Went for a peek in the Bookcase down the road, thinking maybe classical music albums would have carefully typographed booklets and considered art for the front cover?

Naw.

I think the general idea is "bang a big fancy rennaisance painting on the front cover and slap a load of german/latin lyrics in the middle of each page of the booklet" or "get a black and white image taken at a jaunty angle of the composer/muscian/group and slap it all over the front and back. The booklet can be bare as a baby's arse"

This chillout album had the funkiest cover and booklet in the entire shop. I'm going to HMV to look at proper booklets!