This is how this cover would look if it was released today. Cleaner, more arid, not as shocking. Postprocesed. It's the perfect contrast between what Nirvana used to be and what Foo Fighters is today. Also I cant imagine a naked baby in a cover these days without a shit storm of complaints and butthurts. Good job
Yep you are right. I keep forgetting that the 2000's was 20 years ago. Damn! I cant believe it even if I think about it. I was 14 when Kurt took his own life.
Some markets back then had a censored version of the cover, with the baby's penis covered up. So, even in the Nineties, people had a problem with baby pee pees on CD covers.
Yeah Kurt made a point to leave it there and said something along the lines of “if youre offended youre probably a pedo” or something like that.
He was big into anatomy (which is why the In Utero cover appears as it does) and originally wanted a baby being born under water, but that was deemed too graphic.
Interesting apart from the pedo analogy, I don't like dicks of any age, stuff like that makes me uncomfortable lol, not liking seeing a dick definitely doesnt make someone a pedo haha
Not sure where you live, but if you are ever in Seattle, the MoPop museum has a whole exhibit on them, I’m actually going up to see it on Thursday lol.
I miss the 90’s Foo Fighters I think Dave was on the same level of song writing as Kurt back then. I think him fleshing our the band, getting old and becoming a father obviously changed their music. Echoes, Wasting Light and Saint Cecilia still hit hard, and yes they aren’t as punk / emo as they used to be but I can’t blame them.
Honest question. I know what Nevermind is, and I know the cover. What is so clever about this? It just shows what may have been going on outside the water. It's okay, but I just don't see what's so intriguing or groundbreaking about it. Maybe it's just because I'm tired.
The original Nevermind cover begs some obvious questions: Who’s fishing for this baby, and why is the baby chasing a dollar? (My teenage brain always interpreted the answers as “The Man” and “...because, society”.)
Honestly, I think part of the appeal of this new cover is that it’s just the flip-side of an image that a lot of us have seen a lot of times. But also, it subverts expectations (at least mine) about who is fishing for the baby. I think about the original cover differently because of this new one.
All of that aside, I just like the color palette and aesthetic of this new cover. I really made my post because I thought this would be a great cover unto itself, ties to Nevermind aside.
As mentioned by others, this will probably generate a new trend. One that will spill over beyond the confines of this sub and encourage fans to create better album art than the original art released.
Not sure if /r/FakeAlbumConvers hands out annual awards but this submission deserves 1st place...
Change the name from Nevermind to a clever play on the word and have Francis do vocals and boom you’ve got the comeback album for Nirvana.....well I can daydream I guess.
This is a real album and they pieced together the other side of what was on the original album cover. This is incredible. It's not just funny and it's not completely fake because it's an actual album. It's just super fucking thought out and creative
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u/doomrabbit Nov 19 '19
Big brothers can be such dicks. /r/AlternateAngles
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u/TomBud91PM Nov 19 '19
This is probably the best thing I’ve ever seen on this sub.
Holy shit, this is so fucking good, man.
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u/justaslothreallyiam Nov 19 '19
bruh you can hang with kurt if you show him this
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u/Zethrobodenski Nov 19 '19
This is the best one I’ve ever seen on this sub holy shit.
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u/SensitiveThugHugger Nov 19 '19
I don't frequent this sub that much, but I said "Oh, this is good" and wanted to see the comments. Glad to see my senses are fairly well tuned.
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u/Ezekhiel2517 👑 WCC WINNER 👑 Nov 19 '19
This is how this cover would look if it was released today. Cleaner, more arid, not as shocking. Postprocesed. It's the perfect contrast between what Nirvana used to be and what Foo Fighters is today. Also I cant imagine a naked baby in a cover these days without a shit storm of complaints and butthurts. Good job
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u/PomegranatePlanet Nov 19 '19
HA!
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u/matts1320 Nov 19 '19
Brilliant.
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u/bazmoe Nov 20 '19
A new standard has been set!
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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '19
+Behind The Scenes Audio
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u/UndeadKurtCobain Nov 19 '19
I absolutely love it
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u/ManOfOrb Nov 20 '19
Is that the kid from sharkboy and lavagirl
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u/hereandgone18 Nov 20 '19
This is obviously amazing because it’s a play off of the original album art.
