James Kearney wrote: >What CD covers have made you go "Ugh!"? Funny you should mention this because I was thinking about CD covers last night. Let's start with recent releases: (1) Chopin Piano Concerto 1 & 2 - Argerich/Dutoit - no attempt by EMI to put on a decent cover. In fact, if my suspicions are right, I'd say the cover is the same cover for another of Argerich's recent EMI release (of Bartok's Piano Concerto, Prokofiev Piano Concerto). I basically detest labels who recycle their covers and pictures ad nauseam. An example - Murray Perahia's recent release of Bach's English Suites. (2) Basically any CD cover that shows only half of the artist's face. On the other hand, there are few good CD covers: (1) Bach - Cello Suites - Rostropovich (EMI - a Dali sketch of Rostropovich playing the cello) and also Yo-Yo Ma (Sony - the second one - silhoutte of Ma - pensive in a non-pretentious way). (2) Argerich - Rach 3 and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 on Philips. (3) Britten - War Requiem - composer - Decca - simple yet effective (4) Bach - Goldberg Variations - Gavrilov - DG Cheers Kar Ming