Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[kishnevi]

Another rather hideous cover:



This is either an advertisement for the next installment of 300 or a cheap porno film with a title like Una noche de lluvia en Tarragona (A Rainy Night in Tarragona). Either way, it sucks and is quite distasteful.

I don't think it's that bad. If cheesecake is allowed, so is beefcake.  Maybe they were hoping people would get confused and buy it thinking it was a pop album, but no worse. I do dislike that thing they did with the TH in the title.

But if you want a dislikeable cover,  Sabata did this which I call  plain ugly.

[Mirror Image]

Oh gosh, this really made my day!!!

Funny stuff!

[Jackman]

But if you want a dislikeable cover,  Sabata did this which I call  plain ugly.

That actually looks cool 

[Jackman]

It looks like a Pink Floyd cover 

[Peter Power Pop]

It looks like a Pink Floyd cover 

Yep.

[Senta]

Ahh....I needed this laugh tonight Fun to see this thread come back!

I was just browsing some Stockhausen on Amazon and came upon a doozie:

[Madiel]

Another rather hideous cover:



This is either an advertisement for the next installment of 300 or a cheap porno film with a title like Una noche de lluvia en Tarragona (A Rainy Night in Tarragona). Either way, it sucks and is quite distasteful.

Can't say I have a problem with it. I can see 300 in the face. I can't see any sign of porno.

[zamyrabyrd]

Funny stuff!

I don't know why they think this cover is one of the best. At first I thought it was part of the worst. What's a burning number have to do with the Eroica?

[André]

I don't think it's that bad. If cheesecake is allowed, so is beefcake.  Maybe they were hoping people would get confused and buy it thinking it was a pop album, but no worse. I do dislike that thing they did with the TH in the title.

But if you want a dislikeable cover,  Sabata did this which I call  plain ugly.

The idea is to give the lie to the preconceived idea that being/listening to a countertenor = sissy. In that sense it addresses the issue very squarely. And, per se, this particular cover is not much different than any "man stuff" magazine cover. It does make me curious to see the album's contents.

[André]

A swell programme, I say !

[kishnevi]

Ahh....I needed this laugh tonight Fun to see this thread come back!

I was just browsing some Stockhausen on Amazon and came upon a doozie:

Well, KHS gets the blame for that. The cover is simply a faithful representation of the piece, which is the one in which the composer gave detailed instructions on how the instrumentalist should prance around the stage while performing the music. You can find it on YouTube, along with the piece in which two musicians are supposed to prance about while in animal costume. (I have forgotten the name of the piece.)

[Peter Power Pop]

I don't think it's that bad. If cheesecake is allowed, so is beefcake.  Maybe they were hoping people would get confused and buy it thinking it was a pop album, but no worse. I do dislike that thing they did with the TH in the title.

But if you want a dislikeable cover,  Sabata did this which I call  plain ugly.

Apart from the horrid barely-there colour scheme (that slightly bilious yellowish tinge on a black-and-white photo – Ugh), I'm not keen on the title.

Bad Guys.

That's probably the most simplistic classical music album title I've ever seen. Maybe his next album can be called Sing Good.

[Madiel]

Apart from the horrid barely-there colour scheme (that slightly bilious yellowish tinge on a black-and-white photo – Ugh), I'm not keen on the title.

Bad Guys.

That's probably the most simplistic classical music album title I've ever seen. Maybe his next album can be called Sing Good.

You do understand that operas have villains?

[Peter Power Pop]

You do understand that operas have villains?

Yes, but aren't the villains in opera supposed to be much more than "bad guys", where they're called much more descriptive names like brutes, cads, ne'er-do-wells, nefarious individuals, evil personified etc.?

It's the first time I've seen them called bad guys on an album cover. It took me by surprise. The album is called "Bad Guys". Why not call it "Baddies"? Then his next album could focus on operatic heroes and be called "Goodies".

For me, it's like calling a lieder album "Nice Songs". Or calling an album by a soprano "Loud Lady".

[North Star]

Yes, but aren't the villains in opera supposed to be much more than "bad guys", where they're called much more descriptive names like brutes, cads, ne'er-do-wells, nefarious individuals, evil personified etc.?

It's the first time I've seen them called bad guys on an album cover. It took me by surprise. The album is called "Bad Guys". Why not call it "Baddies"? Then his next album could focus on operatic heroes and be called "Goodies".

For me, it's like calling a lieder album "Nice Songs". Or calling an album by a soprano "Loud Lady".

Or

[Peter Power Pop]

Or

What is it with brooding dudes in black-and-white photos?

Here's another one (although he's a bit more "sensitive" than "brooding" here):



And another one:



Admittedly, that's the same chap from the Bad Guys album, but still... What is it with brooding dudes in black-and-white photos?

[Madiel]

Because black-and-white creates a moody atmosphere.

[Autumn Leaves]

Yes, but aren't the villains in opera supposed to be much more than "bad guys", where they're called much more descriptive names like brutes, cads, ne'er-do-wells, nefarious individuals, evil personified etc.?

It's the first time I've seen them called bad guys on an album cover. It took me by surprise. The album is called "Bad Guys". Why not call it "Baddies"? Then his next album could focus on operatic heroes and be called "Goodies".

For me, it's like calling a lieder album "Nice Songs". Or calling an album by a soprano "Loud Lady".

Lol

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I don't know why they think this cover is one of the best. At first I thought it was part of the worst. What's a burning number have to do with the Eroica?

Same here (to the part in bold).

[Parsifal]

Same here (to the part in bold).

I had several of those recordings on LP and remember the covers fondly.









I generally like the use of the physical numbers, although it is not always clear to me what the individual embodiments of the numbers have to do with the character of the symphonies. Why is 6 plexiglass, and why is 7 in the water?