Sex, eroticism, perversion: the 20 dirtiest album cover ever
Years ago before the American society was completely pornographed, the picture in a teenage room was perhaps an album cover. And many musicians (and the art department of the record companies) had found that the sale could be easily boosted by printing a photo of a half-naked woman on the cover. Until the border between “sexy” and “sexist” disappeared.
But these 20 cover went far beyond the normal level of excitement. And overwhelmed the brain cells of an entire nation with an unusual level of nudity, perversity or general obscenity. So many of them were censored. Without apology: 20 of the dirtiest album cover ever.
Sex, eroticism, perversion: the 20 dirtiest album cover ever
Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass, “Whipped Cream & Other Delights” (1965)
The album cover, which made an entire generation dream of licking a load of whipped cream to see what was underneath. Fun Fact: It was actually a shaving foam. And Model Dolores Erickson was in the third month pregnant. The picture was memorized by Soul Asylum on the EP “Clam Dip & other Delights”.
Sex, eroticism, perversion: the 20 dirtiest album cover ever
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, “Two Virgins” (1968)
Not exactly the most flattering photo ever. Lennon described the picture of him and Ono as “two slightly overweight ex-junkies”. But it has this post -coital look. And was only sold in the United States after the previously inconceivable genitals of the Beatles had been covered with a brown paper bag.
Sex, eroticism, perversion: the 20 dirtiest album cover ever
Sexiness through excess. If a naked woman is hot, then 19 naked women have to be orgasmic? This was apparently the logic behind this European cover for the classic Hendrix double album, which the bare body seas of the art photographer Spencer Tunick said. And suggested that listening to “Crosstown Traffic” about headphones was only the prelude to an orgy.
Sex, eroticism, perversion: the 20 dirtiest album cover ever
Mom’s Apple Pie, “Mom’s Apple Pie” (1972)
For decades before “American Pie” made the term “Coitus with Dessert” popular, a rock band made of Ohio had one of the excessive album cover ever. The cover illustration was in the tradition of Norman Rockwell. Apart from the huge speakers and the cut in the apple pie, which unveiled a spread vulva. In pornographic detailed fidelity, moist and dripping.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer, “Brain Salad Surgery” (1973)
The title, slang for a blowjob, comes from a single from Dr. John. The cover, designed by HR Giger (known for the design of the alien in “Alien”), originally had a clearer penis that pointed towards the mouth. Even after it was covered by the record company, the image of a freaky fellatio was preserved with a skull.
Roxy Music, “Country Life” (1974)
The Roxy Music album cover typically showed beautiful women in classic pin-up poses. However, with a troubling undertone, which seemed to convey the models of grinding uncomfortable discomfort. “Country Life”, maybe because the models looked relatively relaxed, became the most iconic of all Roxy cover. And the thin panties of the Models Constanze Karoli and Eveline Grunwald underlined the pun in the title. Borrowed from a line from Hamlet about “rural affairs”.
Ohio Players, “Honey” (1975)
A well-oiled Playboy center fold under hot headlights with a glass of honey. What could go wrong that good cleaning wouldn’t get back? According to the urban legend, model Ester Cordet was distorted because the “honey” was actually acrylic and the band’s manager attacked her in the studio with a knife, with her screams in the song “Love Rollercoaster” to be heard. The drummer of the Ohio Players, Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Williams, denied all of these stories: “We were never arrested, detained or interrogated,” he told opposite Rolling Stone. “Some of us have been tied up with handcuffs. We had a few wild times. But that’s something else.”
Scorpions, “Lovedrive” (1979)
With the support of the design company Hipgnosis, this German metal band presented one of the most youthful representations of sexuality that ever existed. The back seat of a car, a naked chest and an amazing amount of chewing gum.
The Slits, “Cut” (1979)
Wild, top without, sludge covered. On the cover of her debut album ‘Cut’, the slits, the great British punk band, the pin-up potential of kitschy album photos and photo spreads from the National Geographic. And at the same time indulged in power that gave them the sexy pictures.
