The Most Insane Album Covers Ever

Today, we go through some of the most insane album covers ever. I'm sorry.
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[@thegreenclock3602]

album covers can make people feel a wide array of emotions, for example the album cover for that one Zach fox with him holding a cigarette between his toes right next to a plate of eaten chicken makes me want to commit a felony.

[@newpancakeman]

And the music is the perfect background music to that felony

[@onjk]

thats a good ass album

[@MacenW]

@@onjk Agreed. Underrated too. GoMD is my favorite song on it

[@UnderMuncher]

They make me feel like I'm looking at a picture

[@kyrraperez675]

I MADE YOUR COMMENT REACH 1K

[@ThaRixer]

Viper is peak human creativity and execution when it comes to album covers

[@Andy_77799]

Truer words could not have been said

[@crossoverheathfirestan1239]

Hey Rixer, what are your thoughts on Cross over Heathfire's music? (the thumbnail album)

[@TimTam60]

Oh yeah and not to mention his hundreds of albums

[@zacharywoloszynski4258]

based pfp

[@crossoverheathfirestan1239]

@@zacharywoloszynski4258 Thanks 🥰

[@ickballgaming6611]

Pink Floyd's cover where the one guy shaking hands with the other guy who is on fire is incredible.

[@thecoolguy7985]

Yep. Also it’s called Wish you Were here

[@iamcraz1939]

Ain't that Hero's and villains?

[@foeton3582]

@@iamcraz1939Yeah idk who these “pink floyd” posers are that’s obviously metro’s album cover

[@megasparklegoomba6807]

Wait… is that what that one Ironclad card is in reference to?

[@IbesippinIbepoppineverything]

Die lit album cover feels like a portal to the Carti world that he represented in the tracks

[@acaptainnachoz2111]

Fr it fits every track on the album

[@IbesippinIbepoppineverything]

@@acaptainnachoz2111 It even inspired the RIP video. It's goated

[@MacenW]

I had aint had shit in a long timeeeee

[@coldercoronet6248]

It’s boring af

[@beardobilly1919]

Machine Girls “…Because I’m Young Arrogant and Hate Everything You Stand For” is such a cool album cover. The arcade vintage game editing is cool and there’s more details every time I look at it

[@diyamond]

i love machine girl!! wlfgrl i like a lot too, but the editing and detail on because im young is just unmatched

[@Rayo75]

based

[@tumultoustortellini]

yenahrvna's death of the rave has a similar thing going on. Same group of genres so that makes sense

[@RandyRandomson]

the title track is also really dope

[@KysEcstacy]

U-void Synthesizer is great too

[@dopey473]

Remember when Russel Mills literally put dead bugs, nails and his own blood on a canvas for NIN's The Downward Spiral? Every piece of art made for that album is horrific and disgusting and I love it.

[@SlyHikari03]

Oh man, I love nine inch nails. Also, that is crazy.

[@Someone-hv7tv]

I am glad someone brought up TDS.

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Dayum, I actually bought that album at one point. Sadly along with my other CDs lost to time but, that's probably in essence among the most metal sounding things I have owned in terms of the album art alone💪🏻🧐

[@L_osted]

What's the song at 1:48

[@tsukamotomann]

In my opinion the craziest album cover ever is the DONDA cover. It’s fucking crazyyyyyy.

[@tvprestonh5129]

It's so influential that I see it everytime I close my eyes

[@refusingtoconform]

@Xavier!! To be fair, there's only like 5 people in the rap community that have listened to FaL2 and it's a shame really. Strange Fruition is a beautifully creepy song.

[@darkcraftertheking4377]

I know right. The voidal look… I see it every time I turn the lights off

[@frederiksrensen6116]

Kindof just reminds me of dean blunt and dr. Dre

[@roboturtle1429]

doonda

[@Lokio...]

King Crimson's "In The Court Of The Crimson King" is a classic one, a horrifying yet impossible to stop looking at album cover, in my opinion it's easily one of the best album covers ever made! PD: Loved the video!

[@seanm241]

can't believe it wasn't mentioned

[@AlbPerNil]

You have normie taste but you probably think you have super eclectic taste, but you don’t.

