Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[SimonNZ]

The Cleveland Orchestra Choir are leading the way in racial equality and representation (and casual dress code)

...or they were until the UFOs arrived:

[Madiel]

Oh, that's a beautiful description.

[Peter Power Pop]

The Cleveland Orchestra Choir are leading the way in racial equality and representation (and casual dress code)

...or they were until the UFOs arrived:

When I saw that cover, my first thought was: "Cut 'n' paste, baby."

[SimonNZ]

Yet another "guess the connection" from Westminster Gold:

[Peter Power Pop]

Yet another "guess the connection" from Westminster Gold:

What?

[PerfectWagnerite]

Yet another "guess the connection" from Westminster Gold:

http://slippedisc.com/2011/12/classical-covers-to-cry-for-2/

Scroll down to the second comment:

I recall a cover for the Dvorak piano concerto that was a heap of tarnished silverware in a plastic bag (referring to it's forgotten status at the time?)

[Mirror Image]

Just came across this one - I must admit to quite liking it but it is pretty bad:



Disco Karajan in a leather jacket

Herbie now starring in Death Wish VX.

[SimonNZ]

Where's that light coming from? I thought he believed it was his arse the sun shone out of.

[Autumn Leaves]

Herbie now starring in Death Wish VX.

Where's that light coming from? I thought he believed it was his arse the sun shone out of.

Hahaha

[Parsifal]

Karajan is just portraying the vainglorious hero of Ein Heldenleiben.

[PerfectWagnerite]

Karajan is just portraying the vainglorious hero of Ein Heldenleiben.

Vain yes, glorious, hardly

[snyprrr]

Karajan is just portraying the vainglorious hero of Ein Heldenleiben.

TINY LITTLE SHOULDERS OF A MAN, THAT hERBIE (whoops)

[ritter]

Not that this cover has anything ugly per se, but it is an example of sloppy editing: "Symphonies 1, 2, 3, (sic) & 4". That comma after "3" really bothers me. Furthermore, the presentation seems to imply that Brahms wrote other symphonies that didn't make it to the set... Wouldn't "The Four Symphonies" have been easier?

[Madiel]

"The Symphonies" would've been even easier than that!

[listener]

"The Symphonies" would've been even easier than that!

There are people who would think that's the name of one work.

[Madiel]

There are people who would think that's the name of one work.

Do those people buy classical CDs?

[Gurn Blanston]

Not that this cover has anything ugly per se, but it is an example of sloppy editing: "Symphonies 1, 2, 3, (sic) & 4". That comma after "3" really bothers me. Furthermore, the presentation seems to imply that Brahms wrote other symphonies that didn't make it to the set... Wouldn't "The Four Symphonies" have been easier?

That is called an 'Oxford' or serial comma. It has been the subject of ongoing debate for decades. It is not wrong, nor right for that matter. It is merely a difference of style. Wiki sums up the pros and cons:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Serial_comma

I shall put you down in the 'anti-comma' camp, eh? 

As for me, The Four Symphonies works perfectly well.

[Peter Power Pop]

Not that this cover has anything ugly per se, but it is an example of sloppy editing: "Symphonies 1, 2, 3, (sic) & 4". That comma after "3" really bothers me.

The Oxford comma strikes again.

https://www.youtube.com/v?v=P_i1xk07o4g

Furthermore, the presentation seems to imply that Brahms wrote other symphonies that didn't make it to the set... Wouldn't "The Four Symphonies" have been easier?

Now I'm wondering why the graphic designer didn't say "Symphonies 1-4" instead of all those pesky commas, or even "The Complete Symphonies". (Maybe "Complete" was too big a word to fit in the space on the cover.)

Or why didn't they simply put "All The Symphonies What He Wrote"?

[ritter]

That is called an 'Oxford' or serial comma. It has been the subject of ongoing debate for decades. It is not wrong, nor right for that matter. It is merely a difference of style. Wiki sums up the pros and cons:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Serial_comma

I shall put you down in the 'anti-comma' camp, eh? 

As for me, The Four Symphonies works perfectly well.

Most interestimg, Gurn. Many thanks! And yes, I'm firmly in the "anti-comma" group (along with the Associated Press and the Canadian Press).

You see, the Royal Acadamy of the Spanish Language expressly advises against the use of commas placed before conjuctions in exhaustive lists. In this particular case, the fact that the comma was placed before an ampersand and not the conjuction "and" made it look even more graphically awkward to me...

Cheers,

[Jo498]

Count me in as eternal enemy of the Oxford comma (I think they put it there to annoy foreigners trying write English) and I agree that it looks particulary bad in combination with &. When one is taught commas etc. in German school one of the first and simplest rules is that in lists the comma *replaces* an and or or or similar conjunction. This is one of the rare occasions where grammar rules are logically plausible...