Very short list

[chrissy]

A while back, I subscribed to the very short list. A while back they sent me that site about what white people like that showed up here a few weeks later. And every once in a while they send me something so weird I just have the urge to share... Like today

As the CD follows the 8-track, the LP, and the Edison cylinder into obsolescence, so too goes the importance of memorable cover art: iconic images like Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo walking the snowy streets of Greenwich Village; a prism splitting white light into the colors of the rainbow; a quintet of women of a certain age wearing nothing but a layer of sour cream. Wait . . . what?
Okay, so some album sleeves are truly great, and some are so unspeakably awful that they deserve a final tribute. This collection, created by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, compiles 50 jaw-dropping examples of the latter category, including unfortunate efforts from obscure acts like the Frivolous Five (see above) and established artists like Jonah Jones (whose cover for I Dig Chicks depicts four women posing on a backhoe) as well as oddities like a Muhammad Ali record promoting good dental hygiene. Someone at VSL Headquarters was convinced that these were all elaborately executed jokes, fake records concocted the day before yesterday. But they are definitely real. If you thought your Celine Dion collection was an embarrassment, you haven’t learned the meaning of the word — yet.

see them here

But man, talk about very weird, one of the albums is Slim Goodbody. Anyone else remember him?

[mojo]

i don't think i do remember slim. but those were pretty good covers

yanno, by coincidence i was forwarded a similar list yesterday.

the 100 worst album covers ever

[ShawnLee]

Some were pretty bad - some were just reminders of what was considered tasteful in the 70's, 80's, and early 90's. Like watching a condensed form of VH1 looking back on that decade, through album covers.

Julie's Sixteenth Birthday - why does that cover look so freakin' creepy?

Slim Goodbody - dude. I remember him from my childhood. I googled him, apparently, he's still active.

[Jcranmer]

I didn't remember Slim till I saw that cover, but now I remember him. It's been ALONG LONG time since I saw that guy. He was always kinda creepy when I was a kid. After looking at that cover I remember why!

[gwilks98]

Um, the electric amish don't belong on that list. They're a comedy group - the album cover is supposed to suck.

[Showtime]

Lol the roger one reminds of blue steel for some reason.

#21 looks like it could be the newest kid rock cover.

[Thesifer]

Wait what? CD's are obsolete already? But , I'm still buying them!

[WhiskeyPapa]

Believe it or not, I've actually seen many of those album covers (you see a lot in 20+ years in radio.) Most of them weren't that bad, they were just typical of low-budget 70's/early 80's music.