Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Peter Power Pop]

Romeo's socks...Juliet's bikini tan-line....

I can cope with Juliet's pale derrière, but those socks...

[Peter Power Pop]

"Put on a pair of pants, man!"

[Peter Power Pop]

Did we already do these covers in the thread? 

Nope.

Haydn on acid? I do not quite picture Haydn in these undulating colors.

   

and many more....

Golly.

I've never seen those covers before – and I'm not sure I want to see them again.

I'd recently been enjoying the artwork of Alan Aldridge, and thought his stuff was trippy, but those Haydn covers...

https://www.youtube.com/v/Lri00kf8_hg

[Moonfish]

Nope.

Golly.

I've never seen those covers before – and I'm not sure I want to see them again.

I'd recently been enjoying the artwork of Alan Aldridge, and thought his stuff was trippy, but those Haydn covers...

https://www.youtube.com/v/Lri00kf8_hg

Hmm, there seem to be some strong similarities!!!

[SimonNZ]

Terry Gilliam, maybe?

[Peter Power Pop]

Terry Gilliam, maybe?

Wow. My first thought was, "That's so... noticeable."

And with regards to the cover being Gilliam-esque, I reckon that's Very Terry™.

[SimonNZ]

The Westminster Gold series really was improbably bad. A few more beyond the ones above and the half dozen others earlier in this thread:



Are they playing squash with tennis raquets? Which one is Bach?



Took me a second to get the would-be-joke: Barber. The violin is ready for a shave. Oh dear.



"Ayres". Geddit?



"not respectful of Beethoven" seems to be the message this octet wishes to convey.



Anyone?

[Moonfish]

Terry Gilliam, maybe?

I think she meant that she digs Mozartkugeln....

[Peter Power Pop]

The Westminster Gold series really was improbably bad. A few more beyond the ones above and the half dozen others earlier in this thread:



Are they playing squash with tennis racquets? Which one is Bach?

I don't know. And I don't wanna know.

I'm a lover of puns, but that, for me, is one of the lamest puns I've seen on an album cover.

For a decent pun on an album cover, try Moving Pictures by rock band Rush...

Took me a second to get the would-be-joke: Barber. The violin is ready for a shave. Oh dear.

"Oh dear" is right. I didn't get the pun until you pointed it out. That's atrocious.

"Ayres". Geddit?

I got it. But I didn't want it.

"not respectful of Beethoven" seems to be the message this octet wishes to convey.

Yep. Possibly even "contemptuous".

Anyone?

That is incomprehensible. My brain is having a hard time trying to figure that one out.

Update: Nope. No idea.

This is one of those cases where I look at the cover and utter the phrase that a lot of young people say nowadays: "I can't even."

[Moonfish]

Anyone?

Related to the film "Easy Rider"?   

[Peter Power Pop]

Related to the film "Easy Rider"?   

I thought the motorcyclist might have been Evel Knievel:





But the Easy Rider reference sounds about right.

This series of covers (i.e., "I Dig [composer's name]") feels like they're late-'60s*, so the Easy Rider reference would be spot-on.

(*The I Dig Mozart cover has the woman holding a placard saying "I Hate War" which, I'm guessing, would be a direct reference to the Vietnam War.)

[SimonNZ]

Though this one is trying its best to be ridiculous, I actually kinda like the idea that we're imbibing the fruits of Bach's genius, or something:




This one was mentioned earlier in the thread, but I think without explanation:



I'm wondering now if it's something about Brahms being a lifelong bachelor, who needed a wife's care, and a greasy fry-up was the "Best Of Brahms' cooking ability".

[Moonfish]

This one was mentioned earlier in the thread, but I think without explanation:



I'm wondering now if it's something about Brahms being a lifelong bachelor, who needed a wife's care, and a greasy fry-up was the "Best Of Brahms' cooking ability".

The Brahms cover is hilarious, Simon!   

[Peter Power Pop]

This one was mentioned earlier in the thread, but I think without explanation:



I'm wondering now if it's something about Brahms being a lifelong bachelor, who needed a wife's care, and a greasy fry-up was the "Best Of Brahms' cooking ability".

The Brahms cover is hilarious, Simon!   

I think it's inexplicable.

Bacon and eggs as a smiley face. Huh?

[Moonfish]

I think it's inexplicable.

Bacon and eggs as a smiley face. Huh?

Yes, it really makes one think about Brahms, eh?  Go figure!

[André]

Everybody knows you don't fry eggs in a cast iron skillet. They stick. Easily the best for steak though. 

[SimonNZ]

Ordinarily I like or love Aeon's cover photos (all by the same photographer, I believe), but these were some misfires:

[Pat B]

There's nothing horribly wrong with this one:



Which makes me wonder why somebody at BMG decided to do... this:

[SimonNZ]

Which makes me wonder why somebody at BMG decided to do... this:

The designers got mixed up, while working on the new Paul McCartney compilation at the same time. Or had a rejected concept they didn't want to waste:

[Peter Power Pop]

There's nothing horribly wrong with this one:

Except the background.

Which makes me wonder why somebody at BMG decided to do... this:

With both of those covers, all I can think of is: "jazz hands".

https://www.youtube.com/v/xuPSIbABYVU