# Absurd album art

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurd-album-art/432565>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 7, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurd-album-art/432565 "2008-01-07T03:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurd-album-art/432565/1 "2008-01-07T03:07:50Z")

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I have won the thread without reading a single forthcoming response. You are all now competing for second place:

[http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5277/bigbear9sb4sq.jpg](http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5277/bigbear9sb4sq.jpg)

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurd-album-art/432565/2 "2008-01-07T03:16:38Z")

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That’s more ugly than absurd.

So let’s start with the [Classic](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000026LE3.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg).

There’s also the [front and back](http://www.tgfa.org/other/images/kooper.jpg) of Act Like Nothing’s Wrong by Al Kooper

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**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurd-album-art/432565/3 "2008-01-07T03:17:38Z")

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[this](http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/14-1.jpg) [and this](http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/25-1.jpg) [and this](http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/32-1.jpg) beat that.

[and there’s plenty more](http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/worst-album-covers) (some may not be safe for work)

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurd-album-art/432565/4 "2008-01-07T03:38:21Z")

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[QUOTE=ForumBot]  
I have won the thread without reading a single forthcoming response. You are all now competing for second place:

[http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5277/bigbear9sb4sq.jpg](http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5277/bigbear9sb4sq.jpg)  
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Later that day one of those bears also posed for the cover of [It Still Moves](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Mmjitstillmoves.jpg) by My Morning Jacket.