The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Bares Its Chest (And Back)

mychestmybacklickit.jpgThe second battle in today’s Bad Photoshop bracket pits a typically Dungeonmaster’s Guide-esque entry from prog-emo-metallers Coheed And Cambria against Southern rapper Plies getting biblical with the dry ice, because whether you’re rolling with a shawty or rolling 12-sided dice, you should at least keep your shirt on. Vote for Plies’ full frontal or Coheed’s rear view after the jump!

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  1. Cam/ron  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    The Piles chokes on cliches as far as gangsta rap covers go, but “No World”’s tacky Frank Frazetta-esque cover kills me. Did the dragon warrior pop out of the hole or did a crashing metorite miss him?

  2. Al Shipley  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    What really makes the Plies cover is that there’s smoke surrounding his head from the joint or cigarette or whatever he’s smoking, but then there’s a bunch more smoke/steam coming from either his crotch or the giant book he’s rising out of. I still voted for C&C, though.

  3. Nicolars  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    The Coheed and Cambria cover looks like something a crackhead would paint on the side of his van. Down by the river.

  4. dentist  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    @Cam/ron: The Coheed & Cambria really does look like some kind of Double Dragon bonus level.

  5. TheMojoPin  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    That Coheed & Cambria cover probably inspired that goddamn “Xavier: Renegade Angel” show that’s killing Adult Swim these days.

  6. Paula  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    The dungeon master told me to vote for C&C.

  7. summeroflove  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    Oh… this was just way too close to call. I was divided until decideding that special effort went into making that coheed album suck that bad.

  8. summeroflove  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    @summeroflove: deciding. argh!

  9. Ned Raggett  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    What most everyone else said. Coheed and Cambria deserve beatings (and not just for the cover).

  10. NoNewYork  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    is there any way we can get an overview of whats gone on thus far?

  11. musicquizking  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    Coheed could have had someone really solid from the comic book world but this, this!

  12. Anonymous  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    The Plies cover is conventional and boring… except for that platinum, 3-D, Mr. Potato-head hanging from his chest. WTF?

    The Coheed and Cambria cover is pissing me off. There are too many odd things going on. Why is the ground filled with space? Why does a building have to have spikes on either side of it? Are Coheed and Cambria going to save the world from the half-naked man or is it the other way around?

    And points off for illegible title.

    But Plies wins. I’d rather be irritated/ponderous than bored.

  13. PeterBjorn&Yawn  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    I just like to picture how close the second option is to saying “Piles”. I also like how literal that cover is. For something w/ so few elements going on, it really manages to mess up all of them.

  14. sparkletone  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    @rhythmchyc:

    “except for that platinum, 3-D, Mr. Potato-head hanging from his chest. WTF?”

    What’s the big deal? Later he’s going to make blinged out julienne fries, and didn’t want someone stealing his potato.

  15. rad_matter  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    I don’t know what’s worse–the Plies cover or his claim that The Real Testament was the best rap album in the last 10 years or so.

  16. Anonymous  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    So how exactly do you pronounce “Plies”?

    Is it something along the lines of “puh-leeze”?

    I rest my case…

  17. walkmasterflex  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    When I first saw his name, I thought his name was Piles and he had something to do with hemorrhoids.

  18. natepatrin  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    @walkmasterflex: “Listen, listen! I’m Hemorrhoid, I’m the leader! Now, put the tape back in, and gimme the tox.”

  19. brianblank  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    @NoNewYork: Check out this link: [idolator.com]

    Maura will be posting a March Madness style bracket once all of the first round matchups have been announced.

  20. Poubelle  |   Posted on Dec 10th, 2007

    I think the real winner here is the fantastic image filename.

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