I think it's kindness as much as anything, as the references may be obscure but they're hardly compelling. I don't think one needs to know Roland Rat to understand the point being made.
Great show again guys. I've been a bit distracted today and forgot you were on. My elderly Mum's in hospital in Paisley after another fall. I came home a bit scunnered and you guys popped up on my telly. It was like finding a tenner in an old jaicket and has made my night. Oh....and Magnum II wins hands down. Cheers lads! 🍻
Me and the venerable Simon Bray were almost on the same page in terms of beverage choice for this episode. While he went for an Erdinger Dunkel I myself enjoyed an Erdinger Weissbier.
As usual/ the laughs on a cold Saturday NJ. USA 🇺🇸 afternoon here - tremendous. You guys are a ton of fun. And, I’ll say it again, like a broken record - IF by some miracle you could ever attend an SOT fest by Pete/ you guys would be welcomed like “ royalty”. I’m very perceptive with stuff like that. Thx trio 👍💯
Far as Chicago, what the HELL were Peter Cetera and Danny Seraphine thinking with that homoerotic pose on that cover?? To say it's their worst album cover would be an understatement!
Enjoying yet another most enjoyable show with a drop of Old Golden Hen. My nominations: .38 Special - "Bone Against Steel" Atilla - "Atilla" Wucan - "Sow The Wind" Shadow Circus - "Welcome to the Freakroom"
I love the UK Connection. I am drinking a fantastic Imperial IPA from Sockeye Brewing Company in Boise, Idaho tonight. Their "Hopnoxious" is a tasty brew with citrus and a hoppy smooth finish. Cheers!
Living in Phoenix Az, I have access to some great local beers. Don't know if you guys can get it, but one of the first and best breweries here is Four Peaks. My fave from these guys is called Raj IPA. Approximately 7%, great flavor. When I have the chance to visit their cool establishment (great food, as well), I need to make sure I only have two!
Foreigner - Head Games REO Speedwagon - The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog, And A Chicken Journey - Trial By Fire Judas Priest - Jugulator Genesis - Genesis
You might not realize, but: "Night on Brocken" refers to the night of a witches' meeting on the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz mountains, a range of wooded hills in central Germany. The night is commonly referred to as "Walpurgis Night". It is celebrated on the night of 30 April and the day of 1 May each year.
Great show as always... The first thing that popped in my head, Rick Derrengers second solo album Spring Fever. An exceptional rock guitarist, a decent album (barely) but WHO put that pretty boy picture with Rick pretending to be David Cassidy pasted all over the album.
Cheap Trick - Woke Up With A Monster, The Doctor Thunder - Laughing On Judgment Day Y& T - Down For The Count, In Rock We Trust Montrose - Paper Money Aerosmith - Just Push Play, Music From Another Dimension UFO - Misdemeanor Foghat - In The Mood For Something Rude
I believe the girl in the Fleetwood Mac cover is one of Mick's Daughters so I suppose it's meant to be "Artistic" as you say. Still it's not as bad as the Blind Faith album. Which I have reversed the inlay in my collection for the bland US version. Still I wont get in trouble for having the Uk version on display.
I was going to say that about the Fleetwood Mac album. It represents the title. Daddy is her hero, and the 60's hippy, all nudity is okay thing was still going strong in 1974.
@@seaoftranquilityprog True, Mick was never a hippie. The upcoming Stevie Nicks was probably more of one. Lol. I think it just was the ethos of the time period. It is a strange cover, although I think Mr. Wonderful & Mystery to Me are even worse.
I still don’t get why he is mostly naked and prominently displaying his ribcage like that. Its very weird. And a horrible, truly horrible cover just for aesthetic reasons.
These are all albums i like a lot: Jeff Beck - Truth (why?) Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors (so many things you could do with mirrors… also the Symbol just sitting there) Deep Purple - Bananas (seriously?) Filter - The Sun Comes Out Tonight & Riverside - Out of Myself (looks like print-on-demand book covers) Killer be Killed - self-titled (inside artwork (soldier silouettes) would have worked better) Loudness - self-titled (1992) (messy) Omen - Battle Cry (did they get a kid to draw this?) Vicious Rumors - Word of Mouth (awful)
Blind Faith - "Blind Faith" MSG - "Be Aware Of Scorpions" U2 - "Songs Of Innocence" Accept - "Balls To The Wall" Mott - "Shouting And Pointing" Krokus - "Round 13" Krokus - "Change Of Address" Saxon_ "Innocence Is No Excuse" Deliverance - "Devils Meat" Metal Church - "Hanging In The Balance" Artillery - "Terror Squad" Savage Grace - "Master Of Disguise" Blackfoot - "Vertical Smiles" Battlezone - "Feel My Pain" Sweet - "Give Us A Wink" Nazareth - "The Catch"
Both versions of the Blind Faith cover are bad for different reasons---the original because it's disturbing, the reissue because it's just plain LAME (boring band shot).
