In the sanitized world of Wal-Mart and iTunes, you’ll never see album cover images that are even remotely offensive. But it wasn’t always that way. The storied histories of rock and metal are filled with episodes in which sordid album art made its way out of record company art departments and onto store shelves, where it caused an outcry until the record company repackaged the album in a more shopper-friendly guise. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago tags 20 shocking banned album covers |
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One of my favorite Funk Bands and Great album covers to boot. Possibly NSFW(not safe for work) Due to the nature of some of the images. More here picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
Add technology to classic album covers. I got an absolutely huge and awesome response, over 350 entries, which I whittled down to my favorite 50, including the top three winners. picked by bornbad 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
Some of the most recognisable album covers of all time have been recreated in Lego by model-making music fans. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share entertainment |
From the fantastic Flickr LEGO Album Covers pool comes The Beatle's "Lego It Be" by minifig and The White Stripes' "White Blood Cells by joanna saves the Earth. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
Cool collages using just a few album covers. If you speak french see source of collection here. picked by kairo 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
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Lord knows we enjoy the creativity of Album Covers. Some are amazing works of art, others are... less so. Until 1939 albums were packaged in generic sleeves. Alex Steinweiss pioneered the Album Art that is so standard today. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share entertainment |
Food hackers at Obacchi Jacket Lunch Box cut and arrange ordinary bento lunch box ingredients to recreate famous album covers. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
iTunes adds Complete My Album feature, lettting customers purchase the rest of albums they've already bought singles from for a reduced price. picked by scobrakid 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A lost Jimi Hendrix album recorded with Stephen Stills from Crosby, Stills and Nash has been uncovered, says the Las Vegas Sun. 12 comments edit related share plime.comThe record, which Stills forgot about soon after recording it 30 years ago, is being prepared for release by his bandmate Graham Nash. picked by Jetka 1 year ago |
A total of four galleries that include such bizarre covers as Christmas with Colonel Sanders, and 60 French Girls Can't Be Wrong. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
Would I steer you wrong? These are great! picked by Bornbad 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
A very cool and clever animation using album artwork. picked by thecritters 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Some are accidentally whimsical, others grossly out of place, but they're all pretty bad. picked by coldbladed 3 months ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
Some pics NSFW... picked by DemureArt 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share entertainment |
Guaranteed for one case of the heebie-jeebies, or your money back. 4 comments edit related share plime.comRemember, once you see it, you can't not see it. picked by mahler87 2 years ago |
Four men stride across a zebra crossing. Three of them are wearing suits and one has jeans and a denim shirt on. One of them isn't wearing any shoes. Or at least that's what the original looked like. 1 comments edit related share artsThis most iconic of album covers has been recreated in numerous ways for numerous purposes, some of which are detailed here. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago |
Another funk favorite from the 70's with the craziest covers you've ever seen. Make my funk the P-Funk!!!!! picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
ROME. The news that Irish rock group U2 will release a new album in March has been hailed with relief and joy throughout the developing world. Millions of grateful peasants and refugees mobbed aid workers in Africa and Asia, offering sacrifices of new crops and young lambs to lead singer Bono for gracing the world with yet another insight into poverty. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
Prince is to give away his new album for free with a British tabloid newspaper before its official launch, in a move that has caused dismay among music retailers. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
Earth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note--the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month! picked by bingo 6 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |