Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Florestan]

I love that his own advertising calls him controversial. That tells you exactly what they are trying for.

It all started with Paganini, really... 

[Peter Power Pop]

I wouldn't have pegged Elgar as a minimalist...

[JBS]

I wouldn't have pegged Elgar as a minimalist...

It's the series format. All of them--Haydn's Creation, Purcell's King Arthur, Berlioz's Requiem, Britten's War Requiem, I don't remember who else--have that same design.

It's a good recording of the Elgar, btw.

[NumberSix]

I wouldn't have pegged Elgar as a minimalist...

It worked for those four Liverpudlians.

[Peter Power Pop]

It worked for those four Liverpudlians.

It sure did.

[NumberSix]

It sure did.

Not so much success for "Smell the Glove", though. 

[Peter Power Pop]

Not so much success for "Smell the Glove", though. 

Nope.

[NumberSix]

Nope.

Fran!

*sigh*
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[Symphonic Addict]

Not sure how others are going to take this cover art, but to me, it displays a total lack of creativity. That Puccini appears four times with a different color, frankly, is not the most imaginative or attractive idea.

[Madiel]

Meh. Not that creative but not awful to look at. And kind of apt for string quartet.

[JBS]

Not sure how others are going to take this cover art, but to me, it displays a total lack of creativity. That Puccini appears four times with a different color, frankly, is not the most imaginative or attractive idea.

It's more creative than a lot of other cover images. But that is more a mark of how bland some cover images can be than anything else.

[Symphonic Addict]

And kind of apt for string quartet.

It would have been more interesting to feature the four performers instead methinks.

[Madiel]

It would have been more interesting to feature the four performers instead methinks.

Well lots of people do that, so it certainly isn't that creative. Maybe the performers didn't want that? *shrug*

[Peter Power Pop]

Not sure how others are going to take this cover art, but to me, it displays a total lack of creativity. That Puccini appears four times with a different color, frankly, is not the most imaginative or attractive idea.

I don't know about anyone else, but it made me laugh.

[Florestan]

Meh. Not that creative but not awful to look at. And kind of apt for string quartet.

My thoughts exactly.

[Florestan]

Well lots of people do that, so it certainly isn't that creative.

This too.

[Hitch]

Caught mid-argument by the look of it. The mind boggles at the thought of the publicist and photographer huddling over the negatives and choosing this shot.

[Florestan]

1st Violinist, Violist, Cellist (loud and angry unison): Just look at him! Who on earth does he take himself for? Michelangeli?
2nd Violinist (sotto voce): Here they go again!... Men!
Pollini (sigh): See what I must put up with?

[Kalevala]

Caught mid-argument by the look of it. The mind boggles at the thought of the publicist and photographer huddling over the negatives and choosing this shot.

Oh, dear!  That is certainly not a good shot to promote sales.    If nothing else, why is the female violinist looking down and the expression on her face?

K

[DavidW]

If nothing else, why is the female violinist looking down and the expression on her face?

K

I figured she was about to sneeze!