Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Madiel]

I like the cover too, but I don't think it would've fit in the Best Cover Art thread.

If you like it, it doesn't fit here either then DOES IT?

[KevinP]

So, what did you get (learn) from your studies with him? 

If you absolutely have to put two violins in unison, mute the second one. :-)

[DavidW]

Here finally we have a truly bad one to get this thread back on its feet, holy cow!!

Todd, I hope the music is better than the cover art!

[Todd]

Here finally we have a truly bad one to get this thread back on its feet, holy cow!!

Todd, I hope the music is better than the cover art!

Take a listen on YouTube.  The Handsome Beasts were self-aware in their cover choices.  It's 70s new wave metal - a bluesier Sabbath, if you will.

[Peter Power Pop]

That one reminded me of one of my least-favourite rock album covers:

[Peter Power Pop]

I would love someone to explain this one to me:

[Peter Power Pop]

[KevinP]

It's the flower in R*MANTIC that gets me.

[Peter Power Pop]

It's the flower in R*MANTIC that gets me.

I also love how the word CONCERTO has been split to make way for Violin Guy's head.

[KevinP]

And shall we mention his drop shadow?

[Peter Power Pop]

And shall we mention his drop shadow?

We shall!

[JBS]

I would love someone to explain this one to me:

The cloth blown around by the wind under stormy clouds suggests the ephemerality of life?--hence Death and the Maiden.

I certainly like the photo itself.

[Madiel]

I would love someone to explain this one to me:

Google it.

[Peter Power Pop]

Google it.

There's no fun in that.

[Madiel]

There's no fun in that.

So about equal with the current method.

[71 dB]

That is indeed very bad! The craziest thing in my opinion is the white brick wall behind him which looks like prison wall. What is romantic about that? The flower as "O" letter looks like and desperate effort to have something "romantic" in there, because nothing else is. Another crazy thing is how the word "con  certos" dodge his head, but the word "Romantic" doesn't do that! While the "Romantic Violin Concertos" title is "shuffling" with the Nai-Yuan Hu, the rest of the texts take their own space in an ordered manner. Huh? Even the Delos logo is too close to the title as if there where no room elsewhere for it. It looks like the logo is "pushing the title too much up. It is a complete mess. Frankly I don't know how to redeem it. There just aren't easy fixes. It has to be totally re-designed from scratch:

- Get rid of the white brick wall. It is idiotic for "Romantic Violin Concertos"
- Try romantic colors for the background such as darker red
- Get rid of the stupid flower and restore the "o" letter
- Use "romantic" font (e.g. Snell Roundhand) instead of this childish "toy" font.
- Try shiny golden colour effect for the text.
- Find a solution for the "head blocking title" issue.

[DavidW]

The cloth blown around by the wind under stormy clouds suggests the ephemerality of life?--hence Death and the Maiden.

I certainly like the photo itself.

That is one of my favorite covers in my cd collection.

[71 dB]

- Get rid of the white brick wall. It is idiotic for "Romantic Violin Concertos"
- Try romantic colors for the background such as darker red
- Get rid of the stupid flower and restore the "o" letter
- Use "romantic" font (e.g. Snell Roundhand) instead of this childish "toy" font.
- Try shiny golden colour effect for the text.
- Find a solution for the "head blocking title" issue.

Here's is my "proof of concept" of my suggestions. 

[Irons]

Here's is my "proof of concept" of my suggestions. 

Huge improvement. Tell me, are violin bows that long?

[71 dB]

Huge improvement. Tell me, are violin bows that long?

Thanks! In the original cover the bow is even longer! I am not a violinist myself so I don't know!