The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Offers A Hand To A Lady In Distress

December 5th, 2007 // 28 Comments

sawdustnugeeeee.jpgWith a new day comes a new bracket in our Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament, and–in case you hadn’t figured it out by the dueling covers above–today we look at entrants in the Anatomically Incorrect bracket. On the one side, you have Ted Nugent, who… well, really, does this cover need any more comment? On the other, you have the Killers, and their unfortunately Creed-like attempt at showing that trees have limbs, too, mannnn. Vote after the jump!

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  1. bg5000

    Sorry Brandon, you never had a chance.

  2. Camp Tiger Claw

    Smell The Glove.

  3. Ned Raggett

    The Killers cover is so deserving of endless scorn…and yet, Ted knocked ‘em out of here in the first round.

  4. Anonymous

    Yeah, this is an easy one. I have a feeling Nugent wouldn’t be bitter, though. Clearly, a lot of work went into that crass cover. The Killers? Not so much.

  5. The Notorious T

    I think Uncle Ted should have gotten a first-round bye for this one.

  6. Cam/ron

    The Nuge’s hunting-shop erotica shines brighter than the Killers’ woefully superimposed limb. Funny, I thought that Ted was all about Republican family values – I suppose that putting a hog-tied woman on a platter is a secret mating ritual.

  7. Chris N.

    Actually it’s been scientifically proven that 99.9% of male right-wing extremists are secretly gay, so the mating ritual would in fact involve a male prostitute with a grenade in his mouth.

  8. bcapirigi

    The Killers one is bad, but I can’t hate it because it’s less stupid than the tree-peepee* on that stupid Say Anything album from last year.

    (*say it out loud, it’s fun.)

  9. DigitalLogic

    @The Notorious T:
    Seriously, we might as well just jump the final round of ‘Love Grenade’ vs. ‘Love Grenade (Special Edition)’.

  10. NoNewYork

    the killers is actually more disgusting from a design sense, but it doesnt force me to look at it. i could avod that cover for the rest of my life.
    ted nugents cannibal mysoginistic mindfuck? thats gonna be with me for life. burned into the retinas, that one is.

  11. SAShepherd

    You know how sometimes the Selection Committee sometimes screws up and puts two teams who probably should be meeting in the Final Four in, like, the Round of Sixteen?

    Still, nonewyork OTM.

  12. FionaScrapple

    Nuge with the geniuosity!

  13. El Zilcho!

    I hate the Killers album cover sooooo much.

    But Uncle Ted is making me ill. Have to give it to him.

  14. brianblank

    This was a harder choice than I expected it to be. But, the Nuge is going to run away with the whole thing.

  15. scarletvirtue

    The Nuge was far worse than The Killers cover.

    I’d rather see a funky tree limb/hand than a woman strung up like a pig.

  16. SomeSound-MostlyFury

    These brackets need rankings so that a clear #1 seed like the Nuge doesn’t get matched up against what seems to be a 5 or 6 seed in the first round. It’s unfair to the poor Killers to get knocked out so early when clearly their cover deserves more recognition.

  17. Tenno

    That women isn’t nearly buttered up enough, her skin is going to be way too crispy. Way to ruin the roast Nuge!

  18. Anonymous

    The darker the flesh, the sweeter the juice.

  19. sparkletone

    And here we see the winner enter the playing field…

  20. Maura Johnston

    @sparkletone: I have to be honest — after yesterday I am wondering if Satellite Party might beat it out!

  21. Jasonbob7

    @DigitalLogic: Sadly, according to the bracket PDF, a Nuge vs. Nuge final round is impossible, as both editions of Love Grenade are in th same “conference”. I’m sure one of them will make it, though. So far, my money’s on a finals consisting of “Love Grenade Special Edition” vs Satellite Party.

    Speaking of money, anybody wanna start a pool once all the entrants are listed?

  22. rad_matter

    @Camp Tiger Claw: I was thinking that cover needed to be a ‘lil bit blacker myself.

  23. Anonymous

    The Nuge o’coarse!
    Seeing that cover is like hearing a racial slur come out of your grandma.

  24. noamjamski

    I voted for the Killers. That is bad photo-shoppery. As our good friend Nigel Tufnel so famously asked, what is wrong with being sexy?

  25. okiedoke

    Johnny, tell the audience what Ted will win …

  26. heyzeus

    Hey, so, some new shit has come to light, man. I don’t know why I looked it up, but it appears that this is not the actual cover of the limited edition of Love Grenade.

    This is:
    [www.amazon.com]

    Luckily, it’s almost the same. Just the photographed woman is replaced by a cartoon, and she’s at least wearing a g-string while bound and gagged on a plate. Which clearly makes it more tasteful.

    Anyway, carry on.

  27. TheMojoPin

    Seriously, how did both Dream Theater and the Killers end up ripping off Creed with their cover designs? What the fuck, Creed. Stay gone.

  28. matthew

    It’s a shame that both this and Deadspin’s SHOTY awards already have such clear winners…no way anyone is beating either Nugent or Michael Vick, even if there are contenders who, in any other year, might’ve had a chance…

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