Aww that was my sig for a while. I love that shoot and I like how her expression was really out of it. She does look high though.

I really really don't like it when there's food in the same frame as the artist and it's even worse if the artist is "playing" with the food. Understandable if the theme of the songs is related to food but most of the time it isn't so it looks like they literally ran out of ideas.

That would be a good example of the type of cover I strongly dislike XD

I hate the number thing too. Also, I hate it when the parental advisory thing is on the front...I prefer it to be on the back or some place else.

I agree also that big text is soo annoying. It's really distracting and usually tacky rofl.

I usually don't like it when the photo is up and close and personal to artist's face. It usually looks slightly awkward or just plain sloppy.

I usually hate up-close shots and white backgrounds. So... plain.

Mwahaha! Trump card, every time! It's so terrible you really wonder if her American ambition is a genuine artistic move or if she's just milking her possible market for all it's worth.

When covers look like cheap ameteur porno covers. Its gross. Something some super sexual artists do sometimes.

It doesn't bother me. Its just gross

Covers that are too messy also.

Covers that looked like the artist seemed to have said, "I'll take a bunch of random pictures of you, and you choose the worst one." (=_=)

Or ugly text :( There are really good covers that have been wrecked by just plain ugly text :(

When the shot doesn't fit the concept of the CD WHATSOEVER.

For example---

Ayu's Bold & Delicious/Pride.
http://jpopcdcovers.files.wordpress....ious-small.jpg
When you listen to the single you expect some kind of Indian influenced music, not American Gospel/R&B. And can we say, "most unappealing font EVER"? I mean, sure the outfit is flashy enough, but dang...There are millions of fonts in the world and she had to chose the most basic, most crap-tacular one she could find.

BoA's Lose Your Mind.
http://japanesemusicdream.files.word...08/05/cd73.jpg
Immediately I look at this cover and say WTF? The letter "R" is clipped off on the side, and its the same font-style from the last single ("Love Letter" I believe). I listen to the music and I'm still like WTF? This song is supposed to be a wannabe-club banger and she's wearing a peacoat, sweater, and button-up blouse underneath it?! Ironically, this release is what made me question Avex's sanity in regards to their promotion of BoA.

Crystal Kay
I am a big C-Kay fan...but you know what, I also love her enough to put her on blast for having some of the oddest cover choices I've ever seen. All of those select few have pet peeves that make me wanna rip my own hair out.

*The Double Effect*
http://japanesemusicdream.files.word...9/01/cd246.jpg
This is the single cover for Candy.

http://japanesemusicdream.files.word...01/cover32.jpg
This is the single cover for Can't Be Stopped.

If I simply showed these pictures to a random person, they would probably wouldn't know the difference between the two. In fact, they might even think that they were for the exact same single. (Basically a standard and limited edition). Why? Because they use the exact same concept, just with different outfits. To make it worse, you don't even know what the song is because there isn't a title on either one. What's even more frustrating is the fact that her name is written in the cheapest, thinnest, and ugliest font I have ever seen in my life. From afar, you probably can't even read it.

*Using the same concept for singles & albums*
At first it is the awesomest thing ever...but eventually, you start to feel as though you're being cheated out of your money and let down in terms of anticipation for the cover of new releases.

http://japanesemusicdream.files.word...01/natural.jpg
The highly anticipated worldwide-album, "Natural". Supposedly this was C-Kay's first English language album...of course, it doesn't help that her 2003 Japanese album cover looked exactly THE SAME.

http://www4.airnet.ne.jp/tsuyoshi/mt...alKay4real.jpg
4Real, her 2003 Japanese album.

Once again same concept but with mild variations. Hideous font. And finally a title...but its barely there. If you squint really good you can actually make out the "4".

http://clansunset.files.wordpress.co...1010903285.jpg
Namida no Saki ni
http://image.yesasia.com/assets/18/9...1010997518.jpg
One...and I almost forgot---the "limited edition" version:
http://amaiwana.files.wordpress.com/...pokemon_ed.jpg

Look at the font...Look at that GOD-FORSAKEN FONT! It looks like the letter "D" and half of an hourglass! How do they expect someone to read that?!!! And if you wanna be smart and say that the "hourglass" is a K, the block that's supposed to be a "C" STILL looks like a "D".

Once again...NO TITLES ANYWHERE. And look at her sunglasses, you can see the freakin' light used during the photoshoot---pole and all! And look at the limited version of "One"...It's like some child saw a cute picture of Pikachu and decided to make a "TILED WALLPAPER" out of it. Yes, I understand that Pokemon is supposed to be a child's franchise, but that background is still repulsive.

When the cover is so epic and the music is generic pop
This could have gone with the first category, but again...I truly feel like it deserves its own category.

Boybands are truly the guiltiest of all when it comes down to this kind of stuff.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00069LW34.jpg
DBSK---Triangle.
Now ya'll know I loves me some DBSK/TVXQ, but this cover is ridiculous. The ONLY song this cover fits is "Tri-angle". The rest of the album is either poppy or balladic. Not even an angsty-rock ballad.

And wtf is up with the blur effect? It's so cheap and just unnecessary. I mean, they're already surrounded by darkness.

I can't find a cover for Kattun's "No More Pain" album, but once again...another prime example of an epic album cover with music that is just...Americanized crap. I <3 Kattun, but that cover was misleading.

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Anyway, those are my rants for now. I might post more later if I'm not too busy. Debate away ^o^

^ Lol. Your whole post was great.

I don't mind a cover not fitting the songs, so long as it's interesting and everything. Like Ayu's Bold & Delicious/Pride, actually... I love~ that cover, and I think it's very distinct, so I let it slide for being so random. XD
But oh my gosh, the Crystal Kay covers are ridiculous! o_o Especially the Natural and 4Real ones, lmao..... Seriously looks like the same picture, even, just touched up differently in Photoshop. Gawd, can you be any more uncreative? >_<

isn't every ayu single like that? has nothing to do with the song. there's no green in the GREEN/Days cover while the song does indeed deal with green trees, the kanariya single features her in some tube thing covered in jewels while the song deals with a bird "the canary", and the cover for INSPIRE is a latin inspired, flamenco dancing, dark skinned woman, while the song is this upbeat, dancey "on the beach" type of song (from the covers and poses and expressions, you're expecting a slow, sexy, latin flare type of song like Bi Rain's Sad Tango).

LOL Aisha_Angel I love your post <3 I hate Crystal Kay's hair in those covers where her hair looks like a pile of poo.

wow i see pikachu in the cover lol.
nice post^^

Yeah those CK covers are pretty ugly. She's never had nice covers. :(
I think most photo shoots intentionally leave the umbrella in the sunglasses reflection, or there will be nothing there. :/

^ ahem?
http://wiki.jpopstop.com/images/2/2a...eg%28fp%29.jpg

lol i have to say crystal kay's covers are.....not good.

Well, the Best of Crystal Kay has a hideous font, but I kinda like the photo.

I like the pose, but that font is just ginormously fugly. However, I do like the subtle change in her stage name. (Crystal Kay--->C-kay--->CK).

ANYTHING USING COMIC SANS MS FONT or PAPYRUS FONT

I agree. I love that cover. Its one of her most beautiful ones in my opinon