Eliot Van Buskirk

Pitchfork's 25 Worst Album Covers of 2006

Nothing beats Pitchfork’s list of all-time worst album covers (although the "possibly NSFW" images aren’t showing up there for me at the moment, which sort of defeats the purpose). Still, 2006 was a decent year as far as cringe-inducing album covers go. Pitchfork did the dirty work for us winnowing all of the year’s releases […]
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Nothing beats Pitchfork's list of all-time worst album covers (although the "possibly NSFW" images aren't showing up there for me at the moment, which sort of defeats the purpose). Still, 2006 was a decent year as far as cringe-inducing album covers go. Pitchfork did the dirty work for us winnowing all of the year's releases down to a distilled selection of the 25 worst album covers of 2006.

"No one could've guessed that Eminem has a secret gift for pencil art, so with his hand-sketched cover for The Re-Up,
it's not a huge shock to find he doesn't. Never thought I'd say it, butgod, I just feel awful for 50 Cent. Is he joining Police Academy orwhat?"

(image of Eminem's self-drawn album cover from Pitchfork)