"The Ugliest Album Cover Of The Year" Race: We're Going To Need A Big Eraser For This One

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"The Ugliest Album Cover Of The Year" Race: We're Going To Need A Big Eraser For This One

Presented for your approval: The cover of Erasure's upcoming Light At The End Of The World. Is it a new solar system? An American Idol bumper graphic? Or did Jeff Lynne just get a new vanity license plate?

(Oh, and unlike that Bjork cover, we're pretty sure this is real)

1:20 PM on Fri Apr 27 2007
By Brian Raftery
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by janine at 12:52 PM on 04/27/07
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I'm pretty sure I had a Trapper Keeper that looked just like that in middle school.
by Ned Raggett at 12:56 PM on 04/27/07
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"I can't believe I used to like these guys!"
by mackro at 01:07 PM on 04/27/07
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Yeah, but this is Erasure. Gawdy, glittery, and pink makes sense for them.

Then again, I haven't listened to the band since "Star", so I have no idea if they sound like Dashboard Confessional now or not.
by Ned Raggett at 01:24 PM on 04/27/07
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They did an acoustic album and a live in Nashville album. Anything is possible now.
by chrisb at 01:38 PM on 04/27/07
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That looks like a Panama City airbrush job. Gays should know better.
by gorillavsmarykate at 01:49 PM on 04/27/07
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It reminds me of the Lupe album, especially the back cover...
http://www.amazon.com/Food-Liquor-Lupe-Fiasco/dp/B000FS9MT...
by Agro at 01:56 PM on 04/27/07
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The real Bjork album cover was a lot worse.
by valet_of_the_dolls at 02:02 PM on 04/27/07
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@mackro:
@chrisb:

Exactly. Once upon a time, they could commandeer Pierre & Gilles; now they get some guy who should be customizing vans out of his parents' garage.
by Cam/ron at 02:38 PM on 04/27/07
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The cover looks like a cross between a circa 1990 Lisa Frank binder and a customized, spray-painted shirt sold at the California State Fair carnival.
by Tenno at 03:25 PM on 04/27/07
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This is where gay design comes full circle, embracing something so awful, so pink, so gaudy, that the only choice people have is to gawk in awe.

On your knees people, your new overlord rocks circa '90s 'ice'.
by zaky at 03:59 PM on 04/27/07
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This is hardly "gay design"---don't speak for all of us. This would just be really, really tacky. Just like the music.
by The HZA. at 04:54 PM on 04/27/07
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@Cam/ron: It totally is a Lisa Frank design.
by AcidReign at 05:11 PM on 04/27/07
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.....Huh? I thought Jeff Lynne's last album cover was pretty cool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_%28album%29
by StevenPatrickMorrissey at 11:34 PM on 04/27/07
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bunch of haters here...

leave erasure alone. they've consistently written some great pop tunes over the years. while the album cover leaves a lot to be desired, the first single from the record is pretty damn good!
by BRATMix at 04:17 PM on 04/29/07
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It is a real cover. I just got a copy in the post on Friday.

Music tip: the b sides for the album are better than the album. Heard them about a month ago. Classic Erasure. Why they were pushed to b-sides is beyond me.