May 17, 2007
The Golden Age of Vinyl And Cocaine
The last three are click-able; trust me, I don't own the first two.
Worst Album Title
REO Speedwagon: You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
Worst Combination Title and Cover Graphic
Ted Nugent: Scream Dream
Most Eerily Appropriate Album Cover
The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters
Best Inner Picture
The Mexican dinner inside of ZZ Top's Tres Hombres
Favorite Album By A Band That Broke Up In the Last Week
Technique by New Order
Other categories, nominees and disagreements welcome in the comments.
Technique is my favorite from New Order, too. You could have said they broke up 14 years ago, and I wouldn't have necessarily known the difference.
I now look forward to seeing Control.
Posted by: Montag at May 17, 2007 08:22 AMDon't care much for New Order, but coverboy Mannekan-pis is Belgium's shining star.
Runners up for Worst Title, Ian Gomm's Gomm With The Wind and Ian Hunter's You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic
How's about "Worst attempt at pretending to be controversial?" WASP - "The Headless Children".
I mean, c'mon, who doesn't LOVE headless children? They're the easiest to raise - no sass, virtually no feeding costs, no messy diapers.
Back to the drawing board, WASP.
Posted by: Ohio_lib at May 17, 2007 08:41 AMworst title/cover graphic - Procol Harum's Home
best inner sleeve - the ZZ Top gatefold always reminded me of the Stones' Tom Jone-ish Beggar's Banquet (scroll down for the inner panels)
favorite cover that was hastily deleted after issued - Moby Grape's first (the album was yanked and reissued with the middle finger airbrushed out; it's been restored in recent re-releases)
Posted by: paperpusher at May 17, 2007 10:23 AMAgreed regarding Technique. :)
Posted by: Mighty Ponygirl at May 17, 2007 10:27 AMDoes anybody know what happened to the Poor Man Institute? It was there just the other day, I swear. (Or is it only me who can't get to it?)
Posted by: Montag at May 17, 2007 11:04 AMatrios linked it and their hamsters fried. or Blue Thunder finally had enough of Airwolf. or something.
Posted by: Paperpusher at May 17, 2007 12:28 PMOf course, there's the bad timing album cover of all time: Party Music by the Coup. Showing the World Trade Center blowing up. Scheduled to be released in November 2001.
It was pulled.
Posted by: sasha at May 17, 2007 01:38 PMWell, New Order lasted longer than I thought they would.
Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at May 17, 2007 02:14 PMC'mon, Yes' Tales from Topographic Oceans doesn't at least get an honorable mention for either Worst Title or Worst Cover Art? Fish swimming through the air! In front of pyramids! Mmmm, prog-elicious...
Posted by: Gerald Fnord at May 17, 2007 02:41 PMBest album innards?
The Vinyl L.P. of Cheech and Chong's Big Bambu, which included the giant rolling paper.
The thing these young whippersnappers of today with their CD's and their iPods and their Napsters will never get to experience...
Posted by: KnaveRupe0 at May 17, 2007 07:38 PMOh, REO Speedwagon, you hard-working mediocore Midwest bar band you!
I think worst waste of blood would have to go to Andrew W.K. for I Get Wet.
Posted by: Brando at May 19, 2007 03:18 PM