Despite the cover though, that first White Sister album is tremendous, I was listening to it just a couple of weeks ago. Great album to sing along with.
One of the best shows ever. A topic everyone out there can relate to. You can do this topic once every couple months for 20 years! Stevens beer looked good . Too bad he wasn't crazy about it.
Great episode guys, i love Fleetwood Mac but they must be the exception in terms of most of their album covers being terrible, that Heroes are hard to find cover is horrendous, the album itself is fantastic
"Adrenalize " cover is a masterpiece by comparison to "Euphoria". And that "Heroes Are Hard To Find" cover is as creepy as the OG "Virgin Killer" if not more.
I believe it was an episode of The Contrarians that someone mentioned "Kiln House" by Fleetwood Mac as one of the worst album covers. It's actually one of my favorites. Far be it for me to be contrary to The Contrarians. "See what I did, there?" Cheers.
I have a white label 12" single of Roland Rat's 'Rat Rapping' and the all-white cardboard cover is certainly more inventive, meaningful and exciting than 95% of those displayed today. Hipgnosis have provided many good, nay, great album covers (Atom Heart Mother perhaps best of all) but also a lot of stinkers - If you thought Indelibly Stamped took the fun out of a naked breast cover, try Cochise's debut.
When Simon showed the Kiss album I immediately clocked the similarity to the first Pretenders album where they look so cool. Then I wondered if it was just a transatlantic cultural thing where Kiss are trying to appeal to American youth whereas the Pretenders were chanelling UK/USA cool rebellion.
Hi guys, just started watching /listening at work again, so no beer, and I've scribbled down a few ideas without reading any comments or listening to your picks first... WILD DOGS Man's Best Friend LEGS DIAMOND Town Bad Girl HANDSOME BEASTS Beastiality SCORPIONS Animal Magnetism UFO Force It MANOWAR Into Glory Ride That'll di off the too of my head! Cheers gents...
Today I’m having a beer from India. Maharaja Premium Pilsner 5%ABV cheers. I’ve had that Erdinger Dunkel good beer. Great show guys. Those were some pretty crappy album covers. Can always count on some good laughs.
The new Steve Hackett album artwork is questionable , yet the cover of this months Prog magazine featuring Steve Hackett and his new album is really good and much better than this album sleeve
Enjoyed the video guys Yeah there sure is some horrendous album covers out there Check out a double album from Gentle Giant 😮 called Giant Steps --- the first 5 years -- a pair of fat legs in stripey socks & baseball boots ahhhgggg !!!!! OMG !!! whoever thought this was a good idea warrants a good slap !! 😂😂😮
There are so many possibilities. Sure, you can easily do a 2nd, 3rd, 4th show. Good calls on several of those albums--and quite a few I hadn't even considered. Yes, that UFO "Sharks" was a big disappointment. I actually like that Fates Warning "Night on Brocken" design. It makes next to no sense yet it has a certain goofy charm to it--but the logo was awful. What a difference on what followed. I'll also throw in a few off the top of my head here: Scorpions "Virgin Killer," Savatage "Fight for the Rock," WASP "The Last Command," Motorhead "Overnight Sensation," Korkus "Heart Attack," Y&T "Endangered Species," Venom "Cast in Stone," Quiet Riot "Guilty Pleasures," Iron Maiden "Virtual XI," Tygers of Pan Tang "The Wreck-Age," Black Sabbath "The Eternal Idol," Tokyo Blade "No Remorse," TKO "Let it Roll," Anvil "Plenty of Power," Gang Green (pick 'em). Note: I should mention most of these titles are really good--a few subpar. Quiet Riot and Krokus are typically whipping boys for all that's wrong with '80s metal, but these releases are really very good. I'm purposely mentioning some obscure bands to give them a little deserved air time. Looking forward to the next one guys!
