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The worst album covers ever #5: just plain wrong

By Michael Leonard
published 14 July 2009

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Jacinto O Donzelo - Dentro da Abertura
MusicRadar can't quite fathom why Jacinto's hotel business gets bad feedback on TripAdvisor

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
People often ask when Eddie Murphy stopped being a genius. How about: the minute this picture was taken?

Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy

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Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven
OK, you idiots call yourself The Butthole Surfers? At least have an alluring album cover? Fail

Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven

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Freddie Gage - All My Friends Are Dead
Happy times kids, Ma and Pa have booked Freddie Gage to sing at your birthday party!

Freddie Gage - All My Friends Are Dead

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Fleetwood Mac - English Rose
Mick Fleetwood in drag? Oh, thanks. An English Rose needs a lot of manure to grow. Here is the manure

Fleetwood Mac - English Rose

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Ira North - If I Were A Woman
We guess this one was filed under 'Special Interest' in Woolworths

Ira North - If I Were A Woman

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Richard and Willie - Nasty and Naughty
Hey, it's 'Dick' and Willie. "For adults" Really? Or just 13-year-old boys?

Richard and Willie - Nasty and Naughty

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Willie Strikes Again
Fact: your mum will never, ever accept a double-glazing sales call ever again

Willie Strikes Again

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C**t Puppet - Ann Heizer's Bush
In how many ways is this unnecessary? 3217 is the answer

C**t Puppet - Ann Heizer's Bush

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Various Artists - Music For Peace Of Mind
You appear to have murdered a woman and wrapped her corpse in cellophane? If that's 'peace of mind', pal, we're going on a gun rampage to 'calm down'

Various Artists - Music For Peace Of Mind

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Orion - Reborn
What's the opposite of a superhero? Oh yeah, a total loser

Orion - Reborn

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Dave Starr - The Nearer The Bone, The Sweeter the Meat
The nearer the scary man, the more scared we're feeling

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

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Country Church - S/T
Not sure why this isn't aesthetically pleasing? I know - the grass needs watering, right?

Country Church - S/T

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John Bult - Julie's Sixteenth Birthday
And see how 'Julie' looks delighted! This is wrong to the power of infinity

John Bult - Julie's Sixteenth Birthday

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Trazan and Banarne - S/T
Popular Swedish children's entertainters. We should point out that reports of high rates of child suicides in Sweden are just a myth

Trazan and Banarne - S/T

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Pendragon - Not Of This World
Literally, this is just a bunch of prog-rock ass

Pendragon - Not Of This World

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Woody Woodbury - Looks At Love And Life
Woody must be Facebook friends with Jacinto?

Woody Woodbury - Looks At Love And Life

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Harry Breuer And His Quintet - Mallet Mischief
Hang on? This got as far as Volume 2?!

Harry Breuer And His Quintet - Mallet Mischief

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Joyce Drake - Joyce
The name 'Joyce' means "joy" (females) or "experienced in battle" (for men). We're still unsure on this one

Joyce Drake - Joyce

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The Moving Gelatine Plates - The World Of Genius Hans
Q: With a bandname that bad, what could possibly get worse? A: Plenty

The Moving Gelatine Plates - The World Of Genius Hans

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Unsane - S/T
Members of Unsane, was that strictly needed?

Unsane - S/T

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The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real
Mmm. If 'made out of red cardboard by 6-year-old children' = real, we're with you all the way. BTW Louvin Bro's, your feet have burned off

The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real

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