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The worst album covers ever #5: just plain wrong

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By Michael Leonard published 14 July 2009

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Jacinto O Donzelo - Dentro da Abertura

Jacinto O Donzelo - Dentro da Abertura

Over the past few months, MusicRadar has seared eyeballs across the globe by exposing the worst album cover art in the worlds of heavy metal, hip-hop, crap illustration and nudity.

Our final instalment has the broadest of themes – these covers are all simply just plain wrong!

Only view if you're feeling non-queasy and prepared to laugh.

Here's a mad, bad world of album cover wrongness.

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Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy

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Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven

Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven

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Freddie Gage - All My Friends Are Dead

Freddie Gage - All My Friends Are Dead

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Fleetwood Mac - English Rose

Fleetwood Mac - English Rose

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Ira North - If I Were A Woman

Ira North - If I Were A Woman

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Richard and Willie - Nasty and Naughty

Richard and Willie - Nasty and Naughty

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Willie Strikes Again

Willie Strikes Again

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C**t Puppet - Ann Heizer's Bush

C**t Puppet - Ann Heizer's Bush

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Page 9 of 22
Various Artists - Music For Peace Of Mind

Various Artists - Music For Peace Of Mind

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Orion - Reborn

Orion - Reborn

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Dave Starr - The Nearer The Bone, The Sweeter the Meat

Dave Starr - The Nearer The Bone, The Sweeter the Meat

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Country Church - S/T

Country Church - S/T

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John Bult - Julie's Sixteenth Birthday

John Bult - Julie's Sixteenth Birthday

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Trazan and Banarne - S/T

Trazan and Banarne - S/T

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Pendragon - Not Of This World

Pendragon - Not Of This World

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Woody Woodbury - Looks At Love And Life

Woody Woodbury - Looks At Love And Life

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Harry Breuer And His Quintet - Mallet Mischief

Harry Breuer And His Quintet - Mallet Mischief

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Joyce Drake - Joyce

Joyce Drake - Joyce

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The Moving Gelatine Plates - The World Of Genius Hans

The Moving Gelatine Plates - The World Of Genius Hans

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Unsane - S/T

Unsane - S/T

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The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real

The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real

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