Pete missed the best with Toe Fat, he showed the UK cover with the small naked toe couple, the US Cover for some unknown reason air brushed them out and stuck a lamb or goat just floating in the air where they were !! ??? !! I have both those LPs the 2nd one I think there inside a roast chicken carcass. Fun Show. The story I read was the band wanted the worst name and cover for the band they could think of.
-Magnum II oh my god that has to be the biggest difference in the quality of an album and its cover for me. Text on flat colour is bad enough, but why silver/gray and black? -Dark Wizard - Devil's victim kind of an obscure one, but man this has to be the epitome of the badly drawn 80s metal cover that probably doesn't look as scary as the artist thought it would -Rainbow - Bent out of shape I don't particularly like this album anyway, but the cover doesn't do it any favors. This one is representative for all of the bad weird AOR covers with scantaly clad women and some weird image effects -Yesterday & Today - Struck Down I also have a Y&T choice, but this is from the early days. Struck down is actually my favorite of theirs, but the cover is just terrible... They look like a circus. -Journey s/t Some may like this, I don't care. They're all just kinda looking confused and the way they're superimposed onto a printed out mountain is just bad
Elton's Sleeping With The Past cover isn't so bad. Big Picture I can understand, Elton himself considers it one of his worst overall albums. But check out the covers of his One Night Only and Wonderful Crazy Night albums. Crazy Night is a good and very underrated album, but the cover.... yeah, odd. And I'm not sure why that band is called Birth Control, but maybe if I saw them, I'd get an idea.
Cheap Trick -- 'Woke Up With a Monster' Their first and only record for Warner Bros. Cover features a circus clown climbing into bed with a full-figured gal (who I always assumed was a prostitute). Classic CT logo replaced with some horrific '90s 'sh*t splat' version. It's the only album cover in my CD collection that I keep turned around in the jewel case.
@@patrickmurphy4297 -- It's a solid album. But the title track was the lead single and I've always hated the whiny "AH-ah-ah-AH-ah-AH-ah" in the chorus. If that could be peeled out and replaced with a guitar lick -- the song would be a thousand times better.
Made In The Shade, Dirty Work, Steel Wheels, A Bigger Bang and Hackney Diamonds by the Stones. Their compilation Around and Around has the ugliest wallpaper ever to be seen on a recordcover. And especially their later Livealbums: Love You Live, Still Live, Flashpoint, No Security. Mick Jagger's Primitive Cool. Aerosmith's Done With Mirrors. Bowie's Never Let Me Down and Labyrinth. 90% of the Beach Boys Covers. Neil Young's Trans.
Funniest part of these UK Connection videos is Pete's blank face when the guys talk about obscure British cultural references.
I think it's kindness as much as anything, as the references may be obscure but they're hardly compelling. I don't think one needs to know Roland Rat to understand the point being made.
Great show again guys. I've been a bit distracted today and forgot you were on. My elderly Mum's in hospital in Paisley after another fall. I came home a bit scunnered and you guys popped up on my telly. It was like finding a tenner in an old jaicket and has made my night. Oh....and Magnum II wins hands down. Cheers lads! 🍻
Thanks for watching Graeme. Best wishes to your mum.
Wishing you the best. Graeme. Much health to mom 👍💯
All the best Graeme and much love to your mum!
There needs to be a Part 2 to this!
Me and the venerable Simon Bray were almost on the same page in terms of beverage choice for this episode. While he went for an Erdinger Dunkel I myself enjoyed an Erdinger Weissbier.
I honestly think Pete would really like that first White Sister album. Interested in you guys reviewing that album.
As usual/ the laughs on a cold Saturday NJ. USA 🇺🇸 afternoon here - tremendous. You guys are a ton of fun. And, I’ll say it again, like a broken record - IF by some miracle you could ever attend an SOT fest by Pete/ you guys would be welcomed like “ royalty”. I’m very perceptive with stuff like that. Thx trio 👍💯
Thanks as ever Gary!
@@TranquilityFireReid /. Thank you my friend 👍💯
Always assumed that the heads on the Toe Fat record were big toes. 🙂
Many thanks lads, love it all.