The Cars, “Candy-O” (1979)
For her second album, The Cars got the renowned pin-up artist Alberto Vargas from retirement. At the age of 83, the Peruvian master delivered a beautiful picture of a red -haired woman in a bodystock that lies on a car. The car was only slightly outlined. Vargas knew that neither the car nor The Cars were the sales argument.
Prince, “Lovesexy” (1988)
Prince wrote many unforgettably dirty songs. From “Head” to “Erotic City”. But none of them was probably as dirty as this cover, which wrapped in Blumiger innocence. But Prince was not satisfied with showing a photo of himself naked. There was also a striking flower stamp on the cover, which fans sometimes referred to as “flower penis”. His sex flower stamp if you will. It was Princes’s best visual ambiguity to the Super Bowl 2006, where he stood behind a sheet, so that his guitar exploded as a silhouette from his pants.
Pixies, “Surfer Rosa” (1988)
Indications that these bare breasts were classified as stylish and the album cover is more likely to be regarded as art than pornography: the sepiaf colors and the flamenco dancer outfit. But somehow the overall picture gives the impression of a “hot quickie between two eager photography students in the university’s darkroom”.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Mother’s Milk” (1989)
Anthony Kiedis described this cover as “four Tom Sawyers who are captured by a huge naked woman”. Hot for fans of giant porn or for those who like to imagine the Chili Peppers as anatomically correct Ken dolls. When the band printed poster, on which the nipples of the Dawn Alane model could be seen, she successfully sued them to $ 50,000. Kiedis scolded. “I couldn’t understand why we couldn’t find a model that would like to show his tits on a cover.”
Divinyls, “Divinyls” (1991)
How do you pack an ODE to the masturbation like the classic “I Touch MySelf”? In the divinyls, singer Christina Ampblett shows on the cover in a network outfit how she touches herself and throws a classic “Komm-Her” view. According to rumors, guitarist Mark Mcentee was also seen on the cover. But that cannot be confirmed, since nobody ever looked at the right half.
Black Crowes, “Amorica” (1994)
A reinterpretation of the cover of an edition of the Cough from 1976. One of the most effective mixtures of sexuality, breed and American civil rights that Larry Flynt has ever created. It was later sold, with the entire picture being blackened to the middle triangle.
Ween, “Chocolate and Cheese” (1994)
Model Ashley Savage plays the main role in a homage to the power of underbust and strategic airbrush techniques. Dressed in a tiny red shirt and a belt that looks like it belongs to a box champion. Like Ween itself, this picture was so exaggerated that it became something very own.
Pulp, “This is hardcore” (1998)
For “This Is Hardcore” Pulp had an album cover with real hardcore pornstars. They looked plastic in different stages of the cladding and simulated excitement. And looked as if they were only working through another paid job. The intended effect was achieved. Dirty and raw, without being particularly provocative.
Sex, eroticism, perversion: the 20 dirtiest album cover ever
Basement Jaxx, “Remedy” (1999)
A real orgy? A multi -layered sandwich made of human meat in contrasting skin tones? A computer -aided collage? Whatever the source for the cover of the BASEMENT JAXX debut album suggests that the music of the duo leads to intimate but anonymous lovemaking with four to eleven lovers.
Sex, eroticism, perversion: the 20 dirtiest album cover ever
D’Angelo, “Voodoo” (2000)
On his second album, D’Angelo discovered the Starpower, which lies in taking off his shirt. And he showed that he was not just a world-class R & B singer, songwriter and producer. But also incredibly well -trained. On the cover photo, he definitely looked like a man who was there to undress and not how he put on.
Sex, eroticism, perversion: the 20 dirtiest album cover ever
The Strokes, “Is this IT” (2001)
The Americans got to see a psychedelic picture of subatomar particles. But the Europeans received the sexy version of the album cover for the Strokes debut album: a leather glove that rests on a well -shaped female hip. The picture reminiscent of Helmut Newton actually comes from Colin Lane. And is suggestive both because of the suggestive situation that indicates and because of what it shows.