Worst Record Covers List

[Mulboyne]

Japan makes the list...
Pitchforkmedia: The Worst Record Covers of All Time

Minami Haruo Sekai No Kuni Kara Konnichiwa
* The Venice-by-the-sea dress
Graphic blossoms in shades of sage, violet, and cobalt blue tumble over calf-grazing silk. Full kimono sleeves, a deep v-neckline, and an obi sash add an Eastern air. By Corey Lynn Calter. Dry clean. USA.

Cheesy but hardly a total disaster.

[electrocat]

that article was sooo long winded. The paragraphs were funny for a second. But damn, 10 pages of the same not funny descriptions. The Album covers speak for themselves..jeez...

[jingai]

Very funny.

[Charles]

I rather like that kimono.

[Mulboyne]

[djgizmoe]

I can't tell how many posts I have seen berating Pitchfork's snobby/bitchy reviews, but I've never had the excuse to check them out till now. Can't say I'm very impressed.

[Socratesabroad]

that article was sooo long winded. The paragraphs were funny for a second. But damn, 10 pages of the same not funny descriptions. The Album covers speak for themselves..jeez...

My views exactly. I read the whole thing, kind of like rubber-necking to see a traffic accident, simply to see if any of the descriptions were actually funny - they weren't.

Loads of material to work with, too bad the writing is shite.

[Mulboyne]

This selection is better: Worst Album Covers Ever.

[Captain Japan]

I can't tell how many posts I have seen berating Pitchfork's snobby/bitchy reviews, but I've never had the excuse to check them out till now. Can't say I'm very impressed.

Pitchfork reviews are strange in that very few people really are able to understand what the writer is talking about. There are so many obscure references that the point gets lost reallly quickly. Not sure why they approach reviewing albums this way.

[Mulboyne]

I can't tell how many posts I have seen berating Pitchfork's snobby/bitchy reviews, but I've never had the excuse to check them out till now. Can't say I'm very impressed.

Pitchfork reviews are strange in that very few people really are able to understand what the writer is talking about. There are so many obscure references that the point gets lost reallly quickly. Not sure why they approach reviewing albums this way.

I used to enjoy reading Pitchforkmedia just as a source of information. I found out about bands that weren't well-known in Europe - such as Broken Social Scene, The Walkmen, The Wrens and Modest Mouse. Also, the reviewers were healthily sceptical about bands that were being pushed in the UK as "the next big thing" which was a useful antidote to London's gushing press. But now I find that the "staff picks" of local record shops have come to mirror the site's picks so, rather than broadening my knowledge, Pitchfork now acts as a constraint. All I saw yesterday were Deerhoof, Wolf Parade, New Pornographers etc. They've turned into the Robert Parker of the music world.

Oh, and here's a Japan-themed bad album cover which seems to turn up on the net a lot:

[Captain Japan]

Oh, and here's a Japan-themed bad album cover which seems to turn up on the net a lot:

Mulboyne, where do you come up with this stuff?

[Mulboyne]

Not Japan-related but still disturbing:

[Mulboyne]

This isn't about album covers but, since Captain Japan wrote the following:

Pitchfork reviews are strange in that very few people really are able to understand what the writer is talking about. There are so many obscure references that the point gets lost reallly quickly. Not sure why they approach reviewing albums this way.

...I thought I'd link to the Pitchfork review of Jet's new release.

[Greji]

Mulboyne, where do you come up with this stuff?

He's unemployed and the only one in the cardboard housing in Shinjuku Park with a fiberwire connection!

[Mulboyne]