49. Of Montreal: 'Skeletal Lamping' (2008) - . Bands don't get camper than Of Montreal, who make Scissor Sisters look like Joy Division. So when it came to the cover for 2008's bonkers but brilliant 'Skeletal Lamping' something ordinary was never going to do. Instead we were gifted this explosion of colour, nudity and madness. The picture raises so many questions- what is the man on the right pointing at? Why do the flowers have teeth? And just what is the totem pole there for? Of Montreal might be deranged but we wouldn't have them any other way.
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- Um, this is one of the WORST album covers of the 00s. Who made this list, a 12 year old boy who just got into Yes?
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- Such an interesting cover! I agree very filmic, great photography from Storm Thorgerson!
- amazinggggggg cover of the greatest album of the decade
- No Opeth covers?! Other than that a good countdown
- I always wonder why there's a gas mask in one, a teddy bear in another etc. It's interesting.
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