Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[MDL]

Mike

Laugh-out-loud terrible. Who knew Gandhi had a thing for Bet Lynch earrings?

[Saul]

[Brian]

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!

I was just about to post this myself. Here's a bigger photo so everyone can appreciate the tawdriness of the cover:

[bhodges]

Terrible cover! 

And that little star at the bottom, with "Music that's really fun!"  Makes me want to reply, "Thank you for the notice, since what we're all listening to at the moment is clearly a dreadful bore." 

--Bruce

[Brian]

Maybe it's meant to contrast with music that only thinks it's fun.*  Yeah, that star was the last straw for me.

*I hear James is planning on putting that on Kapustin album covers...

[Scarpia]

Mike

I sort of like that one.

[PaulSC]

I do rather like the association of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue with a plate of sausage!

[vandermolen]

I thought that this one rates fairly high in terms of ridiculous covers (especially for Symphony No 4!). Even 'A Pastoral Symphony' is now mostly regarded as a Requiem for the legion dead of World War One. It would, however, be perfectly approriate for a box of Quality Street confectionery:

[Antoine Marchand]

I do rather like the association of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue with a plate of sausage!

I like that cover; it's quite creative and well thought. Just the English Suite was clearly a problem, but I suppose the Englishmen are not especially famous by their cuisine. 

The statuette was unnecessary.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I thought that this one rates fairly high in terms of ridiculous covers (especially for Symphony No 4!). Even 'A Pastoral Symphony' is now mostly regarded as a Requiem for the legion dead of World War One. It would, however, be perfectly approriate for a box of Quality Street confectionery:

In complete agreement here. Anyone buying this would think he'd be listening to idyllic and innocuous works.

[vandermolen]

In complete agreement here. Anyone buying this would think he'd be listening to idyllic and innocuous works.

Yes, the EMI Eminence series of VW symphonies excelled itself in completely inappropriate cover images!

[Gurn Blanston]

OK, maybe not worst, but weird, and a bit jejeune. Some of Haydn's 'Paris Symphonies':

[knight66]

I take it 'The Hen' is in there, otherwise it is perverse as well as ugly.

Mike

[Gurn Blanston]

I take it 'The Hen' is in there, otherwise it is perverse as well as ugly.

Mike

Yes, The Hen & The Queen. The title says "Hen Hunts Queen". Not sure about that, since I haven't heard any Paris symphony called "The Hunt". Perhaps it is #73, 'La Chasse'? 

[bhodges]

I take it 'The Hen' is in there, otherwise it is perverse as well as ugly.

Mike

And what is that other, sadly drawn object?  It looks like a New Year's Eve party hat.

--Bruce

[Gurn Blanston]

And what is that other, sadly drawn object?  It looks like a New Year's Eve party hat.

--Bruce

That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? 

[karlhenning]

That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? 

Hot enough to boil a monkey's bum, Your Majesty.

[bhodges]

That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? 

That is *exactly* what I first thought, but then, "Nyah, looks a little frivolous for a witch." 

--Bruce

[knight66]

That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? 

Glad you told me Gurn, I could not see what it was. Well, I hope the performances are worth the eyesore.

Mike

[karlhenning]

Looks a bit like a running Chinaman (no. 3 son, maybe) from a children's book I read when I was 4 . . . .