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Worst & Most Hilarious Album Covers

Post the bad, the hilarious and the horrible here. First, I nominate the 1977 album by Barbara Mandrell ‘Love's Ups and Downs’. The crocheted hat, the frilly dress, her in a hot hair ballon, the silk flowers, did she find a gay from Arkansas to be her Art Director?

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by Anonymousreply 98September 5, 2022 2:00 AM

Love does have its ups and downs (and ins and outs). Surprisingly sexual for a wholesome country star.

by Anonymousreply 1September 4, 2022 3:20 PM

Barbara's outfit is typical country music for that time. Country music women have always had poor clothing choices. You look at some of the crap Patsy Cline used to wear with the cowgirl look. Many of the has-beens on the Grand Ole Opry wore glittery dresses long after that fad was gone.

by Anonymousreply 2September 4, 2022 3:27 PM

As a kid in the 70s I a recognized a lot of country music women had “Nashville hair”, which was bigger and more elaborate than performers in other genres, or in real life in general.

by Anonymousreply 3September 4, 2022 3:37 PM

How could you start this thread off with anything other than this DL classic?

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by Anonymousreply 4September 4, 2022 3:47 PM

OP, there are hundreds of bad album covers by obscure acts. The Christian music genre alone could fill up an entire freight truck of hilariously awful album covers. Maybe we should narrow this down to popular to moderately known acts.

by Anonymousreply 5September 4, 2022 3:50 PM

R5 ok

by Anonymousreply 6September 4, 2022 4:06 PM

Big hair is trans-gender

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by Anonymousreply 7September 4, 2022 4:19 PM

Daphuq?!!

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by Anonymousreply 8September 4, 2022 4:24 PM

So, Johnny, do you like pictures of naked clowns? 😳

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by Anonymousreply 9September 4, 2022 4:28 PM

.😂😂😂

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by Anonymousreply 10September 4, 2022 4:28 PM

Iconic

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by Anonymousreply 11September 4, 2022 4:29 PM

@r10, OMG that takes kink to a whole new level

by Anonymousreply 12September 4, 2022 4:29 PM

Yes, he's a real boy and he's ours

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by Anonymousreply 13September 4, 2022 4:35 PM

ABBA's got nothin' on our crotches full of miracles

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by Anonymousreply 14September 4, 2022 4:38 PM

^ Ha, not compared to our baskets of goodness

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by Anonymousreply 15September 4, 2022 4:40 PM

This shot was not nearly as dangerous as it appears as the white tiger had already turned to stone upon looking Miss Ross in the eyes!

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by Anonymousreply 16September 4, 2022 4:41 PM

"Enter Me Lord"... Just follow my wonky eye

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by Anonymousreply 17September 4, 2022 4:50 PM

Anna loves BBC...

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by Anonymousreply 18September 4, 2022 4:53 PM

You should see the one in my pants...

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by Anonymousreply 19September 4, 2022 4:54 PM

My sugar is RAW!!!!!

(And to think back then her sugar was 50 years old!)

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by Anonymousreply 20September 4, 2022 4:55 PM

This was supposed to be funny, but it was more disturbing than funny or sexy.

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by Anonymousreply 21September 4, 2022 4:59 PM
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by Anonymousreply 22September 4, 2022 4:59 PM
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by Anonymousreply 23September 4, 2022 5:00 PM
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by Anonymousreply 24September 4, 2022 5:02 PM
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by Anonymousreply 25September 4, 2022 5:04 PM
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by Anonymousreply 26September 4, 2022 5:06 PM
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by Anonymousreply 27September 4, 2022 5:10 PM
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by Anonymousreply 28September 4, 2022 5:12 PM
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by Anonymousreply 29September 4, 2022 5:20 PM

Geez, that guy would outdo the Donald, r7.

by Anonymousreply 30September 4, 2022 5:21 PM

For the day of the wearing of the green.

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by Anonymousreply 31September 4, 2022 5:28 PM

Dear lord…are those women in R25 inbred?

by Anonymousreply 32September 4, 2022 5:38 PM

Sex

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by Anonymousreply 33September 4, 2022 5:49 PM

R32 - they were from 3 different families in the Bay Area.

by Anonymousreply 34September 4, 2022 5:54 PM

Did you notice the name of their group, r32?

by Anonymousreply 35September 4, 2022 5:55 PM

Has this been mentioned?

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by Anonymousreply 36September 4, 2022 6:03 PM

^Awww, someone beat me to it

by Anonymousreply 37September 4, 2022 6:04 PM

Loretta Lynn

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by Anonymousreply 38September 4, 2022 6:09 PM

r2 Pasty was considered a rebel for that. You'll note how the other women were dressed.

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by Anonymousreply 39September 4, 2022 6:10 PM

39 replies and no Joyce? Candy Montgomery stole her look.

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by Anonymousreply 40September 4, 2022 6:13 PM
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by Anonymousreply 41September 4, 2022 6:19 PM

R40 She looks like Ruth Buzzi!

by Anonymousreply 42September 4, 2022 6:28 PM

Worst foot forward!

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by Anonymousreply 43September 4, 2022 6:32 PM
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by Anonymousreply 44September 4, 2022 6:34 PM

Very famous bad album cover. Joyce.

Sadly, she died last year. Never interested in going public despite the cover being so famous.

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by Anonymousreply 45September 4, 2022 6:34 PM

Dolly

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by Anonymousreply 46September 4, 2022 6:39 PM

Unintentionally wrong.

