Inspired by a comment in the Perilous thread...
I give you:
Basnie - Collage
Behaviour - Saga
Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
Patchwork - Arrakeen
...just a bit of fun.
Inspired by a comment in the Perilous thread...
I give you:
Basnie - Collage
Behaviour - Saga
Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
Patchwork - Arrakeen
...just a bit of fun.
Yes - Going for the One
"It's such a fine line between stupid and... clever" -- David St. Hubbins & Derek Smalls, Spinal Tap
Scorpions - Virgin Killer
Thus endeth the list
Ian
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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There's plenty of great albums with wrong covers.
I never liked these:
GG - Acquiring The Taste
PFM - Chocolate Kings
ELP - Love Beach( not great, but a great band's production anyway)
Led Zeppelin - Presence (a pure nonsensical quasi-concept)
Uriah Heep - Salisbury( though it's arguable great)
Deep Purple - Machine Head( the photographer could rub the lens)
King Crimson - Islands( something like the Alpha-Centaura photo is just misconception, IMO)
Henry Cow - Unrest( as if they tried once again to explain the pun)
what about Blind Faith? That one is pretty inappropriate.
Yeah, that one is still pretty shocking today. No way would anyone go there today. I sometimes wonder if the band members cringe at it today.Originally Posted by 80s were ok
I've always thought that the censored cover, with the cool sepia-toned band photo, was much more appropriate to the feel of the album than the original cover anyway. I feel the same about the US cover of Electric Ladyland vs. the original European one. I enjoy looking at boobies as much as the next perv, but both of those nude covers were more creepy than sexy.
Fireballet, two too…
I'm not so sure about that. Not all countries are as hung up about nudity as the US.
This thread is about GREAT albums with inappropriate covers.Fireballet, two too…
The inappropriateness of "two too" goes WAY beyond the cover.
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
"It's such a fine line between stupid and... clever" -- David St. Hubbins & Derek Smalls, Spinal Tap
True, 'cept the original Blind Faith cover showed a (very) underage girl.
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
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“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
I understand. I own the album with the original cover.
"the young girl was a London suburbanite, who posed upon consent by her parents and for a fee"
All I'm saying is that it is not considered inappropriate in all parts of the world.
In most Scandinavian countries, public nude (all ages) saunas are quite common. In most of Western Europe, nudity (all ages) is pretty common at beaches.
If you mean the U.S. release of Chocolate Kings (American flag chocolate bar), I fully agree. Garish. The original cover is not that bad though - nothing great, mind you, rather plain. But not 'bad'. I made a point of getting that version on CD - as I did with the original Gentle Giant Octopus - who the hell would want that hideous U.S. cover when you could have Roger Dean, baby....
Presence is alleged to have been originally offered to Genesis for one of the mid-70s albums but declined, according to Steve Hackett. Seems some of those Hipgnosis cover ideas were recycled. Peter Gabriel has also said that Storm Thorgerson was known to try to pawn off old ideas as 'new and fresh'. Anyway, I've also never been wild about that cover, and truth be told I've only ever really liked about half of that album.
Disagree about Islands though - I really like that cover.
Yes, although no more so than the already mentioned Virgin Killer.
Another one I like a lot.
Never really liked Power Windows as a cover - love the album though!
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Strictly Inc (boring cover)
Tony Banks - Still (boring cover)
Tony's classical cds too-'Six' ought to have a beautiful pastoral scene. They've never been much on covers, I guess.
I agree about Fireballet - Two, too as well. Some nice music on there, the last two songs particularly, but who'd know from the cover.
I think it's pretty inappropriate to use a young, nude girl to sell an album - no matter what country you're from.
And I'm far from a prude.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
While I don't agree that Strictly Inc. is a 'great album', I do agree that the cover stinks. It looks like something I would doodle while on a long, boring phone call.
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humble pie/thunderbox (bad title and cover)61dNnWUaFzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
any ray charles record…
Last edited by Moonchild_deleted; 11-16-2012 at 01:02 AM.
I think this cover is fantastic. Nothing inappropriate about it, imo.
It's my understanding that Ray didn't think much about them either.
and oh, i forgot about Moms Apple Pie self-titled...moms-apple-pie.jpg
Last edited by Moonchild_deleted; 11-16-2012 at 12:59 AM.
I came here for the pictures...I am disappoint.
American Hollow - my prog band.
Genesis - Duke
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