Unintentionally Hilarious Album Cover #4 - Lisztomania

Don't worry. It's just an arm holding a rapier, while being supported by nude women. Totally not a penis ejaculating onto Roger Daltrey's face.

Epic packaging - AC/DC's Backtracks

One of the things I love the most about buying music is admiring the album art, liner notes, that sort of stuff. Ocasionally, I'll come across album packaging that's so epic, I have to share it with you. Behold:

That's AC/DC's new rarities box set, Backtracks. If you can't tell, this is one box full of badass. It includes 3 CDs of rarities, two DVDs (Family Jewels Vol. 3 and Live at the Circus Krone), one LP of studio rarities, a 2-inch button, a sticker, a tour flyer, a studio track sheet for the "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" multitracks, a Bon Scott temporary tatoo, the "Moneytalks" 100 dollar bill, a guitar pick, three lithographs, a full-size tour poster, and a 164-page coffee table book.

That may seem awesome already, but that's not the best part.

The amp that the whole set is housed in? That's actually fully operational.

Yes. They included a 1 watt guitar amplifier in the set. Isn't that badass?

For those that want it, you can pre-order the deluxe edition for $199 at the band's web site. If you just want the rarities without all the other awesome stuff, they're also selling a stripped-down version with only two CDs and the Family Jewels Vol. 3 DVD.

New Music Tuesday - Join The Resistance

I've never been much of a Muse fan before, aside from that one "Knights of Cydonia" song that always kicked my ass on Guitar Hero (By the way, makers of Guitar Hero... THE KEYBOARD PART IS NOT THE GUITAR PART. PLEASE STOP DOING THAT. THANKS.). And I guess I listened to their previous effort, "Black Holes and Revelations" a couple of times, but this new release actually has me pumped for the band. For those not familiar with the band, Muse kinda sounds like a more prog-rock version of Radiohead.
However, the release of their new album "The Resistance" has actually got me somewhat excited about the band. It certainly helps that the first track, "Uprising", is such an ass-kicker of an anthem. I'm pretty sure that's going on some of my mix CDs later this year. The rest of the album feels just as epic and complex, with songs changing quickly between sweeping and orchestral to hard guitar rock. Hell, "I Belong To You" even has a motherloving clarinet solo! And to satisfy the prog-rock fans in all of us, the final three tracks are a suite of songs with a title that wouldn't sound out of place on a 70's Rush album: Exogenesis. These twelve minutes pretty much present the best moments of the album. The suite has this sweeping orchestral score that you have to hear to believe.

VERDICT: BUY

Unintentionally Hilarious Album Cover #3 - David Bowie

 

Forensic scientists have concluded that this is the least awesome photo of David Bowie ever taken.

Blue Oyster Cult To Release New Album Exclusively Through The Dollar Tree

Hot on the heels of the announcement that glam rock legends Kiss will be releasing their latest album "Sonic Boom" exclusively through Wal-Mart, and the smashing success of both Prince's Target-exclusive album "LOtUSFLOW3R" and Best Buy's exclusive release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy", Dollar Tree, Inc. has announced today that it will be the exclusive carrier of Blue Oyster Cult's newest album, "Soft White Underbelly."



In a press event Monday morning, CEO Bob Sasser and BOC vocalist Eric Bloom stood in front of the Wichita, KS store to formally announce the exclusive deal.
"For years, people have been coming to this store to buy party supplies, last minute greeting cards, and cheap off-brand office supplies. We at the Dollar Tree feel that Blue Oyster Cult's deep, ponderous lyrics and hard rock riffs fit perfectly with our commitment to give you the absolute best for only a dollar," an enthusiastic Sasser announced.
"While we were writing songs like "Don't Fear The Reaper" and "Burnin' for You", Buck, Richard and I would often drop by here to get a bag of cheap candy and a couple of helium baloons. That really had an effect on how these songs ultimately turned out," quipped Bloom.

Blue Oyster Cult join The Eagles, REO Speedwagon, Journey, and AC/DC as rock acts to release their comeback albums exclusively through one retailer. However, this is the first such deal for bargain bin retailer Dollar Tree.

As expected, when the album hits stores on December 14, it will be at the price of only one dollar.

"The price is what really attracted us to the deal", Bloom explained, "As I was talking this over with the band, we all agreed. We'd pay that much for the album. And if you really liked it, you could buy it a few more times, give it to friends, stuff like that."

In other news, Foghat is expected to donate truckloads of their latest album to the nearest Goodwill.

Another Unintentionally Hilarious Album Cover - Eire Apparent

 

EARTH! FIRE! WIND! WATER! With our powers and disinterested expressions, we form... CAPTAIN PLANET!

Unintentionally Hilarious Album Cover - The Many Moods of Belafonte

 

Apparently, Harry Belafonte has three moods: confusion, happiness, and orgasm.