[@sqyx93]

@@AlbPerNil you’re fun at parties

[@jackisboom]

I bought this on vinyl and my mom opened the package, she refuses to talk to me

[@LukeTheSchoolBoy]

⁠@@AlbPerNilyou’re really acting like your in a “What your favorite album cover says about you” video

[@DanielTGaming]

I think we can actually bring the official BTI cover back now that Apple Music has animated album covers.

[@crossoverheathfirestan1239]

Hey Daniel, what are your thoughts on Cross over Heathfire's music? (the thumbnail album)

[@ProshipAshton]

he could bring it to spotify too though the use of canvases

[@pythagoras_3148]

I totally agree with the Blue Album being the best cover. There’s just something so striking about it, and the simplicity helps it be memorable.

[@linussvard6553]

...and the bad shirts lol

[@waycnf7229]

@@linussvard6553 i want brian's shirt

[@Bismark1815]

WEEZER

[@cormaclynch3680]

Anyone who knows metal can agree that Mayhem’s “The Dawn of the Black Heart” is a fun cover.

[@thenamesvodka8914]

Ah yes, a very good depiction of what a true metal album cover should be

[@insertnamehere1258]

Yeah, it truly is a mind-blowing cover.

[@c-rabbit08]

It’s disgusting

[@damienghoul]

i was lookibng for this comment lmaoo

[@thepotatotaxi2430]

what a good cover

[@CommanderWar64]

As someone who listens to a new album everyday and who also designs some album covers, the medium is extremely close to me. Only until you try and draw your own cover can you really understand the complexity of how to organize a square and make it as interesting as you want it to be. It's kind of overwhelming and at the end of the day you really can't fit all you want to on it, so you should be selective. Since OSB was sharing, some of my favorite album covers right now are Turnstile's GLOW ON, Brand New's Deja Entendu, and Turnover's Peripheral Vision (all great albums too).

[@andrewstephens5885]

We’ve found Internet’s second busiest music nerd! Reported.

[@pietrocavicchioli6128]

I do covers for my playlist so that they can look nice on my iPods... It's not that hard.

[@coldercoronet6248]

@@andrewstephens5885 not really, it’s just somebody who listens to more music than just the standard Zoomer/Fantano/Mu shit. Every single one of onlysmallbites videos are about the same 20 bands/artists. It’s so boring.

[@CommanderWar64]

@@coldercoronet6248 Yeah, it's really not even close to Fantano standards and I'm not trying to compete with that lmao.

[@ListenerGames]

Baby Goat is an incredible album cover, don’t even remember the artist and have never hear a single song from it but it deserves a billboard spot for the album art alone

[@daftereverafter1648]

I love Gorillaz and I adore the plastic beach album cover. It’s so iconic and is such a calming visual to me

[@Gonz1]

Watching movies with the sound off also had a great cover. Mac albums are iconic. Also gotta love Tyler. But my fave is Wish you were here by Pink Floyd. Great video!

[@liluzivertsintern]

or that one chidlish gambino album

[@ItsEds7]

I was fucking waiting for weezer and thought was safe, I’m never safe

[@-Teague-]

You'll never escape the weeze

[@tomasjanak4113]

My favorite album cover must be Violator (Depeche Mode). It's simple, dark yet beautiful. Just like the album.

[@coldzero8584]

Was going to comment this, that cover helps the album's vibe so much. Probably my favourite album of all time and that cover adds so much to it

[@_F2tired]

My favorite album cover has to go to Korn's debut album. The fact that you don't know the man, his intentions, or why he is standing above the girl on the swing set, it makes you wonder what is about to happen. On top of that, when the music does play, it's like the pov of the man before he leads up to that moment. With songs like 'daddy' and 'clown', It's really intriguing how the music can fit so well with the album cover.

