Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Rinaldo]

Did we have these already? (the first one is by far the worst)

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The last one is good. The first.. well, if it was a boss character from Dark Souls, I'd commend its design.

[Jo498]

I agree that the last one does not really deserve "worst" (although I cannot say that I particularly like it, it is by FAR the best of those 3). They are probably not original Rhinemaiden costumes from an actual production but it would work.

Of Rattle's Jazz Album I find the original cover funny but the best and most appropriate is the CfP reissue. The two others are IMO worse than the original.

[Peter Power Pop]

Of Rattle's Jazz Album I find the original cover funny but the best and most appropriate is the CfP reissue. The two others are IMO worse than the original.

The "Rattle" text for the 2006 cover hurts my head in a big way.

2006

[Shudder]

[Jo498]

I fully agree. I have rather poor eyes despite glasses and if such big letters somehow get out of focus it makes me dizzy.

[Sergeant Rock]

Of Rattle's Jazz Album I find the original cover funny but the best and most appropriate is the CfP reissue.

My choice too. Nice cover.

Sarge

[Madiel]

The "Rattle" text for the 2006 cover hurts my head in a big way.

What's the visual equivalent of onomatopoeia?

[Todd]

Did we have these already? (the first one is by far the worst)
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Looks just as bad eight years later.

[Peter Power Pop]

What's the visual equivalent of onomatopoeia?

Probably that. (And it didn't even occur to me that may have been what the graphic designer was thinking when he or she unleashed that ghastly text effect on the unsuspecting viewer.)

But for me, instead of "rattle" it's more a case of "shake violently".

[PerfectWagnerite]

Looks like they are from the movie Hellraiser. PinHead is going to kick their asses.

[Ken B]

I do, too. Perfect for the piece. Except at first glance I thought he was on a surfboard, not a magic carpet.

Perfect for when The Beach Boys record it!

[Peter Power Pop]

Here's some more Wagner / Edo de Waart nonsense:



I'm guessing that's Edo on the cover there (twice). Is he Tristan and Isolde? Why not add another Edo in the top or bottom right corner, and he can be Siegfried as well?

And the record company does it again with another disc in their Wagner series:



And then they do a weird dual-Edo thing on this disc:



I didn't see those two Edos on first viewing. When I finally noticed it I did a double take. (Boom Tish!)

[Peter Power Pop]

...at first glance I thought he was on a surfboard, not a magic carpet.

Perfect for when The Beach Boys record it!

"And we'll have fun, fun, fun 'til the Sultan takes that lady away..."

[Dancing Divertimentian]

The ship is sinking but the band plays on...

[Peter Power Pop]

The ship is sinking but the band plays on...

Wow. That's... that's...

I can't think of a word to describe that cover.

I keep thinking the band is going to slide off the bottom of the photo.

Who on Earth decided it was a good idea to rotate the photo of an entire orchestra?

Wow.

[Peter Power Pop]

The ship is sinking but the band plays on...

I thought if I rotated the photo so it was horizontal that might fix the problem – but it's just as bad:

[Peter Power Pop]

The ship is sinking but the band plays on...

Changing the photo of the orchestra (to another one of the same orchestra) helps – but a problem with the replacement photo is the size of the orchestra and the pianist (is there a piano part in Bruckner's Eighth Symphony?):

[Sergeant Rock]

...but a problem with the replacement photo is the size of the orchestra and the pianist (is there a piano part in Bruckner's Eighth Symphony?):

Only in the long discredited Schalk edition 

Sarge

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I think I'm getting seasick!

[kishnevi]

The ship is sinking but the band plays on...

I am fine with it.the
To me it looks like the photographer was perched on the mezzanine box next to the proscenium.  It looks odd because we do not usually sit there when/if we attend concerts.

[Ken B]

The ship is sinking but the band plays on...

Yes, it has a Titanic feel to it!