Well they got their name and sound from this so it fits
EDIT: I love this album cover
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I’m not denying that a lot of effort has gone into this. It’s just that, to me at least, it’s trying to hard. I’d associate a cover like that with some mediocre Emo band, not with EN.
It is well made in terms of craft , it just doesn’t fit the album’s tone.
(Kollaps is great as well. Always had a thing for Negativ Nein.)
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Has to be a joke - or pastiche of / nod to some library music or schools music cover
It stops me listening to it. The tiny pencil bothers me more than anything. I kind of like the eyes
A friend used to dig this out for us to go “omg, sooooo bad” - but now I respect it. Never heard it though
But Emo came 20 years later …
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Violent sleep of reason was pretty good, as was catch 33, but holy fuck their first couple… Destroy, erase, improve was diabolical.
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Pet sounds has to be the best album with the worst cover ever
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Well, there’s Mike Love on it…doesn’t help.
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Back in the day I was sort of into how weird shapeshifters were but I always thought these album covers were not at all good selling points. Know Future in particular is a little too out there, but Adopted by Aliens is a close second.
Conversely, I always thought the cover for planet of the shapes was a fucking riot.
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Don’t forget the all time classic of shit/horribly unfortunate sleeve art, but actually pretty decent music…
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I like it
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Love that cover.
One of my favorite albums of all time, also one of my least favorite album covers of all time. It’s just a horrible color (weirdly, better here than it is on the CD/ record). The inside panels are dope though.
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My favourite is Chaosphere, just a brutal train of destruction. Too bad the drum production is so bad 
… I wish there was an improved re-release one day with drums as crisp as on “Destroy Erase Improve” …
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Always loved this album and never really thought about the cover art, but you’re right…so bad.
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