When Paste Magazine composed a list of the ten cutest babies on album covers, a bold decision was m
ade. Blogger Rachael Maddux purposely omitted Nirvana's Nevermind, the most memorable record ever with an an infant on its cover. Her logic?
"Nirvana's Nevermind was disqualified for sheer over-exposure --
of the album cover, not the baby's you-know-what -- and also because,
eh, only moderately adorable." Okay, I can roll with that, although I do offer my apologies to Spencer Elden, the young man formerly known as the Nirvana baby (and who, for the record, was certainly a cute enough kid).
With that said, here are the two Paste honorees that kinda give me the creeps and the one that strikes me as the cutest of the bunch:
Creepy Baby Album Cover No. 1 on Paste's List: Shakira's Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
Why is that child in a tree? Where are his/her legs? And shouldn't Shakira at least let the kid look at the apple, even if the babe doesn't have the teeth to take a bite?
Creepy Baby Album Cover No. 2 on Paste's List: Radiohead's Pablo Honey
I like Radiohead and all. But this cover reminds me a lot of Anne Geddes. And Anne Geddes gives me a grade-A, hardcore case of the willies.
Cutest Baby Album Cover on Paste's List: Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III
I'm not necessarily an advocate for infant tattoos and pinky rings. But you can't deny that Lil Wayne -- yes, that's really him as a tyke -- was a super-cute baby.
Craving more rockin' kiddies? See Paste's full list, and an even longer list of baby album covers.
Images: Pastemagazine.com