Chicago - Hot Streets
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur
Heart - Brigade
Yes - Big Generator
Toto - Isolation (Great album, terrible artwork)
Toto was on my short list but never quite made the cut. It is terrible!
Far as Chicago, what the HELL were Peter Cetera and Danny Seraphine thinking with that homoerotic pose on that cover?? To say it's their worst album cover would be an understatement!
I think Big Generator is much worse than Talk.
Enjoying yet another most enjoyable show with a drop of Old Golden Hen.
My nominations:
.38 Special - "Bone Against Steel"
Atilla - "Atilla"
Wucan - "Sow The Wind"
Shadow Circus - "Welcome to the Freakroom"
Hadn't seen the Atilla until today but you are not wrong there!
I love the UK Connection. I am drinking a fantastic Imperial IPA from Sockeye Brewing Company in Boise, Idaho tonight. Their "Hopnoxious" is a tasty brew with citrus and a hoppy smooth finish. Cheers!
Living in Phoenix Az, I have access to some great local beers. Don't know if you guys can get it, but one of the first and best breweries here is Four Peaks. My fave from these guys is called Raj IPA. Approximately 7%, great flavor. When I have the chance to visit their cool establishment (great food, as well), I need to make sure I only have two!
Foreigner - Head Games
REO Speedwagon - The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog, And A Chicken
Journey - Trial By Fire
Judas Priest - Jugulator
Genesis - Genesis
Eh, the Genesis one isn't THAT bad. Nothing fancy but not exactly terrible.
Fun show guys thank you! Great topic for a show too!😂 yes they should know better lol!
The Brocken is a mountain in the middle of Germany where supposedly at Walpurgis Night "Witches' Sabbath" takes place.
For me there can only be one winner…..Y&T’s Best Of 81-85. Nothing else will ever come close😂
I thought about that and then forgot about it, and it is terrible!!!
You might not realize, but: "Night on Brocken" refers to the night of a witches' meeting on the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz mountains, a range of wooded hills in central Germany. The night is commonly referred to as "Walpurgis Night". It is celebrated on the night of 30 April and the day of 1 May each year.
Steven, I think you were referring to a plasma globe when you talked about the def leppard album.
Great show as per usual😊
Love this show! You guys always bring it
The front cover on the 1978 reissue of the Stoney and Meatloaf album has to be seen to be believed.
Great show as always... The first thing that popped in my head, Rick Derrengers second solo album Spring Fever. An exceptional rock guitarist, a decent album (barely) but WHO put that pretty boy picture with Rick pretending to be David Cassidy pasted all over the album.
Ha! Great choice!
You’re right! He could also be mistaken for Bonnie Tyler.
Apparently they used Lee Kerslake's eyes for the snake on Innocent Victim album cover. I have that on a coffee mug.😊
Well, he had very kind eyes then! 👍
Did you you know we got a different cover in the States? I mean it sucks too, but it might be one case in which we got it right. 😂
Best line of show was Stevens comment on the Riot album "...this is just like a bad Atari game or something" 😂
I wish the Hipgnosis documentary talked about those Toe Fat album covers.
Supertramp's debut album: It looks like a little kid's art project, along with " Indelibly Stamped "(thanks Pete)
Indelibly Stamped almost made me puke. Awful cover.
Cheap Trick - Woke Up With A Monster, The Doctor
Thunder - Laughing On Judgment Day
Y& T - Down For The Count, In Rock We Trust
Montrose - Paper Money
Aerosmith - Just Push Play, Music From Another Dimension
UFO - Misdemeanor
Foghat - In The Mood For Something Rude
Some great choices there!
oh...forgot to mention the hideous Foghat albums...Zig Zag Walk was another atrocity.
A part 2 would be nice...
I believe the girl in the Fleetwood Mac cover is one of Mick's Daughters so I suppose it's meant to be "Artistic" as you say. Still it's not as bad as the Blind Faith album. Which I have reversed the inlay in my collection for the bland US version. Still I wont get in trouble for having the Uk version on display.
I was going to say that about the Fleetwood Mac album. It represents the title. Daddy is her hero, and the 60's hippy, all nudity is okay thing was still going strong in 1974.
Though I’d argue that Mick, as a Brit, was never quite a hippie.
@@seaoftranquilityprog True, Mick was never a hippie. The upcoming Stevie Nicks was probably more of one. Lol. I think it just was the ethos of the time period. It is a strange cover, although I think Mr. Wonderful & Mystery to Me are even worse.
