Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Madiel]

Maybe it calls for a poll. Which of these Beauty Farm covers makes your eyes bleed the most? Or least...

[Peter Power Pop]

Maybe it calls for a poll. Which of these Beauty Farm covers makes your eyes bleed the most? Or least...

Discogs lists eight releases from Beauty Farm.

Here's their discography in visual form:

















The last one gets extra points for reminding me of Mad Max: Fury Road.

[Madiel]

I'm declaring right now that numbers 3 and 5 are at the bottom of my ranking, but it might be hard to split them.

Edit: Okay not that hard. Number 3 is completely dreadful even in this company.

[SimonNZ]

Yeah. Pull-your-damn-pants-up guy wins it.

[Harry]

All Beauty Farm covers are a disgrace and an immense pain for your eyes. And apart from this "Beauty Farm" it implies even more bad taste.

[pjme]

"Bad taste"....oh lala!.
The simple fact that several GMG members are discussing these cd covers...prove, I dare say, that the marketing works.
I haven't found out yet what Fra Bernardo's artistic design credo is, but, apparently
"Wer sich am Namen des Ensembles und dem Cover stört, der möge einmal im Katalog des Labels ,,Fra Bernardo" stöbern. Schnell wird klar, dass es sich lediglich um eine poppig stilisierte Weiterentwicklung des Art-Designs von Produktionen mit dem Ensemble ,,The Sound and the Fury" handelt."

"Anyone who is bothered by the name of the ensemble and the cover should browse through the catalog of the "Fra Bernardo" label. It quickly becomes clear that this is merely a stylized, pop style development of the art design of productions with the ensemble "The Sound and the Fury"."

Source: https://hoerbar.nmz.de/2020/05/johannes-ockeghem-masses-2-beauty-farm

Anyway, these silly Beauty farm covers leave me cold. But "bad taste" - mais non!

[Madiel]

Well that doesn't help because I already realised they were related to the covers for The Sound and The Fury. Which are also terrible.

[T. D.]

Discogs lists eight releases from Beauty Farm.

Here's their discography in visual form:

[snipped]

The last one gets extra points for reminding me of Mad Max: Fury Road.

That discography is not complete.
It manifestly lacks the Barbireau title posted above.
I vaguely recall at least two Beauty Farm covers uglier than any of those on the discogs list, but the memory is too painful so I'll refrain from dredging those up... 

[Mapman]

Why are they drowning a clarinet?

[DavidW]

Why are they drowning a clarinet?

No, no, that is Jaws playing the clarinet! If you see a rogue clarinet approaching you in the water... GET TO SHORE!

[Peter Power Pop]

Photographer: "Now, Vanessa, if you wouldn't mind sitting as awkwardly as possible..."

[JBS]

Photographer: "Now, Vanessa, if you wouldn't mind sitting as awkwardly as possible..."

Meanwhile Wilhem is wondering why a small yellow Vespa is floating in the air behind him.

[Madiel]

Photographer: "Now, Vanessa, if you wouldn't mind sitting as awkwardly as possible..."

That really is an incredibly awkward pose for both of them. I expect it makes the picture "dynamic".

[Symphonic Addict]

Rouse: Transfiguration (works for string quartet) (Calder Quartet)

[Brahmsian]

Rouse: Transfiguration (works for string quartet) (Calder Quartet)

Okay well.....we KNOW that some people will say that this belongs in the "best CP/LP artwork" thread.  However, that won't be me. 

[pjme]

Rouse: Transfiguration (works for string quartet) (Calder Quartet)

An Alexander Calder mobile gone wrong?



But, indeed, I rather like    this skull made of iron wire, a knot of wool, sewing thread? Or is it just a droodle? The artist is  Dave Muller.
I think the drawing (etching?) fits Rouses explanation of the stringquartet
"My String Quartet No. 3 ....
The central focus of what I was hearing was a succession of extremely convulsive and unpredictable gestures rendered by the players in rhythmic unison—that is, these complex rhythms would have to be performed totally together by the four players: no small feat. The work is thus made up primarily of these rhythmically monodic ideas, though they sometimes do spin out of control into a series of imitative gestures. Though perhaps unpalatable to some, my overall description of the piece would be something akin to a schizophrenic having a grand mal seizure. This, at least, was the image to which I continually referred as I composed the music."

[Symphonic Addict]

An Alexander Calder mobile gone wrong?



But, indeed, I rather like    this skull made of iron wire, a knot of wool, sewing thread? Or is it just a droodle? The artist is  Dave Muller.
I think the drawing (etching?) fits Rouses explanation of the stringquartet
"My String Quartet No. 3 ....
The central focus of what I was hearing was a succession of extremely convulsive and unpredictable gestures rendered by the players in rhythmic unison—that is, these complex rhythms would have to be performed totally together by the four players: no small feat. The work is thus made up primarily of these rhythmically monodic ideas, though they sometimes do spin out of control into a series of imitative gestures. Though perhaps unpalatable to some, my overall description of the piece would be something akin to a schizophrenic having a grand mal seizure. This, at least, was the image to which I continually referred as I composed the music."

Interesting info, thank you, and no wonder the cover art kind of suits the mood of the SQ 3 as explained above.

[KevinP]

The usual disclaimer here. It's hardly the worst, but...

[Madiel]

The usual disclaimer here. It's hardly the worst, but...

Pretty sure this one has already been discussed. She is dancing to the very music that is on the album.

[KevinP]

Wilson brought elegance to everything she did.

The plastic patio chair did not.