a running tally of the matchups. It’s a downloadable PDF that’ll be updated every day. Thanks, Brian! More »
