If you want people to listen to your music, you need to grab their attention first—and album artwork has always been one of the fastest ways to do that. A striking cover can spark curiosity, set expectations, and sometimes even sell the record on its own. However, some artists and labels take that idea to the extreme, resulting in covers that are less “eye-catching” and more “why would you approve this?”
The Facebook group ‘Wrecked Record Art‘ exists to document those moments. Whether it’s a new underground artist doing everything themselves or a major label that hired a designer and somehow still missed the mark, the group collects album covers that are confusing, poorly executed, or simply unforgettable for all the wrong reasons.
#1 Deep Purple – Fireball
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#2 Ultimate Spinach – The Box. Vegetarian Shark
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#3 Robert Forman – Cat Juggling
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#4 Paul Schumacher – He’s Part Simian
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#5 The Mushrooms – Mama Afrika
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#6 Trilly – Doin’ The Crawdad
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#7 Laurianne Corneille: Cosmosis. The Piano Has Been Drinkin’, Not Me
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#8 Tshe-Tsha Boys – Tshe-Tsha
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#9 Happy Mondays – Yes Please
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#10 Corndawg – Enter The Corndawg
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#11 Wayne Cochran – Get Down With It !
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#12 This Is The Actual Cover Of His Upcoming Album. Likely The Face He Makes When He Can’t Cancel The Concert And Has To Perform
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#13 Jm Thor – Recruits Wild In The Streets
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#14 Gleemen – Gleemen
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#15 Johnny Harris “Movements”
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#16 Novakane – Jiggle It A Little It’ll Open
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#17 Suat Sayın – Zehirledin Beni / Para İle Saadet Olmaz. Finished Last In Hide And Seek
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#18 Brother Mcqueen And The Queens – The Clothes Line Preacher. Looks Like Somebody Gonna Get Clotheslined
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#19 (Also Known As “Playing An Unplugged Electric Guitar Gets You Chicks Anyway”)
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#20 Edward Simoni – Pan-Traume
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#21 Didjits – Que Sirhan Sirhan
“Do you think we’ll have a hit?”
“When pigs fly”
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#22 “Ve Got Electricity Nov, See?”
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#23 Susan Maughan- This Is Me (1974)
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#24 Gunnar Winckler – Old Man Boogie
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#25 Ron & Haven – I’m Adopted
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#26 Judy Henske – Loose In The World. Cage Your Beast, Judy
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#27 Fruko Y Sus Tesos: Tesura. Fruk Out
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#28 “Dawn For The Living” By Grinder
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#29 Mort Garson- Electronic Hair Pieces
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#30 Artie Shaw- A Man And His Dream (1958) . Uh, Artie?, You Were Married Eight Times… Maybe You Should Dream Of Something Else
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#31 Ce Ce Peniston – I’m In The Mood. And I’m Getting Vertigo
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#32 Shel Silverstein – “Crouchin’ On The Outside”
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#33 Vienna State Opera Orchestra – Dvorak (Westminster Gold)
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#34 Handel Messiah – Philharmonia Baroque Society. Jesus Got VR Glasses For His Birthday
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#35 Bernard Lavillers – Pouvoirs. People Who Live In Glass Houses Shouldn’t… Make Albums?
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#36 Avelo: How To Lose Someone Fast. Clumsy Flash Photo Makes Great Cover
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#37 Nalle Lehtonen
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#38 Angie – The Computer Did
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#39 Record Cover Art For The 1978 Album “Button Boy Polkas” By The Zupanchick Brothers
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#40 Dan Hicks Along With Some Hot Licks… Where’s The Money?? I See Laraine Newman And Lester (Sans Willie Tyler)
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#41 Upson Downs II
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#42 Blonde Redhead – Barragán. I Don’t Know Which Disturbs Me More, The Fetal Horse Or The Extra Hands
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#43 Audrey Hobert – Who’s The Clown
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#44 Sheb Wooley – Warm And Wooley
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#45
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#46 Isabella Lewis: Greetings
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#47 Lil Thrombosis: I’m So Quirky (2022)
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#48 Losing Control, Stanky And The Coalminers
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#49 Dario – Canım İzmir / Sarı Kanaryam / Yavaş Yavaş / Ali The Turkish Godfather
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#50 Kingsley Bucknor – Just U And Me
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#51 Antill – Corroboree/Ginastera – Panambi
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#52
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#53 Gallant – Zinc
What happens when the photographer sneezes.
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#54 Ultimate Spinach – Self Titled. It’s A Mystery Why Moth-Hat Style Didn’t Catch On
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#55 Amerikanta – Baila Baila!
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#56 A Cajun Christmas With Justin Wilson – Justin Wilson
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#57 Byron Melcher – Gorilla In The Garden
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#58 Sbtrkt – Step In Shadows. Totem If You Got ‘Em
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#59 Helling – Keine Angst
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#60 Vatreni Poljubac – Veliki Hitovi
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#61 Madeon – Hi!
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#62 1st Famm: Best Kept Secret (2000)
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#63 Aylu – Fobia
This is one of those rebus puzzles, isn’t it? Key, tree, upside-down wok? I don’t get it.
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#64 Little Richard – “Get Rich Quick”
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#65 Eleni – ,,10″
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#66 Vandoliers: Life Behind Bars
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#67 Capazine: Manatins. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
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#68 Vikingarna Kramgoa Låtar 7 Hallelujah
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#69 Christian Lindberg, Swedish Wind Ensemble, Hans Ek: The Lindberg Extravaganza (2011)
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#70 Breaking Benjamin: We Are Not Alone. Grumpy
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#71 Roger Williams – Summer Of ’42 — Shack Cover Commemorates Where Jerky Kid Lost His Virginity
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#72 Christmas With “Big” Tiny Little – “Big” Tiny Little
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#73 Daniele Sepe:: Anima Candide. War And Love Songs
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#74 Lucrecia Dalt – A Danger To Ourselves. This Is Why Your Room Is Padded
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