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Bay City RollersWho needs a "pre-fab four" when you can have this Pre-fab Five? Just look at how the exposed, hairless wonder-chests and plaid outfits just scream out at you louder than an army of bagpipers! Apparently, this band allowed their business manager to also make album art choices because he pretty much stunk at both jobs. With the combination of hairstyles and unrelenting use of Scottish tartan, it would be tough for this band to top this album cover for sheer cheesiness...

...but you would be wrong.

Bay City Rollers, it's a gameIt got much worse when the chose to end their career as a 70s teenybopper band with this "deep" cover. Oooh, I think I get it...the music industry is a game not unlike chess. In other words, you need brains and skill to win. If like the BCR you have neither, then this is how your last album will look on the front.

Apparently no one wants us to suffer seeing the back of this album, but it's about the most cheesy sci-fi homage to the hairless chest of Les. Since their entire career has been cursed with cheesy album covers, I'll spare you the rest of them. You'll thank me later.
jorgeben

FITTA WARRI
STRICTLY ROOTS!
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This is Kenny Loggins and the mystical orb. Say hello orb. Man, Kenny Loggins is now "orbalicious" in my book!

I'm guessing that this is pre "danger zone" Loggins.











Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversDavid Hasselhoff

Night Rocker, 1985

As a culture overly fond of ham, Germany provided a willing audience for David Hasselhoff's 1980s musical output. Historians are still debating whether the destruction of the Berlin Wall a few years later was sparked by East Germans struggling to escape from boom-boxes blasting the Hoff.

Good lord look at the hoff looking like gary glitter

perhaps the title should have been off his rocker








Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversDavid Lanz

East of the Moon, 2000

Grammy-winning English composer-pianist David Lanz (we'd never heard of him, either) aims to attract Gen Y to his special New Age-jazz blend with his impression of Napoleon Dynamite at hand-dance club. Is that a bird in flight? Perhaps a dove to symbolize peace? Or is Lanz conducting an invisible orchestra? As Napoleon would say, "Idiot!"




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The John Tesh Project

Discovery, 1996

From the John Tesh Project — basically, a former Entertainment Tonight host and his battery-operated Casio keyboard — comes a trippy musical tale of maritime transportation gone awry. See, dude, there was this lighthouse, and then these huge ships were, like, floating in the sky...




Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversOrleans

Waking and Dreaming, 1976

A band of modest renown from upstate New York (don't ask about the name Orleans), these '70s soft-rockers made headlines in 2004 when President Bush incorporated their biggest hit, "Still the One," into his reelection rallies without permission. What better choice for a social conservative who would amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage than a song promoted by five naked guys embracing? Rather than pay for fair use, Bush's camp stopped playing the tune.

makes the village people look butch





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Magnum

On a Storyteller's Night, 1985

Apologies to all 35-year-old D&D addicts, while we snicker at this best-of-breed salute to medieval-metal inanity. Truly, an oil-painted portal into another world, one where pretentious English rockers captivate middle-age adolescents en route to a Renaissance faire. Fare thee well!





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Bernard Hebb and Finn Svit

Guitar Impressions: Music for Two Guitars, 1994

With their fan base waning, Eddie and Alex Van Halen kick it down a notch and ease into their golden years.








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Mick Ronson

Play Don't Worry, 1975

No one doubts dearly departed Mick Ronson's enthusiasm and talent for the guitar. But his cross-my-heart, blue-and-black spandex top, paired with what can only be described as a striped arm warmer, forces us to reevaluate his sartorial sanity.






Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversJoe Diffie

Life's So Funny, 1995

For our mid-'90s time capsule, class, we need an object that conveys Southern America's fixation on mullets, moustaches, and gee-tars. Extra points if you can scavange up something that includes a black leather vest and projects a dash of good-ol'-boy humor.




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Daryl Stuermer

Steppin' Out, 1990

The jacket says Michael Jackson 1984, but the face says Heath Ledger 2031.









Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversThe Brothers Johnson

Look Out for Number 1, 1976

Got it, you guys are really, really, really into the guitar. Really, we got it.











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Heino

Seine Großen Erfolge, 2001

Three things you need to know about Germany's Heino: 1) he never removes his shades; 2) he does a killer rendition of "Edelweiss"; 3) he considers Col. Sanders a fashion icon.

what a wanker








Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversJermaine Jackson
My Name is Jermaine, 1976

..and not "third Jackson from the left behind Michael."






Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversEddie Murphy
How Could It Be, 1985

The fact that Eddie Murphy's handlers let him release this cheesetastic album is not as puzzling as Eddie's "I'm a serious musician" pose. Especially considering the albums biggest hit "Party All the Time" had no piano to be found.












Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversMillie Jackson
E.S.P. - Extra Sexual Person

Nicely placed crystal ball, Millie. Ms. Jackson strikes again (see "That's Disgusting") with a combination fortune teller / prostitute pose.












Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversFrancisco y Fernando
Vamos a la Playa

I tried my darndest to find out when this album was made. I even found translated pages of reviews of their music. Meaning may be lost in translation:

Re: Fernando and Francisco
The fags are an excrement those safe q kill to straws to the day. In addition I am divided the ass in his God face, since mieeeeeerda can make people this? they will be hijosdeputa….








Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversSpinal Tap
Break Like the Wind, 1992

Yes, this is a "mostly fictional" band, and therefore a "mostly fictional" album cover, but we just had to applaud David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls for their effective use of all the best heavy metal cliches. The stormy night sky, fog from nowhere, metallic lettering and vague/tough looks are all in place.









you´re dumbKen
By Request Only

I don't know who is requesting Ken, but for the love of God, STOP!

ken looks like a an even worse version of warren clarke if thats possible









Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversHarry Breuer and his Quintet
Mallet Mischief

Harry has finally discovered to key to inducing suicide through the nefarious use of xylophone playing. Criminal genius!!










Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversPaddy Roberts
Songs for Gay Dogs

Hits from the album include "Rainbow Colored Leashes," "The Fido Fab Five" and "Other Dogs' Butts Drive Me Nuts."






Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversFreddie Gage
All My Friends Are Dead

This is from Gage's "uplifting and happy" period.





MenudoMenudo
Menudo Mania

"Boys...hold these surfboards so you look fun-loving and carefree!"









ELPEmerson, Lake and Palmer
Love Beach, 1978

Considering these guys went on to later use Geiger's work for cover art, Love Beach is a dark, dark mark in their discography.







Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversThe Rolling Stones
Get Your Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert

Nothing says hard rocking live album like a random leaping musician, and a one-donkey band.










Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversDavid Crosby
If I Could Only Remember My Name

...I Could Tell Myself to Stop Making Cheesy Album Covers."










Terry RileyTerry Riley
A Rainbow in Curved Air

...and thin hair.

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Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversABBA
Gracias Por La Musica

Everything on this album is the exact opposite of anything Latin.













Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversDenis Walter
By Request

Who, I demand, WHO requested this?! Heads will roll!!










Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversHarry Secombe

He lives in a van down by the river.

check those sideboards he could be a 70s darts player











Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversHeino
Liebe Mutter...

Heino strikes again!

and i would like to strike heino










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Joseph Cooper
The World of Joseph Cooper

Apparently Joseph Cooper's world includes a creepy smile, oddly placed piano and bad suit.










Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversJim Post
I Love My Life

Try to convince us a little harder Jim.









Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversWilliam Hung
Hung for the Holidays

Didn't this guy's fifteen minutes of fame run out two years ago?





Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversEddie Murphy
Love's Alright

Didn't he learn anything from his early 80s entre into the musical world?





Gary Dee BradfordGary Dee Bradford
Sings for You and You and You

Wow, thanks Gary, you really shouldn't have...

