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October 06, 2006

When Album Covers Attack (video)

Lp_covers When diplomacy fails, classic LPs retain the option to settle the matter by whatever means necessary: a Terry Gilliam-esque take on album art mayhem, by Rohitash Rao and the people at Ugly Pictures. download quicktime video (6 megs), or youtube it. via waxy

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If you've failed to keep up with the upgrade treadmill check it out on youtube -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp5mYvOvVrc

This made me spray coffee all over my keyboard

I'm kind of amazed that no one has posted this yet. Well, for the good of mankind, here are the album covers.

Foreigner - 4
Billy Joel - Glass Houses
Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's (No idea why he changed it to "Yaz")
Shaun Cassidy - Under Wraps
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Billy Joel - 52nd Street
Rick James - Street Songs
Eminem - Encore
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
50 Cent - The Massacre
Roxy Music - Country Life
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Scorpions - Blackout
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Duran Duran - Rio
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Rush - Fly By Night
Boston - Boston
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
AC/DC - For Those About to Rock
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Love and Rockets - Express
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
Weezer - The Blue Album
The B-52's - Wild Planet
Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil
Dead Kennedys - Logo, designed by Winston Smith
Van Halen - Van Halen II
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
Dio - Holy Diver
Iron Maiden - Killers
Night Ranger - Midnight Madness
Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark - Crush
Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
Nirvana - Nevermind
Asia - Asia
David Lee Roth - Crazy From the Heat
Black Flag - Slip It In
The Cars - Candy-O
Michael Jackson - Thriller
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Van Halen - 5150
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Journey - Escape (or ESC4P3)
Green Day - American Idiot
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits on Tour
Madness - Keep Moving
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
Lou Reed - Rock And Roll Diary 1967-1980
Madonna - Madonna
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Stranger in Town
Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie
DEVO - Oh No! It's DEVO!
Madness - Madness
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Metallica - Master of Puppets

My God, that was long.

Hey, it's an update!

it turns out that Yaz is just the Americanized spelling of the UK Band Yazoo (thank you Blender).

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