Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Kullervo]

Oooh, nice. 

It would have been perfect if they had superimposed a photo of Joan to make it look like she was as tall as one of the towers. She would also be wrapped in an American flag.

[Brian]

It would have been perfect if they had superimposed a photo of Joan to make it look like she was as tall as one of the towers. She would also be wrapped in an American flag.

I only have MS Paint, not Photoshop, so I apologize for the meager effort, but...

[bhodges]

Now that made me laugh out loud, Brian.  Love the *footnote...

I also like Arte Nova's covers...the Carter one below is a favorite. Naxos seems to be getting better, but not consistently.  This one of Véronique Gens doing Canteloube is lovely.



--Bruce

[Novi]

What is insulting about it? Shostakovich is a Russian composer. Those are Russian dolls. It's better than the faux-Cyrillic on most covers of DSCH recordings. 

Hey Corey. I guess it's that glib 'touristy' association of ideas that I don't like. Russian composer? What should we put on the cover? Something Russian? I know! What about Russian dolls! Poulenc? How about three baguettes? A Lang Lang recital? What about a pair of chopsticks?

I came acrosss this Philips series recently. There are a whole lot of them, 'Rachmaninoff for a Rainy Day,' 'Baroque at Bathtime: A Relaxing Serenade to Wash Your Cares Away,' 'Mozart for Massage' etc but I thought these two had the funniest covers:

 

Kind of like '101 uses for Mozart ...' And here I was just listening to those darn things. I wonder if Philips is taking the piss .

[Lethevich]

I await Vaughan Williams for Vivisection...

[Kullervo]

I only have MS Paint, not Photoshop, so I apologize for the meager effort, but...

[Kullervo]

Hey Corey. I guess it's that glib 'touristy' association of ideas that I don't like. Russian composer? What should we put on the cover? Something Russian? I know! What about Russian dolls! Poulenc? How about three baguettes? A Lang Lang recital? What about a pair of chopsticks?

You're right, I was just feeling argumentative. They usually stick to more generic objects, like mushrooms or jewels.

[gomro]

As much as I revere Albany Records for bringing us a lot of unique albums, their art director is certain death. Take this one, for instance:

Not even an interesting font, and that photo! It looks like the cover was left in the hands of Bazelon's worst enemy, who of course did all he could to dissuade potential buyers.
Or how about:



The picture is trying to hint at Horwood's Amusement Park Suite and National Park Suite, but it looks like Godzilla vaporized half of Coney Island.

And Don Gillis wasn't a major composer, but he deserves better than this:


That's "YeeeeHaaaaa!!!" coming out of the ladies ear, or mouth, or something. Even Amazon recognizes the dreariness of this and the Bazelon: there was no closeup available!

[M forever]

How about this? I just saw this in another thread. I think it's pretty bad.

[Lethevich]

He looks like he's having a fit

[Maciek]

Browsing the dregs of Amazon for a bargain can be a disturbing experience...

Have to agree.



Eeek.

[BorisG]

EMI Triples covers are boring. At first impulse-buying glance, these covers do not entice.

[Brian]

EMI Triples covers are boring. At first impulse-buying glance, these covers do not entice.

You mean you don't like how it says "3CD", "three", "EMI Triples", and has a big 3 and a little 3? You think that's ... repetitive? Although I must say, $3 would be a nice price to match. 

[head-case]

You mean you don't like how it says "3CD", "three", "EMI Triples", and has a big 3 and a little 3? You think that's ... repetitive? Although I must say, $3 would be a nice price to match. 

Hmm, and it only took them several years to come up with something to match the Universal Triple series.  They must have had their marketing specialists working 7 days a week to come up with this.   

[vandermolen]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000068PMF/sr=1-2/qid=1203701932/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music&qid=1203701932&sr=1-2


Link takes you to a photo of Vaughan Williams looking like the craters of the Moon.

[arkiv]

Look at this:

[Haffner]

Look at this:

Can't wait to miss that one!

[Brian]

Look at this:

Kansas City!? 

[Solitary Wanderer]

How about this? I just saw this in another thread. I think it's pretty bad.

Yeah, I posted that and its pretty bad. [Great music though]

In fact theres a whole series of them!

'We've completely run out of ideas!'









'Okay, look down at the chair - good. Now look at me - good. Okay now wave your arms in the air!' 

[Mozart]

Im glad I wasnt drinking anything!