@@aldebaran4154 What about the US Compilation English Rose.
I still don’t get why he is mostly naked and prominently displaying his ribcage like that. Its very weird. And a horrible, truly horrible cover just for aesthetic reasons.
i just stumbled upon the first White Sister cd reissued by Rock Candy on Amazon
These are all albums i like a lot:
Jeff Beck - Truth (why?)
Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors (so many things you could do with mirrors… also the Symbol just sitting there)
Deep Purple - Bananas (seriously?)
Filter - The Sun Comes Out Tonight & Riverside - Out of Myself (looks like print-on-demand book covers)
Killer be Killed - self-titled (inside artwork (soldier silouettes) would have worked better)
Loudness - self-titled (1992) (messy)
Omen - Battle Cry (did they get a kid to draw this?)
Vicious Rumors - Word of Mouth (awful)
Blind Faith - "Blind Faith"
MSG - "Be Aware Of Scorpions"
U2 - "Songs Of Innocence"
Accept - "Balls To The Wall"
Mott - "Shouting And Pointing"
Krokus - "Round 13"
Krokus - "Change Of Address"
Saxon_ "Innocence Is No Excuse"
Deliverance - "Devils Meat"
Metal Church - "Hanging In The Balance"
Artillery - "Terror Squad"
Savage Grace - "Master Of Disguise"
Blackfoot - "Vertical Smiles"
Battlezone - "Feel My Pain"
Sweet - "Give Us A Wink"
Nazareth - "The Catch"
Both versions of the Blind Faith cover are bad for different reasons---the original because it's disturbing, the reissue because it's just plain LAME (boring band shot).
The Coverdale page album. And the Head Over Heals Album. It looks like it was taken from the basement of the amytivile house. 😂
Despite the cover though, that first White Sister album is tremendous, I was listening to it just a couple of weeks ago. Great album to sing along with.
I completely agree!
That 'Majestic' cover reminds me of Mumenshanz , the swiss mime troupe from the 70's.
ELP’s Love Beach and Yes’s Talk. I know there are a ton more.
One of the best shows ever. A topic everyone out there can relate to. You can do this topic once every couple months for 20 years! Stevens beer looked good . Too bad he wasn't crazy about it.
Really looking forward to this!
Erdinger Dunkel is awesome, especially if you’re drinking it in Europe.
Isn't the electric thing a van der graf generator ( 2 prodigies as well)
It's a plasma globe/ball/lamp.
Great episode guys, i love Fleetwood Mac but they must be the exception in terms of most of their album covers being terrible, that Heroes are hard to find cover is horrendous, the album itself is fantastic
My original night on Brocken cassette in the 80s had a burning witch on the cover
A Vander Graf Generator is the static electric thingy
Thank you, so it is. How could I forget that????
I honestly thought that for a split second that the Uriah Heep album was featuring Kermit the Frog.
Now I want to know if Steven has a large Star Wars toy collection? If so, will there be a show & tell on Twitter?
I have a reasoable sized Star Wars toy collection. I still have all my original figures but some of the ships seem to have got lost along the way...
"Adrenalize " cover is a masterpiece by comparison to "Euphoria". And that "Heroes Are Hard To Find" cover is as creepy as the OG "Virgin Killer" if not more.
As much as I loved the band, The Fall's covers always gave the impression they werent that bothered with how they looked
How did no one pick the ms-dos YES covers? 🤣
Van Halen's "Different Kind..." and the live Tokyo disc....WTF ???? and Metallica's "72 seasons" Jethro Tull's "Zealot gene"
Manic Eden - S/T,
Heavy Bones - S/T.
Anthony Phillips' Wise After the Event. Where to begin!?
It has been about five years but I shall prod Pete again, from my home in Birmingham England: Listen to Pink Floyd - The Final Cut 😅😅😅
1. Black Sabbath- Technical Ecstasy
2. Lake- Anthology
3. Riot- Fire Down Under
4. Steven Wilson- The harmony Codex
5. Uriah Heep- Look at Yourself
The Kenny Loggins cover -- looks like Jon Anderson getting electrocuted. Phenomenal! 😆😆😆
Flotsam and Jetsam's When the storm comes down.
