PHOTOS: The Worst Album Cover Art of 2009

December 25th, 2009 // 11 Comments

While 2009 was a great year for music, it proved to the be the latest sign that album cover art is in a serious state of decline. This year produced some real doozies, as you’ll see. This ranking of 2009’s Top 15 Worst Album Covers is essentially infallible, because it’s based on science: we ran all these covers by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Charles K. Kao and Fields Medal winner Andrei Okounkov, who both agreed that everything on this list f’g blows. Can you guess whose album cover landed at #1? We’ll give you a hint: it’s not Chris Brown’s.


  1. Truthis4you
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    Illuminati controls everything thats why the album covers are that way…..Lady Ga Ga works for them

  2. Scooter
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    choosing FYE for this list is pretty weak. what university did Dr. Kao get his degree from anyway??

  3. chadalahara
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    Looks like Snoop got this one done at a kiosk on the boardwalk.

  4. violet4ever
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    Doesn't matter if you like the cover or not. David Archuleta's Christmas album is gorgeous. And I like the cover. It has a simple homespun traditional look.

  5. DahTruth
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    Still trying hard…

  6. Ron
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    Oh god, agreed. What were they thinking?!

  7. fu
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    what the fuck that album cover was good. chris browns sucked cock. you all can go fuck off

  8. Sirandar
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    This is actually an interesting album cover considering the song “Man of the Hour” is also on this CD.

    “Man of the Hour” basically descibes the trials of love and says the relationships between people and dogs are much happier and more fufilling (except when they die at the end).

    That white dress looks like a wedding dress to me, and the St Bernard is in the position of the groom.

    Whether this works for you is a matter of how you take the message. It could be considered a snub at men, but I don’t see it that way, as I agree with her.

  9. Quaisso
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  10. Gpally
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    Great Blog! Thank you!

  11. Kenny
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    and look where they are now…

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