Worst Album Covers

Here's What Makes Bad Album Art Awful, According to the Guy Who Wrote the Book

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2024

Every year, it gets harder to assemble our annual list of the worst album covers. Countless artists self-release albums from their bedrooms...

Exclaim!'s 25 Worst Album Covers of 2023

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2023

Few things can compare to the beauty of holding a gorgeous LP in your hands. Whether it's an exquisitely detailed piece of art like Bitches...

Exclaim!'s 25 Worst Album Covers of 2022

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2022

The definitive art movement of 2022, without a doubt, is generative AI art. All you needed to do was type a simple prompt into DALL·E or a...

Exclaim!'s 30 Worst Album Covers of 2021

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2021

Thanks to the swift and harsh feedback of social media, many artists are given a chance to correct their terrible album covers before they...

Here Are the 33 Worst Album Covers of 2020

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2020

Culture, art and life itself are constantly shifting all around us in myriad ways, and in 2020 more so than ever before. Trends bubble up a...

Here Are the 29 Worst Album Covers of 2019

PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2019

So, you've finally finished a new album. What a stunning and beautiful achievement! That means you wrote, arranged, recorded, mixed and mas...

​Here Are the 21 Worst Album Covers of 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2018

As the year comes to a close, we're kicking off our Year-in-Review coverage with our annual "Worst Album Covers" list below — enjoy. Come b...

Here Are the 20 Worst Album Covers of the Year

2017 in Lists

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2017

A whole lot of music happened in 2017 and with it, of course, were a whole lot of album covers ranging from the overly elaborate (ahem, Fat...