Kenny Loggins should be considered the forerunner of the High Energy micro genre of the Yacht Rock subgenre.
I always thought the heads on the Toe Fat album were big toes with necks, not thumbs.
I believe it was an episode of The Contrarians that someone mentioned "Kiln House" by Fleetwood Mac as one of the worst album covers. It's actually one of my favorites. Far be it for me to be contrary to The Contrarians. "See what I did, there?" Cheers.
Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow has a dreadful cover, but I love the album. A lot of their covers aren't great, thinking about it.
I have a white label 12" single of Roland Rat's 'Rat Rapping' and the all-white cardboard cover is certainly more inventive, meaningful and exciting than 95% of those displayed today. Hipgnosis have provided many good, nay, great album covers (Atom Heart Mother perhaps best of all) but also a lot of stinkers - If you thought Indelibly Stamped took the fun out of a naked breast cover, try Cochise's debut.
Dance of Death - Iron Maiden
Gregg Giuffria produced White Sister's debut album
Why does Simon Bray have “ abray” on screen?
I’m sure his middle name starts with ‘A’.
Ufo - Mechanix
That’s the one that came to mind for me.
I was expecting Simon to say Lochabour no more after the brewery intro
When Simon showed the Kiss album I immediately clocked the similarity to the first Pretenders album where they look so cool. Then I wondered if it was just a transatlantic cultural thing where Kiss are trying to appeal to American youth whereas the Pretenders were chanelling UK/USA cool rebellion.
I think it's just because it's the first one after they took off the makeup and went with a band shot.
Mega beer Simon are you sure it's not 5.3 percent?
Beer merchants do awesome German beers love them 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Fates Warning "Night on Brocken" looks like a 70s TSR Dungeons & Dragons module cover.
Hi guys, just started watching /listening at work again, so no beer, and I've scribbled down a few ideas without reading any comments or listening to your picks first...
WILD DOGS Man's Best Friend
LEGS DIAMOND Town Bad Girl
HANDSOME BEASTS Beastiality
SCORPIONS Animal Magnetism
UFO Force It
MANOWAR Into Glory Ride
That'll di off the too of my head! Cheers gents...
My copy of Night on Brocken is a picture of the moon. Which cover is the original?
The one Pete showed is the original. There's also a black cover that just says the name and title. They all suck.
Today I’m having a beer from India. Maharaja Premium Pilsner 5%ABV cheers. I’ve had that Erdinger Dunkel good beer. Great show guys. Those were some pretty crappy album covers. Can always count on some good laughs.
Did the same artist do the Birth Control album & Born Again?
Riot - Fire Down Under and Narita win hands down.
Exodus - Force of Habit
Metal Church - Hanging in the Balance
why did Exodus decide to look like a bunch of imbeciles on so many album covers?
Cain Pound of Flesh album cover reminds me of the UK connection, and I like SOT.
RE. Def Lep cover...plasma ball/globe.
Any Hipgnosis cover not named Dark Side of the Moon
What about Paper Money from Montrose? Lazy.
The new Steve Hackett album artwork is questionable , yet the cover of this months Prog magazine featuring Steve Hackett and his new album is really good and much better than this album sleeve
Yeah, that Hackett cover is seriously ropey.
Enjoyed the video guys Yeah there sure is some horrendous album covers out there Check out a double album from Gentle Giant 😮 called Giant Steps --- the first 5 years -- a pair of fat legs in stripey socks & baseball boots ahhhgggg !!!!! OMG !!! whoever thought this was a good idea warrants a good slap !! 😂😂😮
The Arrival of The Thumb Men ??? 🤣😂🤣 Pete Wins!!!
There are so many possibilities. Sure, you can easily do a 2nd, 3rd, 4th show. Good calls on several of those albums--and quite a few I hadn't even considered. Yes, that UFO "Sharks" was a big disappointment. I actually like that Fates Warning "Night on Brocken" design. It makes next to no sense yet it has a certain goofy charm to it--but the logo was awful. What a difference on what followed. I'll also throw in a few off the top of my head here:
Scorpions "Virgin Killer," Savatage "Fight for the Rock," WASP "The Last Command," Motorhead "Overnight Sensation," Korkus "Heart Attack," Y&T "Endangered Species," Venom "Cast in Stone," Quiet Riot "Guilty Pleasures," Iron Maiden "Virtual XI," Tygers of Pan Tang "The Wreck-Age," Black Sabbath "The Eternal Idol," Tokyo Blade "No Remorse," TKO "Let it Roll," Anvil "Plenty of Power," Gang Green (pick 'em).
