Comments on: Worst Albums of All TimeNot another top blah, blah of all blah, blah list...

Worst Albums of All TimeNot another top blah, blah of all blah, blah list...

psmealey — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:55:47 -0800

Thrift store record collectors' treasure trove. I know that we talked about the supposed worst record album covers of all time here, but some of these were too priceless not to share, and some have MP3s of the actual recordings to boot!!!

Here's just a small taste of what to expect:

"...There's no photos or credits anywhere on this album. Just the sickly drawing on the cover and a list of song titles. I bought it for 50 cents on a hunch after noticing the title: "Diary of an Unborn Child". As far as bizarre Christian LPs, I gotta say, this is this most extreme thing I've ever heard. It's some full grown man with a munchkin voice, singing terrifying songs about drug use, abortion and being a fat kid and each fill me with a profound sense of dread, horror, and disgust."

By: davehat

davehat — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:06:01 -0800

Wierd coincidence. I ordered this off Amazon not 2 days ago.

By: jon_kill

jon_kill — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:06:25 -0800

Diary of an Unborn Child was used in the most recent TV Carnage tape.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:26:21 -0800

um... The Farmer in the Dell is a bit risque. "It's a magic stick! Here, I'll rub you faster!" </mind_in_gutter>

By: the fire you left me

the fire you left me — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:27:00 -0800

Nice post. Including the Blood Speckled Concourse.

By: Prospero

Prospero — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:30:37 -0800

Excellent post.

By: zaelic

zaelic — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:39:34 -0800

Pat Boone released "Let Me Live: An Anthem Of The Unborn Child" around 1985. It still gets widely circulated among anti-abortionists. I don't know which one was the original, Lil Markie or Pat, but they are very similar. Horrible. Inhumane. Absolutely vomit-inducing.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:43:20 -0800

I love this place. A dusty fingered crate-digger like myself has multi-orgasmic fits hanging around Show And Tell. Plus the songs I've heard off this record are actually pretty good in a strange way.

By: whatnot

whatnot — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 06:56:19 -0800

great find. thanks psmeasley! so much for getting any work done today.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:04:45 -0800

this is an awesome site, but I coulda sworn it's been posted before?

By: psmealey

psmealey — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:09:29 -0800

Damn, mcsweetie, you're right. Sorry for the double post, y'all.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:21:46 -0800

no worries! there should be a statute of limitations on sites this sweet.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:51:12 -0800

psmealey - I missed it the first time, so thanks. "It's some full grown man with a munchkin voice, singing terrifying songs about drug use, abortion and being a fat kid and each fill me with a profound sense of dread, horror, and disgust." - Cool. There are days when I crave this sort of thing, to feel better about myself in comparison. It's better (nicer) than getting the effect from reading about developing world ferry catastrophes or watching Pixote.

By: jon_kill

jon_kill — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:52:45 -0800

This is as good an argument for double-posting as I have ever seen. I say we shut up from now on and let Matt decide whether to blast them.

By: badstone

badstone — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:09:30 -0800

A week ago, I experienced one of the saddest moments in my life. I found my copy of Silhouette Segments warped in the sun. :(

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:32:18 -0800

less snazzy layout but some truly wonderful finds w/r/t album covers, also available at the Vinyl Orphanage.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:26:15 -0800

Speaking of atrocious music... This post has put me in a frisky mood - maybe I'll put on my 80's LP of "We're the Meatmen and You suck!" and listen to "Mr. Tapeworm" and "Crippled Children Suck" at high volume OVER AND OVER AND OVER ! "Crippled Children Suck

Crippled children suck It's easy to see Their parents were dumb For having V.D. And conceiving a baby As ugly as it I say give it leg braces that don't even fit Mom & Dad smoked their dope For a liberal smooth future They had a lot of hope But because of their folly Their life is prety crass A little baby boy With an arm Stuck out his ass. Mr. Tapeworm

Crab legs, pate, sweet pork juices Mr Tapeworm never refuses Head cheese, Veggies, Pizza Pie That little guy spits in my eye. Oh Mr. Tapeworm, he makes me squirm Nice Mr. Tapeworm'll make my ring burn Maypo, tofu, screaming zonkers Daily my dead bowels he conquers Crawls out of my dirt chute at night To feast on my fridge's delights Oh Mr Tapeworm, he makes my squirm Nice Mr. tapeworm'll make my ring burn." Obligatory Disclaimer : I apologize in advance to anyone who is offended at the above lyrics. Troutfishing's views on crippled children are actually kind and liberal, yet never patronizing. My friend Chris, who has CP, would listen to this stuff with me back in the 80's but I learned eventually to make him get up and get his own damn beer.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:30:38 -0800

psmealey, it helps if you read what's on the screen when you post. this URL is an exact match for the previous one. just prior to hitting the post button mefi TOLD YOU IT WAS A DOUBLE. http://showandtellmusic.com/pages/home.html also, i posted this in a thread just a few weeks ago.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 17:53:53 -0800

Thanks, Quonsar. No, really, I mean it: thanks. /sarcasm Quonsear, I usually like what you post here for your humanism, sensitivity and taste, but this last comment was and unecessarily pedantic and moreover petty, as I apologized for my mistake a few posts up. Guess there's no pleasing some people.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:40:45 -0800

fabulous link. :)

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:42:27 -0800

no matter how many times it gets posted. I mean, the link is still cool. the double post slipped by me...