Worst Album Covers

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  JUNO-Nominated Designer James Mejia Assesses Exclaim!'s Worst LP Covers of 2024, Shares the Secrets of Great Album Art

  PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2025

  As well as being the co-founder of Toronto indie institution Hand Drawn Dracula, James Mejia is a graphic designer who has been nominated...

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  The 25 Worst Album Covers of 2024

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2024

  Trawling the murky depths of Bandcamp and SoundCloud turns up some of the worst album covers you've ever seen: AI fever dreams, raunchy...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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...