I wonder if he used the royalties from this album to fix his wonky eye...

my god isnt that the thing from the goonies













Rappin Rodney
Rappin' Rodney
Rappin' Rodney

Quite possibly Hip-Hop's lowest moment, or finest hour, the jury is still out on this one.








Jim NaborsJim Nabors
Christmas

Jim has a little present for you...it's in his pants!

Happy Kwanzaa!











GuruKristian Hoffman
I don't Love My Guru Anymore

Poor Kristian...he's lost that lovin' feelin'. Maybe he can help Jim open up that present in his pants...















El Vez strikes again!El Vez
Sno-Way Jose


Wait Kristian before you shed another tear, El Vez is here with a heaping helping of Yuletide cheer... succumb to his pencil-thin mustache...














Rob and FabRob and Fab
Self-Titled

You couldn't have an "Extra Cheese" category without these two. Do they have to go pee pee? Why are they doing that?













Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversThe Louvin Brothers
Satan is Real

Yes, Satan is definitely real. He's also badly drawn and made of cardboard.


bonnie_home_plateBonnie Raitt | Home Plate
What the h*ll was Bonnie thinking!? What's with the baseball reference? Why is the plate drawn in? So many questions, no answers.


Rachid Prototype Rachid
Prototype

Prototype came out at the peak of the "neo-soul" movement. Insiders --many who had heard the advance Prototype promotional CD packaged in a unassuming brown sleeve with simple artwork-- buzzed about the quality of this album. The simple artwork of the promotional CD was well suited for the wonderful progressive organic soul vibe of Prototype.

Imagine the surprise of those who touted Rachid as the next big thing in "neo-soul" when this disaster of an album cover landed in record stores?!?!?! Is that pink fog in the background of a futuristic rocket launching pad? Based on his facial expression, I can only gather that Rachid is confused by this horrible cover art as well. With good reason; This cover art could easily be a case study on how to kill a promising music career through poor imaging. Not even the fact that Rachid is the son of Kool and the Gang's Ronald Bell could rescue poor Rachid after this disasterous packaging!
Mr. Love Pants Ian Dury & The Blockheads.
Mr. Love Pants

I think we know which side of the group came up with this cover art idea. I'll leave it at that.

Extra Cheese - Worst Album CoversGus Merzi and his Orchestra
Smilin' Gus (1976)

If it is at all possible, the back cover is even cheesier.




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Robertino
A Gay Ranchero

No argument here.























The Barry Lee Trio

On Safari

On safari in the front garden of a nasty motel, apparently.

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The John Robinson Show Band
Pep up your party

Coming soon to a patch of gravel near you...























The Young Australians

Self-titled album, 1969.

Note the strangely unconvincing affection expressed by the two pink-clad young lads at the front. The chap at back, to the extreme left side, is a bit of a worry, too.

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The Tyroleans

A Feast of Music, Song, Yodel and Dance.

Unfortunately, we are left to only imagine the "dance" component of their act.




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Anonymous Francisco y Fernando 0 Feb 7 2010, 1:12 PM EST by Anonymous
 
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The song is actually worse than the Cover:
http://www.elrellano.com/audios_online/1883/vamos-a-la-playa.html
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Anonymous Adam Lambert. 0 Oct 28 2009, 9:02 AM EDT by Anonymous
 
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PLEASE tell me you intend to feature this horrifically transsexual nightmare of an album cover! Proof that Kris Allen is better, because he's not a hack like this douchenozzle.

Here: http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/for-your-amusement-i-mean-entertainment-adam-lamberts-album-cover-i-swear-its-for-real/
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Anonymous Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air 0 Oct 25 2009, 4:12 PM EDT by Anonymous
 
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The Terry Riley album must be an unfortunate re-release (I hope). An alternate, and less cheezy cover can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Curved-Air-Terry-Riley/dp/B0000024QA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1256501408&sr=8-2

It's one of the best album's I've ever heard. The cover posted here made me cry.
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