<![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:58:04 EST Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:58:04 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3290013 @PrinceHal: That is funny.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:331838:c3290013 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:58:04 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3274565 I can't believe some of you think that the Common record looks ok or even not as bad as the Blake Lewis. That Common cover makes no sense.

Geniuses: the Blake Lewis has the word daydream in it. Hence the crappy stare and stupid swirly effects. Common has no excuse for looking like a shit stain.

Paperboy 2000

]]> 33:331838:c3274565 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:16:52 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3271791 Blake gives album art a bad b-b-b-bad-errr-wikkiwikki-bad name.

PrinceHal

]]> 33:331838:c3271791 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:28:35 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3269682 @bcapirigi: It was the font that decided it for me too, but I went with Blake Lewis. Vote for (against?) the dot matrix.

DumbelinaTheDaft

]]> 33:331838:c3269682 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:07:07 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3269103 Even though Common is channeling the Jedi and Ming the Merciless, my vote goes to Blake for finally admitting he is The Last Starfighter. [www.amazon.com]

brianblank

]]> 33:331838:c3269103 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:04:16 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3268889 @rhythmchyc: Exactly. Common's a good looking guy, how hard is it to make him look decent? Whereas with wotshisdoubleface, there's an air of 'what the hell, we can't make him look that much more douchier' to the whole enterprise, which is kinda admirable.

BestEuphemismEver

]]> 33:331838:c3268889 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:41:59 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3266562 I'd say that this is a close one, but I'm going with Blake just so that he might get to go head-to-head to head-to-head with double J. Lo later in the tournament.

science vs romance

]]> 33:331838:c3266562 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:42:04 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3266408 I think Common could take the whole competition. The weird hood and beard and Ming the Merciless thing going on, plus the album title is heinous and they put it in an even worse font. I can't even imagine having to LISTEN to it... Blake's is just harmless and funny, relatively.

sovietpanda

]]> 33:331838:c3266408 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:33:29 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3264778 I'd like the Common cover a lot more if his hood didn't look like pimp hair.

Silverfuture

]]> 33:331838:c3264778 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:17:54 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3264115 i voted for common because i feel like a) he probably has a way bigger budget and/or ability to not have a stupid album cover and b) the cranberries circa no need to argue handwriting font that finding forever is written in.

bcapirigi

]]> 33:331838:c3264115 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:48:08 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3262602 Common's Jedi-look hurts, but I like the design of the rest of that cover. Blake's, however, threatns us with Blake clones...IN SPACE...and that will not stand.

TheMojoPin

]]> 33:331838:c3262602 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:38:25 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3260549 @Ned Raggett:
I was on the fence until you pointed out the high school-esque nature of Blake's cover. Good call.


DigitalLogic

]]> 33:331838:c3260549 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:10:06 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3260072 I just realized that's not shadow on Blake Lewis' chin, that's some sort of bizarre facial hair.

walkmasterflex

]]> 33:331838:c3260072 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:46:40 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3259726 I think Common is just trying to be a hip hop Jedi.

The HZA.

]]> 33:331838:c3259726 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:28:26 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3259643 In hell: Fauxhawks, everywhere.

heyzeus

]]> 33:331838:c3259643 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:25:03 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3259617 Re: Blake. Lewis. Has anyone ever seen that Richard E Grant movie 'How To Get Ahead In Advertising'?

jetblackturd

]]> 33:331838:c3259617 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:24:06 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3259179 @Ned Raggett: Ohhh yeah! I couldn't put my finger on it but it IS so high school!

summeroflove

]]> 33:331838:c3259179 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:02:18 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3258873 Common's is bad, and deserves to be in the competition, but this one goes to Blake for the aforementioned stare and the double-headshot thing.

sparkletone

]]> 33:331838:c3258873 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:47:05 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3258832 What is that thing connected to Blake's neck? Is that how he jacks into the Matrix?

Jujitsu? I know...Jujitsu?

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:331838:c3258832 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:45:04 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3258782 If it wasn't for the black hood, Common's cover wouldn't be that bad. As for Blake, he's got a metrosexual cyberpunk element going on. The green smear of light looks like a Photoshop glitch.

Cam/ron

]]> 33:331838:c3258782 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:42:09 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3258721 @Ned Raggett: Agreed -- plus, I saw an interview with him on a local wake-up show where he said he found that picture of him on the internet. He didn't even make it, apparently!

dana danger

]]> 33:331838:c3258721 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:38:38 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3258266 common's because the cover of Be is so awesome, you'd assume that he'd have decent taste in covers. lewis' is hilarious on many levels, common's just kinda disappointing.

jordan_s

]]> 33:331838:c3258266 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:13:22 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3258156 Blake's is worse for a simple reason -- the double high-school-formal headshot.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:331838:c3258156 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:06:50 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3258090 I voted for Common because it's probably the only one instance in this competition where I was on the fence about buying the album and the cover actually helped me make the decision not to. And post-Electric Circus he really shouldn't be running the risk of making his album look like more psychedelic bullshit even if it doesn't sound like it.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:331838:c3258090 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:03:22 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257930 The Common cover has grown on me.

Chris N.

]]> 33:331838:c3257930 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:54:30 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257805 Common's sexy.

Blake wins.

rhythmchyc

]]> 33:331838:c3257805 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:46:34 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257762 only one is called Audio Daydream though

Christopher R. Weingarten

]]> 33:331838:c3257762 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:43:54 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257692 I could never vote against Gordon from Sesame Street. Too many good memories.

Camp Tiger Claw

]]> 33:331838:c3257692 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:39:26 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257578 This may sound crazy but I don't think the Common cover is that bad! Blake's on the other hand, is heinous.

Nicolars

]]> 33:331838:c3257578 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:31:53 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257547 are you kidding? common looks like a pedo hiding in a vat of melted chocolate waiting for a small child. granted, i almost voted for blake lewis, and then i realised the only reason i wouldn't be voting for the common album was that i had gotten used to the sheer horror it had instilled in me in the first place.

NoNewYork

]]> 33:331838:c3257547 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:29:59 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257511 Something about that Common cover just yanks my crank...Gap spokesman, FTW.

FionaScrapple

]]> 33:331838:c3257511 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:27:19 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257510 I vote for KPax!

Seriously, Blake Lewis even looks like a young Kevin Spacey in that shot...ish.

Paula

]]> 33:331838:c3257510 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:27:18 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257447 I think Lewis might be trying to fool people into thinking he's James Murphy in that picture. Add a little make-up and that's practically the "All My Friends" video on a CD case.

The Notorious T

]]> 33:331838:c3257447 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:22:37 EST <![CDATA[The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/art-brutes/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-tournament-takes-a-squiggly-path-331838.php#c3257290 blake lewis gets points for that blank "who am i? where am i?" stare

summeroflove

]]> 33:331838:c3257290 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:10:40 EST