[@bjornboi1175]

The songs along with the album cover shows pure anger, rage and fear in my opinion

[@kc.21k]

The community posts were the perfect lead up to this video. You never disappoint OnlySmallBites 🔥

[@kidgaki723]

cherry bomb cover got a man pissin his pants tf

[@ShiftedReality]

Certified Lover Boy’s album cover makes sense when you listening to something like Girls Want Girls or Way 2 Sexy, but then it goes to a song like Knife Talk and the last thing I’m trying to associate a song trying to act all hard and hood is 12 pregnant emojis 🤰

[@fan1000]

Its time for every ones favorite comment series,MY FAVORITE BITS FROM THIS VIDEO!(there's some basically references, try to find them) 1:02 bites gets dumped 2:25 childish gambino way he's here! 3:09 oh god you ain't get these ear to listens to that 3:38 death grip! Your not in jail for punching a police officer with the 2 wild baby keem 3:54 death grip and his crew(plus sus album cover) 4:11 50 cent(also bites,I think you made a new meme) 5:20 gorillas,you survive the paint ball war 5:45 the mail man is here(pretty late bub) 7:01 the beatles! 7:50 THE WEEKND,he said it!!! 8:06 he said the weeknd again!!(props to you bro) 8:50 weezer! 9:10 charlie is angry at bites

[@crossoverheathfirestan1239]

If you liked the Cross over Heathfire ALBUM COVERS, you’ll love the upcoming Cross over Heathfire MOVIE!

[@thecringekid5744]

Crossover heathfire slaps so hard. I jammed to it all day when the first album came out

[@CringePoop]

4:03 this was the first thing my brother asked me after i saw him for the first time in 5 months. he asked "have you seen the uncensored death grips album cover"

[@youreashotgun]

I love this style of content you’ve been doing. You can tell how much love is put into these videos, keep it up!

[@mimobear]

Álbum covers usually determine what albums I decide to listen to from front to back

[@thhrjdh5564]

Truth.

[@rampageblizzard]

dont judge a book by its cover? no?

[@ButterscotchPenguin]

@@rampageblizzard That saying is so stupid to me, if you don’t put any effort into the image of your book, or product in general, what is supposed to initially entice me? If I see a lazy or generic, or just aesthetically unpleasing looking album cover I’m less likely to want to listen to it.

[@rampageblizzard]

@@ButterscotchPenguin yes, an album art is your first impression of that piece of work. but you will have no idea if you like the album until you listen to it. It’s pretty hard to create something that will represent every track, theme, or whatever about the album in just a small square on the cover.

[@ButterscotchPenguin]

@@rampageblizzard It’s part of the job as an artist to make an album cover that helps represent the album or at the very least stand out, if you can’t even do that you’ve failed in a way as an artist. The cover is apart of the experience as a whole and if people don’t want to listen to it because of an uninteresting cover that’s completely fair lol. That being said yeah I’ve had plenty of albums with bland or generic looking covers that have some good stuff, still stand by that saying being dumb though and I still think have a lot more of an enjoyable time with an album with a good representative cover, just makes it that much more intimate of an experience. It’d be like making a fantastic painting of space and labeling it “white bread” or something lol.

[@The_Purple_Idiot]

Album art makes me feel multiple things like how my dad probably felt disappointed when he saw the covers and insides of my Tyler CDs.

[@thespacemopper5457]

I think my most favorite album cover is Tyler the creators flower boy ablum because of the astheics behind it. After looking at closely you can see the car he talks about so much behind him just barely

[@bunzo229]

Cross over heathfire

[@esbrohs9610]

All of Roger Dean's work with Yes (the band) and Gentle Giant are all magnificent. They combine this element of futuristic worlds brimming with wild nature, topped with extremely beautiful and strange landscapes. If I ever had to recommend an album just based on it's cover, it would be anything Roger Dean illustrated.

[@popisdeadisagoodsong9997]

Oh man, it's great to see album covers get love. I feel like they are never talked about enough. Edit: since I love them so much, I thought I would share my favourites: Radiohead: Com Lag EOB: Earth Nirvana: In Utero Radiohead: Kid A Boards Of Canada: Geogaddi Thom Yorke: The Eraser The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention Tame Impala: Currents Smashing Pumpkins: Melancholie and the Infinite Sadness Green Day: Dookie Weezer: Raditude Radiohead: In Rainbows/ In Rainbows Disc 2

[@CommanderWar64]

Melancholie is truly an insane album cover if you ever see the full design

[@gumble808]

Great list My favorites are Cosmogramma Anima Nevermind Almost All the Radiohead covers Flamagra By The Time I get to phoenix

[@popisdeadisagoodsong9997]

@@gumble808 Anima is great!

