Was just thinking; epic music, great musicianship, massively popular; but all let down by questionable artwork.
My number one spot has to be ELP's Tarkus closely followed by Trilogy
Was just thinking; epic music, great musicianship, massively popular; but all let down by questionable artwork.
My number one spot has to be ELP's Tarkus closely followed by Trilogy
Yes' Big Generator
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Atrocious cover
Epic music
Great musicanship
However massively unpopular
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WTF AL
The first Rush album....
Officer Droid.
Seriously....what's up with that, Al?
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Feliu I Joan Albert
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Genesis - self-titled
Yes - Big Generator (90125 is not much better)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
David Bedford - The Odyssey. For a theme as rich as this, he could have come up with something better than a head shot.
I don't think the cover of Tarkus is that bad, it has to be better than Love Beach.
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The original cover for Utopia's ANOTHER LIVE is so bad, it's good. I wish they hadn't changed it for the CD version. An awful cover should stay awful!
CAN"S FUTURE DAYS is one with a bad cover that doesn't reflect the awesome grooves within.
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Not as bad as the above, but definitely in the running:
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
Not an actual album cover, but takes the cake on the "crotch" award:http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arc...from-labyrinth
Odd that Yes is responsible for some of the best (all Roger Dean efforts) album covers and some of the worst:
Big Generator
Tormato
90125
Going For The One
But few thing in life are this bad:
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Didn't DUKE win a similar thread in a not too distant thread?
I'm not that fond of the Duke cover, but it has a certain abstract charm, as does invisible Touch. And I will brook no criticism of the GFTO cover.A perfect juxtaposition of man as a creature of nature, vs man''s artificial environment that he has created for himself.
Umphrey's McGee- the Bottom Half. Not sure if it qualifies as prog or not.
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All these YES covers and no one's nominated TALK yet?
I will. Peter max, that is one half-assed piece of worthless shit you turned in.
(Unlike many fans, I do like the album itself though.)
As for GftO, I like the basic idea, but it's those various tube-things flying around everywhere that don't seem to have any purpose or meaning that throw me off.
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Was gonna nominate Echolyn's "As the World", but man are there some awful ones in here
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