Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Lethevich]

I am also concerned about the child-sized man in the bottom left...

[eyeresist]

[mc ukrneal]

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Some of those are just really strange, but I actually like this one (with Stravinsky and MTT). The caricatures are well done. Makes me smile.

[eyeresist]

Some of those are just really strange, but I actually like this one (with Stravinsky and MTT). The caricatures are well done. Makes me smile.

Fair enough. I think it makes them look like utter tools. And the whole thing has a lurid nightmare feel. Fear and Loathing in San Francisco LA!

[mc ukrneal]

Fair enough. I think it makes them look like utter tools. And the whole thing has a lurid nightmare feel. Fear and Loathing in San Francisco!

I think the absurdity of it is a factor in its favor. But I can see how you might not like it.

[Renfield]

WTF?

I'd totally dig a 'black Rambo' staging of Parsifal like that!

[eyeresist]

I'd totally dig a 'black Rambo' staging of Parsifal like that!

Erm, I think it would be more like Tom of Finland. 

[springrite]

I'd totally dig a 'black Rambo' staging of Parsifal like that!

... to be followed by the "Bruce Lee" staging...

[Coco]

This one:

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Not very creative and almost as bad as Spinal Tap's infamous black album cover.

It's simple. I don't mind it.

[Brian]

I think the absurdity of it is a factor in its favor. But I can see how you might not like it.

I like that cover too. Now, this:

WHAT

[TheGSMoeller]

Love the battle of the conductors!
Hello, Ms. St John!
And I own that Bach album! Bought it for my wife while she was pregnant, which is odd because I could have just made her the same compilation with my own library  .


Here's one that is puzzling, I'll be shocked, shocked if it gets positive remarks   

[Coco]

Here's one that is puzzling, I'll be shocked, shocked if it gets positive remarks   

I've seen that series — he looks like he's having a tantrum.

[springrite]

I've seen that series — he looks like he's having a tantrum.

You have to admire his torso control during a tantrum.

[TheGSMoeller]

You have to admire his torso control during a tantrum.

He's very well-balanced, you're correct.

[Brahmsian]

Every time I see this cover, it reminds me of one of the old, original covers for Stephen King's first set of short stories 'Night Shift'.   

[snyprrr]

You need to have a lawn sale!!!

The Lara St. John cover is definitely The Worst. I remember when that came out. And also that Parsifal. There waaas a time in the'90s...I think this is when they were actively seeking the gay bucks.

[DieNacht]

Some incredible stuff here, thanks !

[Brahmsian]

I love the Richard Strauss cover where the old Richard Strauss is pointing to the young Richard. 'Hey, look how handsome I was when I was a young man.  The ladies really loved my curly hair, you know?  Dah!   

Still trying to figure out what 'Fat Albert' has to do with Strauss' Four Last Songs?   

[Coco]

You have to admire his torso control during a tantrum.

I can imagine he's yelling at a bunch of non-plussed movers: "No, no, NO — the single chair was supposed to go over HERE"

[Sergeant Rock]

I've seen that series — he looks like he's having a tantrum.

I get a different feeling: he was a "special" child, grown now but of course still living with his parents who indulge his conductorial fantasies.

Sarge