DCMaximo Posted March 26, 2005 Report Posted March 26, 2005 While home for the Easter weekend, I decided to look through my CD racks for more albums to take back to my flat on Monday. In doing so, I realised that, in years gone by when I had more money, I'd bought a lot of albums purely because of the cover or the album name, to mixed levels of success. These included: "Dial M For Motherfucker" by Pussy Galore- bought for it's title and it's cover (a man with a huge afro kicking down a door), only to find to my joy that Jon Spencer (of Blues Explosion fame) was a member and the album was actually really good, although still not good enough to justify such a good title "Aeromusical" by Superbus- bought while on holiday in January for about £2, a purchase I justified because of it's cover using the logic that any band using that much pink and blue would have to provide at least some throwaway pop fun. The end result? The French No Doubt. C'est la vie Am I the only one to be seduced by interesting looking albums, or is this regular practise for others?
Nevermortal Posted March 26, 2005 Report Posted March 26, 2005 I bought the My Chemical Romance album when I had to buy my father a DVD player. I laughed, I cried, I felt emo. I bought a white studded belt.
Skywarp! Posted March 26, 2005 Report Posted March 26, 2005 Not personally, but I have a friend that bought a Clutch album because he thought they had a cool name. He was a fan until the last album or so.
Nighthawk Posted March 26, 2005 Report Posted March 26, 2005 Couple times. I noticed the Sneetches because they had an album called Starfucker but I looked into them a little more before I got anything. is solely responsible for my introduction to Aphex Twin. I started on Junior Kimbrough thanks to the cover of this compilation: The back cover's even better. That's him in my avatar as well. You can tell that guy knows the blues just by looking at him. Never did get the compilation though. I rarely do, I prefer regular albums.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted March 27, 2005 Report Posted March 27, 2005 Purchased on vinyl solely for the cover. Terrible album, seriously.
notJames Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 Back in college, I bought School of Fish's self-titled debut on cassette merely because I thought the name of the band sounded like something I would like. Lo and behold, I did like it, from beginning to end. On a recent trip to Newhope, PA, I found it on CD at a used record store for $3. Snatched it up right away. Man, did that take me back. Unfortunately, I didn't have as much luck with Gaye Bikers On Acid. Boy, did that suck balls...
godthedog Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 i got introduced to the velvet underground solely because i liked the holographic cover of the special edition of 'loaded'. i saw the cover, and i instantly bought it. i think that's the only time i've ever done that.
smh810 Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 I laughed, I cried, I felt emo My Chemical Romance is not emo, thank you.
Henry Spencer Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 Yes, they are. I bought this due to the cover in sixth grade. Didn't like it at all back then, but I love it now.
Special K Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 Never bought an album strictly for its cover (chocalate and cheese comes close, but I liked voodoo lady), however I bought Blonde Redhead's latest after hearing one song from it on the radio. I mean I immediately drove to the closest record store and bought it, despite having never heard anything else from them.
Skywarp! Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 Now that I think about it, I actually can contribute to this. I bought Limp Bizkit's "3 Dollar Bill, Yall$" Soulfly's self-titled, The Ernie's "Meson Ray" and Hed (P.E.)'s self-titled without ever hearing a song. They all went in and out of rotation quickly. However, when I got "Supermercado!" by 2 Skinnee J's, they eventually became one of my favorite bands.
tominator89 Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 My friend bought a CD from CURL UP AND DIE based on the name and the track listing: 1. We 2. Are 3. All 4. Dead 5. 100 M.P.H. Vomit Dedicated to Jon 6. On the Run from Johnny Law Ain't No Trip to Cleveland 7. Ted Nugent Goes AOL 8. Total Pandemonium 9. Doctor Doom, A Man of Science, Doesn't Believe in Jesus, Why the Fuck D 10. You'd Be Cuter If I Shot You in the Face 11. Make Like a Computer and Get With the Program 12. Your Idea of Fascism and Global Intervention Makes Me Puke 13. I Lost My Job to a Machine 14. Kissing You Is Like Licking an Ashtray 15. Rich Hall (Runner Up in a Carson Daly Lookalike Contest)
Nevermortal Posted March 31, 2005 Report Posted March 31, 2005 I laughed, I cried, I felt emo My Chemical Romance is not emo, thank you. I felt very scene
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