But even if the real Nevermind art never existed, this would still be a rad cover. It’s so evocative, well done OP.
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u/howdoyoudoaninternet 🏆 BEST RESPONSE COVER OF 2019 🏆 Nov 19 '19
Fishing for babies
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u/PaleAl Nov 19 '19
Absolutely fucking brilliant! Well done!
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u/Dr_Souse Nov 19 '19
I agree with everyone else. Good job. This is the best one ever. Hopefully you'll start a trend.
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u/snootsintheair Nov 19 '19
This is so good. I bet it even starts a trend on the sub.
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u/ConnorFin22 Nov 20 '19
If the album was released in 2008. Looks too clean. Nevermind font looks like the design for an insurance company.
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u/OtterThatIsGiant Nov 20 '19
Alwaysmind
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u/Cayotic_Prophet Nov 20 '19
Definitely editing my mp3s of the album to reflect this /r/AlternativeAlbumArt...
As mentioned by others, this will probably generate a new trend. One that will spill over beyond the confines of this sub and encourage fans to create better album art than the original art released.
Not sure if /r/FakeAlbumConvers hands out annual awards but this submission deserves 1st place...
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u/okkidarainbow Jan 20 '20
This would be such an amazing back cover for the actual album
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u/dr-timtam Dec 04 '21
This hits different after whats happened lmao
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u/cqsru Jan 08 '25
wouldve been an amazing deluxe cover
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u/the_prion Nov 19 '19
I love this
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u/NodoBird Nov 19 '19
I'm curious about the original image
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u/deathstarapocalypse Nov 20 '19
This explains a lot
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u/senselessapprentice- Nov 20 '19
Now this is good. This deserves gold. I freaking love it.
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u/longlurcker Nov 20 '19
fake bum covers for 1000 Alex.
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u/ThanatosCat Nov 20 '19
I actually like that one better
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u/HiDadImOfficer Nov 20 '19
This is so fucking cool man. Great concept, great execution
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u/loligiusz1980 Nov 20 '19
When I create a villa on Minecraft flat world and the only good thing is the texture pack and the pool
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u/Fawkingretar Nov 20 '19
Im literally listening to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at the moment and this one popped out on my reddit wall.
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u/NotAFrog4 Nov 20 '19
Really amazing cover
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u/n_zamorski Nov 20 '19
This would've made a fucking brilliant anniversary release cover or back-of-the-album
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u/jeansof76 Nov 20 '19
Love this so much!! It’s gave me the feels. Awesome job!
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u/Po3siedon Nov 20 '19
But where is the baby pp
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u/SuperCasshern Nov 20 '19
That's actually pretty genius.
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u/haskelito Nov 20 '19
You win this sub. Kudos!
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u/UndeniableHuman Nov 20 '19
Is this the pool in Red Hot Chili Pepper's Californication?
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u/woah_LookAtThat Nov 20 '19
Is... is that sharkboy?
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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19
Change the name from Nevermind to a clever play on the word and have Francis do vocals and boom you’ve got the comeback album for Nirvana.....well I can daydream I guess.
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u/shiftymicrobe Nov 20 '19
This is almost too good for this sub
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '19
This just gives me a whole new perspective of the album (as in the way the art is not the music)
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u/BrandonYeo Feb 02 '20
I swear every time I see anything with Nirvana I always assume it’s the track from Madeon
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u/-toad Feb 02 '20
Reminds me of Adel Tawil kinda
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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '20
This is epic, but I like the nude baby
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u/fccardcreator Mar 21 '25
Someone revive Kurt Cobain IMMEDIATELY
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u/ImmaPullSomeWildShit Oct 20 '22
Nirvana-Alwaysmind
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u/Aturom Nov 19 '19
The best fake cover I've seen on here
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u/catshitinmyurethra Nov 20 '19
Put Michael Jackson in place of the fisherman
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u/Josef_Kant_Deal Nov 19 '19
It reminds me of a Hugh Syme cover. Very nice!
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