There are album covers that are illuminating works in their own right, covers that reveal hidden depths to the music inside, and covers that advance the state of the graphic designer's art. And then there are these. Our annual tradition highlighting the worst cover art of the year-- goofy, offensive, amateurish, and puzzling, it's all here-- continues with the dregs of 2010. Not safe for people at work or those prone to nausea.

Ed Kowalczyk reenacts the making of Alive.

Screen grab from Grand Theft Auto: Paisley Park.

The iTunes version sadly doesn't come with the perfume samples.

This was the last time Union Carbide sponsored an episode of "You Can't Do That on Television".

Sorority hazing at Hampshire College is no fucking joke.

Kings of Leon go chillwave, dick jokes ensue.

The music is a reminder Soundgarden had a rich, diverse career; the artwork a reminder they made the "Black Hole Sun" video.

A garish, unintentionally hilarious attempt to present herself as some sort of subversive political firebrand. Oh, and the cover's lame as hell too.

A collection that documents a brilliant artist's lifetime of creativity gets an album cover that was conceived and executed in less time it takes to listen to "Amity".

Not only did Dan Gilbert lose LeBron, but he somehow lost the 2010 award for "Worst Use of Comic Sans." Tough year.

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