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    Worst Prog album cover

    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

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    Yes' Big Generator
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    The new Al Di Meola record

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    Atrocious cover
    Epic music
    Great musicanship
    However massively unpopular
    Macht das ohr auf!

    COSMIC EYE RECORDS

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    The first Rush album....
    Officer Droid.

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    Seriously....what's up with that, Al?
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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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    Fireballet: Two, Too...Fireballet.jpg ?

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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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    Have a closer look at the trousers!

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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-

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yves View Post
    Not as bad as the above, but definitely in the running:
    Both entice you to look at the trousers...
    Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally

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    Not an actual album cover, but takes the cake on the "crotch" award:http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arc...from-labyrinth

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Yves View Post
    Not as bad as the above, but definitely in the running:

    Three wild & crazy guys!

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    Didn't DUKE win a similar thread in a not too distant thread?

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    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.

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    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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