{"id":20599,"date":"2013-11-27T20:17:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T01:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=20599"},"modified":"2013-11-27T20:21:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T01:21:59","slug":"shitty-cover-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/shitty-cover-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Shitty Cover Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If the purpose of an album cover (“a whuuut?”, ask the kidz) is to illustrate, complement or merely represent the contents of the album itself, then there are a lot of bands who have, at some point or another, seriously dropped the ball — and it’s up to us to call them out on it!<\/p>\n

This was brought to mind for me a few days ago, as I went looking for the J. Geils Band album that contained one of my fave JGB chunes, “The Lady Makes Demands<\/a>.” It turned out it was contained on the 1973 album “Ladies Invited.” But you’d never have guessed by looking at the album cover! It’s like the band clambered into a time machine and magically transported themselves, along with their graphic designer, to the mid-80s for a sit-down with the packaging experts assisting Duran Duran or Robert Palmer. WTF? Various online music sites told me “Ladies Invited” sales were “disappointing.” No shit! It’s because nobody on Earth could have guessed that cover contained one hard-partyin’ album by Boston’s number one fun-time bar band!<\/p>\n

Anyhow, my question to you is: what other album covers have been absolutely, completely, mysteriously WRONG like “Ladies Invited”?<\/p>\n

I look forward to your responses.<\/p>\n

HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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