[@thedogfromraditude5449]

Thank you so much for the shoutout!!! Seeing how many people still admire that jump I did almost 14 years ago makes my day. Raditude is truly one for the history books. Don’t stop partying!!!

[@popisdeadisagoodsong9997]

@@thedogfromraditude5449 Happy to mention you! I love you, Dog from Raditude.

[@fryingpan4029]

Dude, thank you so much for including Cross over Heathfire in your vid, they’re totally underrated

[@lovethafeeling]

I'm glad Viper was mentioned even if it was for a split second, he fs needs more love

[@KateIsNotAnAlien]

5:32 I painted the sunset version of plastic beach back in may, and it has sat on my shelf ever since. I love the album so much bro

[@burakardayldz]

Man album covers are my red flag; can’t believe how I disappointed when CLB and Donda came out.

[@BA-pq1vr]

Your videos are legendary! 🤩 Please keep it up!

[@msdime_]

Danny Brown's Atrocity Exhibition cover is so goddamn good that as soon as I saw the cover, I just knew I would love the album, it's just so good

[@syseral]

Animation and editing is getting better and better man, keep it up!

[@kiroshow]

Wonderful video! Nerd fact: the daytime PB cover was also featured on the Japanese version of PB's CD release :)

[@nicholasnardone4139]

Tech N9ne is very iffy with his album covers. He can put out something cool and mesmerizing like the covers of Special Effects, Asin9ne and Anghellic, but then he'll have an odd and/or unappealing album cover like the deluxe of Something Else or The Storm. Sorry, I just missed the community post and needed to discuss it here.

[@cyto128]

aphex twin's richard d. james album is just so hilarious and ominous at the same time that the image will never leave my brain

[@mayamelodyegg1607]

this vid kept my attention the entire time dude ur editing is awesome

[@owene869]

I’d love for you to make a video about remixes, especially considering the different types of remixes out there as well as their “evolution” in hip-hop & R&B. It’s such a unique aspect in music!

[@inno8283]

An album cover that I am actually upset about is the cover art for Possession by Joywave. The singles had incredibly interesting and lively cover arts, but the album's cover art is just the golden disk. Like I wouldn't be able to pick it out in a pile of records if you asked me to. It's incredibly weak compared to all of their other album covers, which are all unique by themselves.

[@newpancakeman]

Next smallbite community post: Name an album WITH A COVER

[@phoenixphonkhouse451]

Haven’t watched ya in awhile dude. Glad to see you’re blowing up

[@GoldTwastaken]

Really appreciate the jet set radio soundtrack, awesome video man

[@ohianaw]

I'm happy you started to make more longer and interesting videos then your usual "Basically Of" series. I also would love for you to go into more stuff like covering YOUR favorite albums, stuff to recommend to people who are a fan of a genre, and other music related stuff. keep it up man you found a really unique spot on this side of KZbin 👍

[@coldercoronet6248]

I doubt it would be interesting. This dude only talks about the same 20 artists. Fantano has really ruined zoomer’s brains.

[@HEWHOTAWNS]

I was honestly expecting this video to suck absolute ass because most music youtubers do. but this was pretty good. nice pacing and sweet animation. cool stuff

[@49OneWay]

Even drew the mini album covers, great work man !

[@JoeyPadilla]

Idk how you packed so much into 9 minutes, amazing work

[@josephwright4222]

Just some random additions to the great list. Enter the Wu-Tang and Liquid Swords, Weezer's Pinkerton, PUP's The Dream is Over, Husky's Forever So, Sufjan Stevens' Illinois and Carrie and Lowell, Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool, Avalanche's Since I Left You, Funkadelic's Maggot Brain, Hole's Live Through This, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Push The Sky Away

[@coldercoronet6248]

I would also add Birthday Party’s Junkyard and Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures. Btw if you like Nick Cave you have to check out the Birthday party. They’re one of the most chaotic post punk bands of all time. Nicks the lead singer.

[@RenatoIxi]

We can all agree that Man On The Moon 3 is one of the most beautiful cover ever seen

[@coldercoronet6248]

I think MOTM 2 is better

[@IndigoSane]

love the jet set radio music in the backgroud of the vid!

