Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[SimonNZ]

How many Eminem fans do you suppose added this to their cart?


And I don't think this classic has been noted yet:

[Peter Power Pop]

How many Eminem fans do you suppose added this to their cart?

I have no idea.

Here's the back cover:



I don't think I'd call it Extreme Classics. I'd call it The Loud Album.

I'd also not call Khachaturian's Gayaneh "Gayne".

Update: Well, waddaya know? I just looked up the spelling of "Gayaneh" to make sure it was right (I've only ever seen it as "Gayaneh"), and according to Wikipedia it's actually "Gayane":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayane_(ballet)[/a]

Wikipedia says it can also be spelled "Gayaneh" or "Gayne".

So "Gayne" is correct as well. Who knew? (Not me.)

[Peter Power Pop]

And I don't think this classic has been noted yet:

I'm pretty sure I've never said this phrase before, but I'm going to say it now:

Good grief.

[SimonNZ]

Another from the RCA series:

[Peter Power Pop]

Another from the RCA series:

And...

[Peter Power Pop]

When I was looking for a larger image of Extreme Classics (see above), I came across another album with the same title...



I think that's what I'd call un-extreme. What's with the dreary cloudiness? And don't get me started on all those composer names squished at the bottom.

[Madiel]

And I don't think this classic has been noted yet:

Having recently become acquainted with "The Water Goblin" and its story I can't see anything wrong with that cover. He's not supposed to be pleasant to look at. If he was, being abducted by him and forced to marry wouldn't be such a problem.

And he tears the head off his own child in the end.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

"Dang...I think I lost my gum".

[Peter Power Pop]

"Dang...I think I lost my gum".

Oops. I thought that was "I think I lost my gun."

Now I'm imaging them as two hitmen on holiday, à la In Bruges.

[Peter Power Pop]

Having recently become acquainted with "The Water Goblin" and its story I can't see anything wrong with that cover. He's not supposed to be pleasant to look at. If he was, being abducted by him and forced to marry wouldn't be such a problem.

Fair enough. But thanks to the ubiquity of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I look at that cover and think, "My Preciousssss."

In addition to the above, I also think of another green creature, Rameau's Platée:

https://www.youtube.com/v/82njDjqS6mQ

And he tears the head off his own child in the end.

As you do.

[The new erato]

In addition to the above, I also think of another green creature, Rameau's Platée:

https://www.youtube.com/v/82njDjqS6mQ

I have that on DVD and this is an extraordinary performance of a great opera:



Paul Agnew's performance of the title role is superb, also from an acting perspective, and extremely funny, and I still cannot think of that opera without it bringing a smile to my lips

[André]

I'm pretty sure I've never said this phrase before, but I'm going to say it now:

Good grief.

Just sayin' : it ought to be noted that this is one of the topten, five, three Dvorak discs ever recorded. Simply mesmerizing.

[Peter Power Pop]

I have that on DVD ...

Me too. I'm getting the Blu-ray as well.

... and this is an extraordinary performance of a great opera:



Paul Agnew's performance of the title role is superb, also from an acting perspective, and extremely funny,...

"Irreverent" is the word I think of.

... and I still cannot think of that opera without it bringing a smile to my lips

I know where you're coming from, TNE.

And Mireille Delunsch's aria is a show-stopper:

https://www.youtube.com/v/ZK4KMXTw58Y

[Peter Power Pop]

There's nothing horribly wrong with this one:



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:

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

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

Speaking of jazz hands...



(Thanks to Brian who mentioned that handy cover over on the "New Releases" thread.)

[SimonNZ]

^That one isn't so bad.

I was also about to say that it reminded me of this cover - then I see it's the same work, but different performer. That must be more than coincidence:

[Peter Power Pop]

Speaking of jazz hands...

^That one isn't so bad.

I was also about to say that it reminded me of this cover - then I see it's the same work, but different performer. That must be more than coincidence:

That "hands together" thing looks pretty popular. Hands!

[Peter Power Pop]

Incidentally, why isn't that piece of music called "The Hands United Will Never Be De-Feeted!"?

[Abuelo Igor]

This one has no hands in it:

[Peter Power Pop]

This one has no hands in it:

I must admit that I'm not keen on that cover. I'm glad it doesn't have hands, but that star looks a mess to me – and the bottom of the star has been cut off. That bothers me in a major way. It's the same with arms, legs, the tops of heads etc. going missing in photos. When they don't appear, I go "Grrr".

But at least that cover doesn't have a Helping of Hands™. (That's what I'm going to call a group of hands from now on.*)

(*If I remember.)

[Abuelo Igor]

I must admit that I'm not keen on that cover.

Ha! Ha! I knew it!