Ever since my friend decided to get a record player I have seen countless really bad album covers. Now I know graphic design wasn’t so easy then as it is now, but if you can’t have a graphic designer, an artist should be sufficient. No?

Enter the world of vinyls, where you have the best and the worst album art ever created. Browsing thrift stores for cheap records we have came across a lot of art. The first one I am going to criticize is an album called “You Don’t Have To Be Jewish”

The title alone is a joke, that added with the photograph attached to it makes even Chad Kroeger not wanting to look at it.

Now we have an album that I do not know the name of due to a language barrier. There are two pictures of it however

I haven’t seen such a rad looking Muslim since I watched “Tunak Tunak Tun“

Stinkers aside, some have been really good. Recently I have gotten into an artist called Roger Dean. He was the guy who created most of the “Yes” covers. If you could remember all the way back to the 70s , you could remember how awesome they looked.

Seeing something like that can be a shining beacon of hope. Not only is it a beautiful album cover, but it’s Asia. Steve Howe will definitely amaze you with his crazy guitar playing skills. If you enjoy that Asia cover you should definitely check out Roger Dean’s other work.

Fast forward to today, and you do not have so many terrible album covers. Sure, some are really cheesy, but nothing really horrible. A quick Google search of “Worst Album Covers” will probably give you some musicians you have never heard of. Either way, most of these albums are 80s or before and are vinyls. However, with that you also don’t have anything that amazing. With the age of digital downloads, album art is virtually non-important. Marketing the album is no longer about making it look good, but rather making the band look appealing or making the music mainstream.

With today’s music scene, if it isn’t about losing your girl, your life sucking, or how much shit you can afford then you won’t hear of it. Example: Swedish Basshunter vs English Basshunter.

I could go on ranting about music forever, but I guess I will keep it there.
Too Long Did Not Read: Album art used to vary in amazing and terrible, now it’s all mediocre.