[@ness3547]

hello onlysmallbites, love the new video format ! Hope you'll keep up those podcast-animations, they're very entertaining, funny and interesting !

[@SAMPLETEXT285]

One of my favorite album covers which I don't think is talked about enough is the album cover for Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures"

[@milo302]

trippie about to put the most fire cover on the most mid album you've ever heard

[@slop_enjoyer]

Black midi has some of the most mind melting covers ever made. Great stuff always gets my hyped for a project they release!

[@PixelStarzzz]

If you’re looking for minimalist covers, the blue and green albums by Weezer definitely are those, if you’re looking for maximalist covers, you get something similar to the Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Music album by Tally Hall. Both are amazing alternative bands, and you know what you’re getting into by seeing them

[@mepish601]

My favorite album cover is Supertramp Breakfast In America! Absolutely amazing and makes me nostalgic for times that I wasn't even in existence!

[@rubysroom9469]

I've finally found my animated music review channel! You are now officially my favorite KZbinr!

[@veryrealperson3694]

Nice JSR music in the background absolutely love that soundtrack

[@solstie]

One album cover I absolutely adore so much is Let's Be Animals by The Downtown Fiction. Everything about it is perfect. The custom paper mache helmets, how the one on the kid is waaayyyy too big and falling off a bit, the woods setting, how their jackets perfectly match the background colors, the adult in the back who actually is doing a lil pose, as seen with the hand on the side, the hazy aura around the entire thing, all with the small and not distracting text at the bottom makes it all feel complete. Not only that but it perfectly sets up the "gotcha!" element the album has. Whenever I showed the cover to anybody, 100% of the time, they say "aww, that's cute" but one of the very first lines in the album is "Thanks for nothing, kiss my ass". Truly one of my favorites ever.

[@darkcraftertheking4377]

Album covers are one of the most IMPORTANT things about albums in my opinion. Also Apple Music does put some gifs on there. Look at nas’s stillmatic

[@onlysmallbites]

You're right! I was mainly talking for around the time BTI came out, but yeah it's honestly really cool! Apple Music is taking the right steps. Spotify's still putting on their shoes over there...

[@ruzgarkaradag5111]

Muse covers are so underrated in my opinion. Especially the early albums covers are great and they don't get much attention.

[@notafamousperson95]

love the video...AND THE JSRF GROOVES

[@Arthur-uu1pu]

I f love your videos dude! Thank you!

[@EWU619]

As a fan of punk rock, punk rock album covers can be the same thing From really badass designs to what in the actual hell? Same with some metal albums like my personal favorite; GWAR

[@coldercoronet6248]

Plastic Surgery Disasters and Frankenchrist by The Dead Kennedy’s have to be 2 of the greatest album covers of all time.

[@bland9876]

I never really paid album covers any mind until I recently started going to a thrift store and buying albums. One of my most favorite albums of all the albums I bought so far was a purchase solely off the album cover. Some of them I purchase off the words like if it says jazz or Celtic music but not always.

[@clarkcuevas9972]

Was surprised you didn't mention Flume's Skin or Hi This Is Flume album covers. Probably some of the most stylistic and unique covers out there.

[@JUG__]

Wow I was so surprised when you mentioned boards of Canada Definitely some favorites. I have the vinyl for geogaddi and the artwork is impeccable

[@saltysunflowersugar7826]

I was today years old when I learned that Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" album cover was not just Lady Gaga posing with a motorcycle, and she was in fact, FUSED WITH the motorcycle

[@branblunt]

01:55 king gizz oddments there, cool video

[@RYANILDO]

I like the parodys's but honestly this kind of videos is my favorites i hope you do more of them!

[@kidgorgeous2199]

love these new videos mister bites!

[@mackavelly]

couldn't have said it better myself. i swear, you covered every damn point

[@dillonward6996]

One of my favourites is Funkadelic's Maggot Brain; on the front of the record a woman's head is planted in the dirt, with an expression of pure anguish and on the back only her skull remains... Safe to say the cover really lives up to its name.

[@andrewstephens5885]

Great listen! Like less than an hour for some crazy and inspiring funk.

[@coldercoronet6248]

Honestly funkadelic have much better album cover’s than Maggot Brain. Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On and Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow are much more interesting.

