"Sharks are a wonder to me, and they're emblematic of something terrifying and unknown-- alien to your being. A large creature that lives in the ocean is so outside of what is comprehensible to a person. They've always captured my imagination since I was a kid. I've always loved them," says collage artist Jeremy Schmidt about this cover in a recent Pitchfork interview
Despite my rating, Hell's Thrash Horsemen really seem to be going sane, just check out cover of their previous record. However, they still qualify with this one. Let me guess, the mayhem started just as that anchorman announced that Cher is going to release a new album?
Much has been written about the insanity of obscure album covers from the 60s or 70s. While the unhinged psychedelia and ill-advised intentions on cover art from those days have been sufficiently documented elsewhere (as well as over-the-top glitzy slime from the 80s), here is your resource for insane, weird, awful and miscarried covers of today.
Back then cover artists had only scissors, cameras, LSD, joints and occasionally crack to work with – today people have Photoshop in addition to all of that and the weirdness does not stop. MP3s may be killing the physical form of music, but for some unexplained reason insane cover art does not seem to suffer!
Note: There are no links to illegal music on this site and all comments including such links will be deleted.
FAQ
Q: What is your system of rating?
A: I use three categories: Moderately insane, Very insane, bATsh!t
Q: How do you choose the pictures?
A: They have to look weird and they have to be from this year. The challenge is to post one artwork every day, none of them older than 01/01/2010.
Q: Can I suggest an insane cover art that I like?
A: Yep, please do so (as long as the record in question was released in 2010).
Links
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