Are these the worst ever Britpop album covers?
1 May 2024, 14:04
From the bizarre to the downright confusing, get a load of some of the most "challenging" Britpop album artworks to hit the record stores.
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Supergrass - I Should Coco
The band’s debut LP may have included fun-loving anthem, Alright, but it's cover made the band look like trolls who wanted to eat you.
Supergrass - I Should Coco album cover. Picture: Press -
Suede - Coming Up
Suede’s Coming Up may be a neon mess, but their album certainly makes up for it.
Suede - Coming Up album artwork. Picture: Press -
These Animal Men - Accident And Emergency
An album cover concept rejected by The Hives for being "too obvious".
These Animal Men - Accident And Emergency album artwork. Picture: Press -
Ocean Colour Scene - Marchin' Already
By their third album, Ocean Colour Scene had finally perfected the art of standing an equal width apart in a field full of nettles.
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Lush - Lovelife
Nothing says British shoegazing band quite like a cactus seller holding up their sign.
Lush - Lovelife album cover. Picture: Press -
The Auteurs - New Wave
Cracking album. Underwhelming cover.
The Auteurs - New Wave album artwork. Picture: Press -
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
It's just a painting of a steam train, basically.
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish album cover. Picture: Press -
Gay Dad - Leisure Noise
Now, where have we seen this before? Designed by Peter Saville of New Order fame, it's practically trying to run away from itself.
Gay Dad - Leisure Noise album cover. Picture: Press -
Marion - This World And Body
Either the photographer really loved those ceiling lights, or this is a case of really bad cropping.
Marion - This World And Body album cover. Picture: Press -
Kula Shaker - Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
A mysterious figure (a peasant-pig-astronaut?) rides up an escalator in the middle of a forest. We're sure this means something significant, but we can't quite think what that is.
Kula Shaker - Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts album cover. Picture: Press -
Cast - Magic Hour
The "magic hour" is the time of day when the sun is at a point that's very favurable to photographers. So here's a Photoshop of some lad stood in front of a lake.
Cast - Magic Hour album artwork. Picture: Press -
Echobelly - Lustra
The Britpop band's third album was delayed somewhat after the success of 1995's ON, and this unremarkable artwork didn't help to sell it.
Echobelly - Lustra album artwork. Picture: Press -
Powder - MCMXCV
Pearl Lowe's Britpop scenseters didn't even make it to a "proper" studio album, so fans had to make do with this compilation some years after the fact - complete with barely-readable title.
Powder - MCMXCV album artwork. Picture: Press -
The Boo Radleys - Wake Up!
A watercolour of an interesting guitar didn't exactly sum up the whirlwind of psychedelic sunshine pop that appeared on the Liverpool band's fourth album.
The Boo Radleys - Wake Up! album artwork. Picture: Press -
S*M*A*S*H - Self Abused
Action Man - the boy band years.
S*M*A*S*H - Self Abused album artwork. Picture: Press