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by Anonymousreply 47September 4, 2022 6:43 PM

Karen's final album.

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by Anonymousreply 48September 4, 2022 6:44 PM

Svetlana is covertly advertising.

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by Anonymousreply 49September 4, 2022 6:45 PM

Not with that sweater, honey.

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by Anonymousreply 50September 4, 2022 6:47 PM

Looks like they're fucking each other.

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by Anonymousreply 51September 4, 2022 6:50 PM

There must've been a 2 for 1 special at the hair salon.

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by Anonymousreply 52September 4, 2022 6:52 PM

^ Wow, Jesus may not even recognize you!

by Anonymousreply 53September 4, 2022 7:00 PM

Probed by aliens - the struggle is real....and FUN?

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by Anonymousreply 54September 4, 2022 7:02 PM

There are some fun parodies of the classic Herb Alpert "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" cover out there.

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by Anonymousreply 55September 4, 2022 7:11 PM

A good Christian woman should have known better.

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by Anonymousreply 56September 4, 2022 7:14 PM

My grandfather had this one.

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by Anonymousreply 57September 4, 2022 7:22 PM

Neither Cher, nor Madonna, nor Prince can hold a candle to . . . JOYCE!!!

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by Anonymousreply 58September 4, 2022 7:31 PM

HELP ME! - a flute

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by Anonymousreply 59September 4, 2022 7:44 PM

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by Anonymousreply 60September 4, 2022 7:48 PM

Fishy

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by Anonymousreply 61September 4, 2022 8:10 PM

Olaf Sveen * Dance Party

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by Anonymousreply 62September 4, 2022 8:22 PM

Those Xian album covers keep on "coming"

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by Anonymousreply 63September 4, 2022 8:27 PM

r40 Joyce was mentioned both before and after your post.

And I think she was the model for SNL's Bobbi Mohan-Culp.

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by Anonymousreply 64September 4, 2022 9:46 PM

I know this one's been mentioned here before.

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by Anonymousreply 65September 4, 2022 9:49 PM

Following along in the vein of R55

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by Anonymousreply 66September 4, 2022 9:51 PM

Oh, dear...

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by Anonymousreply 67September 4, 2022 9:54 PM

A relic of a different time ...

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by Anonymousreply 68September 4, 2022 9:57 PM

From the Madison Cawthorn collection.

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by Anonymousreply 69September 4, 2022 9:58 PM
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by Anonymousreply 70September 4, 2022 10:01 PM

Has anyone posted Joyce yet?

by Anonymousreply 71September 4, 2022 10:01 PM

Sorry, not sorry.

by Anonymousreply 72September 4, 2022 10:02 PM

Sorry ... link in wrong box.

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by Anonymousreply 73September 4, 2022 10:02 PM

The bigger the hair, the closer to God.

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by Anonymousreply 74September 4, 2022 10:04 PM

Not exactly Sam and Dave ...

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by Anonymousreply 75September 4, 2022 10:07 PM

Soul Asylum (remember them?) famously parodied Whipped Cream & Other Delights as well.

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by Anonymousreply 76September 4, 2022 10:09 PM

This looks dangerous ... or at least potentially painful.

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by Anonymousreply 77September 4, 2022 10:09 PM

Some diversity ...

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by Anonymousreply 78September 4, 2022 10:10 PM

How gay is this--- between the title and Carol Channing ...

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by Anonymousreply 79September 4, 2022 10:14 PM

Vintage trans ...

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by Anonymousreply 80September 4, 2022 10:14 PM

Vintage DLer

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by Anonymousreply 81September 4, 2022 10:16 PM

More from the Madison Cawthorn Collection ...

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by Anonymousreply 82September 4, 2022 10:23 PM

I'm assuming they were addicted to something other than "love."

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by Anonymousreply 83September 4, 2022 10:28 PM

Irresistible

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by Anonymousreply 84September 4, 2022 10:30 PM

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by Anonymousreply 85September 4, 2022 10:51 PM

I am a huge Barbra fan. But her 1980s 'sex kitten' photos have not aged well.

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by Anonymousreply 86September 4, 2022 11:02 PM

I’m not understanding what’s happening in the crotch region

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by Anonymousreply 87September 4, 2022 11:15 PM

The title track is great.

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by Anonymousreply 88September 4, 2022 11:24 PM

This Ain't No White Christmas!

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by Anonymousreply 89September 4, 2022 11:28 PM

Lashting Shoundsh...

by Anonymousreply 90September 4, 2022 11:49 PM

R85 is a parody of Linda Ronstadt’s “Silk Purse” album cover?

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by Anonymousreply 91September 5, 2022 12:00 AM

R55, Love when Pat Cooper was on the Howard Stern Show.

by Anonymousreply 92September 5, 2022 12:19 AM

Ted Nugent. Bizarre.

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by Anonymousreply 93September 5, 2022 1:19 AM

There's always something for everybody.

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by Anonymousreply 94September 5, 2022 1:28 AM

We win, hands-down!

by Anonymousreply 95September 5, 2022 1:29 AM

Music to Make Housework Easier

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by Anonymousreply 96September 5, 2022 1:40 AM

Has this been posted?

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by Anonymousreply 97September 5, 2022 1:52 AM

Which one does a hot dog make him lose control, r97?

by Anonymousreply 98September 5, 2022 2:00 AM
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