
The 15 worst album covers of 2011
In the past, we’ve delved right back through the history of recorded music to marvel at some of the worst, most-offensive and downright unpleasant album sleeves ever to be released onto the unsuspecting public.
Fortunately for us though, musicians never seem to learn. And so, we present you with a fresh crop of unspeakably poor album designs from the past 12 months - many of which come from big, respectable artists that really should know better.
Read on to check out our least favourite record sleeves from the past year, and use the comment section below to draw our attention to any monstrosities we might have missed.

Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow

Drake - Take Care

Def Leppard - Mirror Ball

Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding

Sebastian Bach - Kicking & Screaming

Steve Miller Band - Let Your Hair Down

Vanilla Ice - WTF

Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe

Chris Brown - F.A.M.E

Journey - Ecl1ps3

Omar-S - It Can Be Done, But Only I Can Do It

David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events
I'm the Managing Editor of Music Technology at MusicRadar and former Editor-in-Chief of Future Music, Computer Music and Electronic Musician. I've been messing around with music tech in various forms for over two decades. I've also spent the last 10 years forgetting how to play guitar. Find me in the chillout room at raves complaining that it's past my bedtime.

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