[@ShadrachsGuitar]

bro you're videos are so good. Like a music version of ice cream sandwich. Keep it up!

[@TSDthesuperderp]

That’s crazy. I randomly thought, “hey what if viper was in this”, and then dismissed that thought. I got jump scared at the end when he showed up lol

[@joshuakorynta3385]

Honestly, when it comes to weird album covers, my favorite is probably Hysteria by Def Leppard with the two face head creature.

[@TJCoolzD]

I just looked at the community post, and now seeing this! Nice.

[@alem358]

i'm loving this type of videos

[@vinnie4125]

love your vids man!

[@SomeoneCalledFlora]

And yet, not one mention of the best album cover and title out there: Thanks to You Song That I Don't Understand How People Like It I'm Forced to Listen to This S--​t Everyday Cause My F​---​ing Sister Plays This Every Time Without Getting Bored of Listening to It Thanks Ghost for This Piece of S--t You Introduced Into My Life (usually shorted as Thanks to You Song) - the album who's title is literally just a hate comment that Ghost and Pals (the producer/artist) got on one of the songs in the album (it was on The Distortionist, in fact). Ghost themselves is a great producer too, do check them out :3

[@oskartrier5438]

Me: "He aint gonna mention TOOL" 8:24 lost my shit

[@cart4092]

my reaction w trippie redd

[@endlessness]

no mention of the arguably most iconic album art of all time, unknown pleasures by joy division? that one is so recognizable that people who’ve never heard of the band will have shirts of it

[@propername4830]

Dark Side of the Moon more iconic 😈

[@Trenchhhj]

honestly king gizzard has some of my personal favorite album covers with flying microtonal banana and nonagon infinity, gotta love the guys

[@souluchiha4778]

Trap Story one of the greatest album covers ever

[@Tarodenaro]

6:25 those are probably inspired by old-timey "three-headed Jesus" illustration from early christian ages before AD1000, weird stuffs.

[@Finicheti]

Your videos are absolutely fantastic

[@fifthdagger]

man it sucks that this content doesnt get as many views as your in 1 minute/30 seconds videos. these are amazing

[@a.j.animations2235]

4:56 intersting fact there was supposed to be a kids see ghost video game. Kanye mentioned it once before in a clip where he was playing Sonic 2 (i don't know who posted the clip, sorry)

[@gddiggy3828]

1:48 Was that freaking Satorl Marsh (the night version) from Xenoblade?

[@BeatAces]

Great video, but the lack of Big Bear - Doin Thangs is a deep shame that I fear could never be corrected

[@4r4chn1da33]

I wanna say that David Bowie has some really cool lookin stuff. I think some of my favorites of his album covers would have to be TMWSTW, TRAFOZSATSFM, “Heroes”, Low, STATION TO STATION, Let’s Dance, Young Americans, Earthling, 1.Outside, etc etc. But as for non-Bowie album covers that I like (yet I’m pretty sure weren’t mentioned here) would be both of Joy Division’s studio album’s covers (Unknown Pleasures and Closer), The Clash’s London Calling and Combat Rock, Mask by Bauhaus, both Disintegration and One Hundred Years by The Cure are pretty cool lookin. Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy, In Utero by Nirvana, Demon Days by Gorillaz, etc etc. But generally I really love album covers and I also think they are a pretty cool part of moosic

[@biygas]

you’ll cowards don’t even smoke crack in a nutshell when

[@jacklincoln3]

King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizzard Always have amazing album arts, and they are all done by Jason Galea. You sure to find something you personally like in their 20+ options to choose from.

[@ButterscotchPenguin]

Honestly their album covers are underrated, so great

[@mirrorama]

the butterfly 3000 album cover is so coollll ! there’s even an optical illusion when you cross your eyes or somethin

[@digital-rain]

I love how the Demon Days vinyl also has a unique cover art for each song!

[@pessimisticdiabetic717]

Literally every album cover from bladee, although they do go hard. Also the first album cover you showed the “running away is easy” I recommend listening to the original version which is from the album IV which I think you should listen to, it a very amazing jazz album. IV by BADBADNOTGOOD, OMG YESSSS IN COLOR BY JAMIE XX IS AMAZING