Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[kishnevi]

Here's the album in question:

http://www.deccaclassics.com/en/cat/4783551



And now the cover looks weird to me without any Smurfs on it.

Yeah...who is she looking at?

[Madiel]

I can't really see why that cover ended up on this thread in the first place, never mind becoming Photoshopped to death.

[kishnevi]

I can't really see why that cover ended up on this thread in the first place, never mind becoming Photoshopped to death.

Look far enough upthread and you will find that she fell victim to Paavo Jarvi Syndrome

[TheGSMoeller]

I can't really see why that cover ended up on this thread in the first place, never mind becoming Photoshopped to death.

Even when in miniature form The Paavo makes a strong presence. And thank goodness the couch kept the step stool out of site, how embarrassing.

I started it, well, Paavo did. He made an appearance at the cover photo shoot.
Otherwise it's a fine cover on its own.

[Peter Power Pop]

Here's the album in question:

http://www.deccaclassics.com/en/cat/4783551



And now the cover looks weird to me without any Smurfs on it.

Yeah...who is she looking at?

I don't know – but it sure is weird. Why do photographers get musicians to do that (i.e., look wistfully in no particular direction) on album covers?

[ibanezmonster]

Anything to the left side of the album cover looks less weird than nothing... sort of.

[Peter Power Pop]

Anything to the left side of the album cover looks less weird than nothing... sort of.

It's just occurred to me that Janine may have her arm around an imaginary friend. She's probably relaxing with her friend – who might be also be a violinist – and they're chatting about the time they played the Bach Double Concerto in an imaginary concert.

[Peter Power Pop]

I started it, well, Paavo did. He made an appearance at the cover photo shoot.
Otherwise it's a fine cover on its own.

Would you like Paavo to appear on any other album cover(s)?

[Peter Power Pop]

I'm happy to keep messin' about with the Janine album cover if you can think of anything else you want done to it.



By the way, if anyone wants any other album cover, er, "modified", just let me know.

(I'm having a heap o' fun mangling artwork that musicians, photographers, art departments, and record labels worked so hard to get just right. I'm more than willing to make it wrong.)

[Peter Power Pop]

But back to the general subject of dreadful classical music album covers:

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it in this thread, but I just found this page:

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/172533-worst-beethoven-album-covers-ever/

[Peter Power Pop]

But back to the general subject of dreadful classical music album covers:

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it in this thread, but I just found this page:

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/172533-worst-beethoven-album-covers-ever/

Oops. You might need to disregard that post. I had another look at the beginning of this thread, and it looks like the original poster (Hi, Maciek!) might be asking for awful covers of albums we own. (Is that what you were asking, Maciek? Or is it a free-for-all, where you post ghastly covers you've seen – or more to the point, covers you've seen but can't unsee.)

Unfortunately, I don't own any of the Beethoven albums on that page.

Now let's see what I do have...

[EigenUser]

I can't really see why that cover ended up on this thread in the first place, never mind becoming Photoshopped to death.

Don't question the new GMG meme. Just go along with it like everyone else is doing .

I started it, well, Paavo did. He made an appearance at the cover photo shoot.
Otherwise it's a fine cover on its own.

I don't really like the original cover. I mean, she is sitting on that huge couch all by herself taking up so much space when she has as many as five other people that she should be sharing it with (the rest of the Verklarte sextet). Frankly, I think that she is selfish, but that's just me. I'd hate to be her stand partner in orchestra, gorgeous as she is. She'd probably never turn the page, even if she was an inside player.

[Peter Power Pop]

Don't question the new GMG meme. Just go along with it like everyone else is doing .
I don't really like the original cover. I mean, she is sitting on that huge couch all by herself taking up so much space when she has as many as five other people that she should be sharing it with (the rest of the Verklarte sextet). Frankly, I think that she is selfish, but that's just me. I'd hate to be her stand partner in orchestra, gorgeous as she is. She'd probably never turn the page, even if she was an inside player.

When I first saw the cover (without Paavo or the Smurfs) I thought it was one of those "artist showcases", an album in which you get a lot of pieces of music where the soloist gets to show off. But then I saw what was on the album (Schubert's String Quintet and Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht), and thought "Um, aren't those works suppose to be collaborative? It's chamber music, isn't it? Where everyone is equal? What's with this 'It's Janine's album' nonsense? What's going on here?" etc.

Note to Decca: What gives? Do you think you can sell a chamber music album by simply highlighting one of your star soloists, and ignoring everyone else who worked on it? Did you think to yourselves, "Yeah, people'll buy it – it's got Janine on the front"?

[TheGSMoeller]

Would you like Paavo to appear on any other album cover(s)?

This is becoming a bit distracting....

Btw, Hi, Peter, and welcome! 
And Paavo can make a cameo on any cover, this is my personal favorite. Subtle, and creepy, but still an important focal point.

[Brahmsian]

Btw, Hi, Peter, and welcome! 
And Paavo can make a cameo on any cover, this is my personal favorite. Subtle, and creepy, but still an important focal point.

That is probably my favourite as well!   

[Sergeant Rock]

Note to Decca: What gives? Do you think you can sell a chamber music album by simply highlighting one of your star soloists, and ignoring everyone else who worked on it? Did you think to yourselves, "Yeah, people'll buy it – it's got Janine on the front"?

Works for me 

Sarge

[Ken B]

Btw, Hi, Peter, and welcome! 
And Paavo can make a cameo on any cover, this is my personal favorite. Subtle, and creepy, but still an important focal point.

That's your masterpiece Greg. Paavo looks so natural there, and sort of Phantom of the Operaish.

[Peter Power Pop]

Btw, Hi, Peter, and welcome! 



And Paavo can make a cameo on any cover, this is my personal favorite. Subtle, and creepy, but still an important focal point.

Oh, that's brilliant. For a moment I thought Paavo was meant to be there, lurking in the background. Magnificent.

I reckon it'd make a great movie poster.

("They were a couple in love. He was a renowned blind architect. She was a famous musician with an unpronounceable last name. When they married and left for their honeymoon, little did they know they would be followed by her psycho father, a conductor with a horrifying penchant for unspeakable acts of cruelty to gerbils. The young couple were not prepared for the terror they would experience when her father couldn't bear not being invited to the wedding. He was the kind of man who couldn't take no for an answer. Just ask those gerbils. Well, this time he wasn't going to be not invited to the honeymoon...")

[Peter Power Pop]

Works for me 

Sarge

I know where you're coming from, Sarge. I bought this CD purely for the cover:



By the way, when I saw your full name I was immediately reminded of a certain song by XTC. Are you two related in any way?

[Ken B]

I know where you're coming from, Sarge. I bought this CD purely for the cover:



By the way, when I saw your full name I was immediately reminded of a certain song by XTC. Are you two related in any way?

So you sought out the version where she's clothed?