The 15 worst album covers of 2011
In the past, we’ve delved right back through the history of recorded music to marvel at some of the worst, most-offensive and downright unpleasant album sleeves ever to be released onto the unsuspecting public.
Fortunately for us though, musicians never seem to learn. And so, we present you with a fresh crop of unspeakably poor album designs from the past 12 months - many of which come from big, respectable artists that really should know better.
Read on to check out our least favourite record sleeves from the past year, and use the comment section below to draw our attention to any monstrosities we might have missed.
Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
Drake - Take Care
Def Leppard - Mirror Ball
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
Sebastian Bach - Kicking & Screaming
Steve Miller Band - Let Your Hair Down
Vanilla Ice - WTF
Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe
Chris Brown - F.A.M.E
Journey - Ecl1ps3
Omar-S - It Can Be Done, But Only I Can Do It
David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events
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"Coated with analogue warmth, and many a chunky nugget for the keen and avid listener to find": Röyksopp get even more Mysterious with new surprise reworking
“It didn’t even represent what we were doing. Even the guitar solo has no business being in that song”: Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
