Hype stickers can vary from a mini-sales pitch to spruik the album you’re looking at, a bog-standard track listing or just the name of the producer who was paid twenty grand in the 90s to remix the single. Here are some I found in the shelves this morning and deemed worthy of a snarky accolade.
Most Informative Album Promotion Award:
Most Powerful Graphic Design Award:
The Gift That Keeps on Giving Award:
Best Use of a Cartoon Chicken Award:
Most Awkward Attempt at Witty Wordplay Award:
Best Typography Award:
Most Confident Statement Award:
Best Colour-Coordination Award:
Broken Promise Award:
Most Eye-Catching Title Award:
Random Godfather Don Sighting Award:
Looks Like the Sticker is Part of Generic Sleeve Design Award:
Best Photos of the Group Sporting Custom Crewnecks Award:
Most Excessive Use of Fonts Award:
Best Use of Long-Forgotten Regional Slang Award:
We Got Jokes Award:
The Ghost of Hype Sickers Past Award:
Best Ad for the Forthcoming Album Award:
Pointless Other Format Alert Award:
Whoops We Forgot to Write the Names of the Artists on the Cover Award:
Most Accurate Replication of the CD Cover Award:
Most Symmetrical Design Award:
Best Use of ‘A Fork, Knife and Plate’ Award:
Most Egregious Use of Bubble Letters Award:
Refusing to let the Double Underline go the Way of the Dodo Award:
Best Use of the Term ‘Jeep Rap’ Award:
The Magician Who Revealed His Tricks Before the Show Award:
Bitch-Ass Bootlegga Award:
Worst Bootleg of a Rap Group Logo Award:
(Vs. actual CD cover)