Note: I should mention most of these titles are really good--a few subpar. Quiet Riot and Krokus are typically whipping boys for all that's wrong with '80s metal, but these releases are really very good. I'm purposely mentioning some obscure bands to give them a little deserved air time. Looking forward to the next one guys!
The original cover for Fates Warning "Night on Bröcken" was hilarious. Edit: Oh, Pete mentioned it!
Brocken...it's Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz mountain range. The woman on the front is actually supposed to be a witch.
All three covers suck!
Couldn’t agree more with Talk by Yes. …Meanwhile by 10cc came to mind. A few other 10cc albums could qualify.
Pete missed the best with Toe Fat, he showed the UK cover with the small naked toe couple, the US Cover for some unknown reason air brushed them out and stuck a lamb or goat just floating in the air where they were !! ??? !! I have both those LPs the 2nd one I think there inside a roast chicken carcass. Fun Show. The story I read was the band wanted the worst name and cover for the band they could think of.
Both the White Sister and Riot albums have alternative covers. They must have realised they weren't good.
-Magnum II
oh my god that has to be the biggest difference in the quality of an album and its cover for me. Text on flat colour is bad enough, but why silver/gray and black?
-Dark Wizard - Devil's victim
kind of an obscure one, but man this has to be the epitome of the badly drawn 80s metal cover that probably doesn't look as scary as the artist thought it would
-Rainbow - Bent out of shape
I don't particularly like this album anyway, but the cover doesn't do it any favors. This one is representative for all of the bad weird AOR covers with scantaly clad women and some weird image effects
-Yesterday & Today - Struck Down
I also have a Y&T choice, but this is from the early days. Struck down is actually my favorite of theirs, but the cover is just terrible... They look like a circus.
-Journey s/t
Some may like this, I don't care. They're all just kinda looking confused and the way they're superimposed onto a printed out mountain is just bad
Helloween master of the rings black sabbath technical ecstacy judas demolition iron maiden dance of death wtf was that lol😅
While, Talk may be not one of the best Yes covers, however it's still a great album!
Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun with you as always, these covers are so bad 😅
rod hulls emu for uriah heep
Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow😀
Black Sabbath had a few.
I'm going to have nightmares about the 'Toe Fat' album cover now! I mean, that is just absolutely terrible (and really disturbing)!
Plasma Ball!
Elton's Sleeping With The Past cover isn't so bad. Big Picture I can understand, Elton himself considers it one of his worst overall albums. But check out the covers of his One Night Only and Wonderful Crazy Night albums. Crazy Night is a good and very underrated album, but the cover.... yeah, odd. And I'm not sure why that band is called Birth Control, but maybe if I saw them, I'd get an idea.
His worst cover (AND album) is easily Victim of Love. Just plain UGLY!
I like most of Pete's choices as they are attempting irony.
Millie Jackson
Back to the shit 🤣🤣🤣
I actually love the fates warning cover
Cheap Trick -- 'Woke Up With a Monster'
Their first and only record for Warner Bros. Cover features a circus clown climbing into bed with a full-figured gal (who I always assumed was a prostitute). Classic CT logo replaced with some horrific '90s 'sh*t splat' version. It's the only album cover in my CD collection that I keep turned around in the jewel case.
too bad, because it's a really great album.
OMG just saw that cover for the first time 😂😂
@@patrickmurphy4297 -- It's a solid album. But the title track was the lead single and I've always hated the whiny "AH-ah-ah-AH-ah-AH-ah" in the chorus. If that could be peeled out and replaced with a guitar lick -- the song would be a thousand times better.
Made In The Shade, Dirty Work, Steel Wheels, A Bigger Bang and Hackney Diamonds by the Stones. Their compilation Around and Around has the ugliest wallpaper ever to be seen on a recordcover. And especially their later Livealbums: Love You Live, Still Live, Flashpoint, No Security.
Mick Jagger's Primitive Cool. Aerosmith's Done With Mirrors. Bowie's Never Let Me Down and Labyrinth. 90% of the Beach Boys Covers. Neil Young's Trans.
Narita - Riot