Weirdest Album Covers and Titles

Post by **Dale** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:34 am

Bloomfield wrote:
Spinal Tap: Smell the Glove (US release)

Hm. I saw the thread title and clicked in with the intent of posting Spinal Tap's: Smell the Glove.

What are the odds?

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:35 am

I have always thought that orange and purple belong together. Unfortunately the picture doesn’t quite seem to have the colors right.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:43 am

Any album cover by Tool...

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:51 am

DaleWisely wrote:
Hm. I saw the thread title and clicked in with the intent of posting Spinal Tap's: Smell the Glove.

What are the odds?

Better than Songs For Gay Dogs I suspect.

missy · Post by **missy** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:52 am

Hey Dale - here's one for you...........

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:52 am

This is not the weirdest or the stupidist album cover but it's pretty stupid. I never did get the mask thing but the top is supposed to represent free wheeling I guess. I saw the album several times in a record store and paid no attention to it. I didn't know who Ted Brown was. Finally I looked closer and saw that Warne Marsh and Art Pepper were on it so I broke down and bought it. It was a pretty good album. Looking this up threw me into an absolute frenzy of nostalgia and I spent a considerable amount of time looking up Ted Brown and Warne Marsh at Amazon. Also because of a chain of associations I looked up David Stone Martin album covers and Jazz at the Philharmonic program covers.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:05 am

A descent into kitsch album hell --

Post by **Dale** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:53 am

Sigur Ros: "Von"

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:55 am

Post by **Dale** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:57 am

Although none of his album covers, as such, really do him justice, this image works pretty well. This performer is Bob Log III, who records for Fat Possum Records. Plays a very raunchy, blues-influenced rock. As far as I know, he never performs without his helmet. There's a mic in there, evidently.

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:08 am

I used to take piano lessons from a guy who collected suggestive album covers from the 50s & 60s. This sort of thing.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:40 am

Dr. Strangley Strange were an Irish band from way back. I don't remember a lot about them but I think they were an acoustic based hippy band with more than a nod in the direction of the Incredible String Band.

That was a blast from the past....

Slan,
D.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:39 am

Here's one for Gonzo:

http://www.straitjackets.com

Don't like that overplayed Titanic song? Wait till you listen to their take on it!

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:58 pm

It's not a weird title, but I have spent hours back in the day, studying this cover/listening to the album-

edited to add-

I loved this album- especially The Man In the Jar(he wanna get out, he's smashing the glass.....)

That guy on the left in green and yellow was a bit too freaky.

Post by **Dale** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:01 pm

missy wrote:Hey Dale - here's one for you...........

Haha. Funny. We'll see who's laughing when they take over.