Lyrically they touched upon such pleasant subjects as coprophagia (i.e. Nevertheless, it still peaked at No.4 on the Billboard 200. If you are using a VPN, and other users of the same VPN are abusing the service, then you'll be automatically banned as well. NOFX: 'Heavy Petting Zoo' – How NOFX got away with this album cover – basically a man (presumably) touching up a sheep – when it was released in 1996 is beyond us. All we can make out is blue fingers and writhing arms popping out of some kind of a flesh coloured mass. The nude burlesque dancer on the cover was pictured holding a playing card in Spain and replaced by an ear in the USA. The cover for this 2000 release needs no explanation as to its controversial nature. See more ideas about Album covers, Worst album covers, Bad album. Alongside dark and coarse lyrics, many of these album covers led to the application of the Parental Advisory label on the packaging, and many more were banned outright and replaced with generic artwork. The Coup Party Music released in June 2001 is far and away the most controversial cover of all time. Pungent Stench: 'Been Caught Buttering' – As their name suggests, Austrian rockers Pungent Stench were a horrendously disgusting band. The upshot? Also Whitesnake’s Come an get it album with the ‘slit” tongue. “Three…. They prepared an airbrushed alternative cover, but Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was adamant the original picture should remain. Do you remember 33 Worst Photoshop Mistakes and Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS? It was Jefferson Airplane’s “Long John Silver” album cover, not “Bark”. It was changed when Hendrix himself expressed displeasure. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/TheCoupCoverLarge.jpg/220px-TheCoupCoverLarge.jpg, Your email address will not be published. EMI certainly did and issued a cease and desist, making the band issue a new cover. Album featured a completely nude woman on a hotel balcony on front and then a closeup of her bare ass on back, Roger Waters’ “Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking “, I think it was Dawn of the Black Heart. Demons and Wizards by Uriah Heep offended more than a few people with the vaginal waterfall and penis-like rock immediately below it. Again, the Americans airbrushed out the slit, Type O’ Negative- Origin of the fecies, Yes-Going for the one. Royal Trux: 'Sweet Sixteen' – Easily the worst record of their career, it's perhaps fitting that Royal Trux's 1997 release featured a shite encrusted toilet bowl on the cover. I’ll have to check. Howling moral outrage and a ban from US stores Walmart and Kmart greeted Holy Wood – but then its sleeve does depict Manson portrayed as a crucified Christ with his jawbone hanging off. I have 1980s reissue copies from both the U.K. and Germany. There’s such a fine line between genius and…stupid. Cannibal Corpse: 'Butchered At Birth' – Pretty much all of the controversial American death metal outfit's 11 record feature vile artwork, but this, their second album from 1991, is a benchmark of hideousness. View at your own risk. Jefferson Airplane’s “Bark” which could be folded to make a stash box? This album cover is the sole reason I became a Roxy Music fan. I don’t see any cannibal corpse albums in the list either. Bizarre Album covers from the 60's to the 80's. Any album by Anal Cunt, just for having the name of the band on the sleeve. Depicting a toe-tagged dead body, Death Certificate pulled few punches, but with outspoken songs dealing with drug dealing, racial profiling and arms-related issues, Ice Cube’s second album was always going to court controversy – not to mention instigate a state-wide ban in Oregon. Almafuerte: 'Del entorno' – This actually made Gigwise wretch slightly when we first saw it. There's not much we can do about this right now; you'll have to turn off your VPN in order to continue using the site. ‘The Car Over The Lake Album’: Ozark Mountain Daredevils Drive On, ‘Nightlife’: Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson Join The Thin Lizzy Party, All Aboard: Gladys Knight & The Pips Ride The ‘Friendship Train’, ‘Goin’ Out Of My Head’: Little Anthony and the Imperials’ Stirring Soul Staple, ‘Undercover’: The Rolling Stones’ Dark, Exhilarating Entry Of 1983, Justin Bieber Strips Down ‘Holy’ With Chance The Rapper In Acoustic Recording, Slash, Kirk Hammett To Celebrate Eddie Van Halen During Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame TV Special, Hear One Of Elton John’s Earliest Songs With Bernie Taupin, Hear Neil Diamond’s Lush Recording Of ‘Sweet Caroline’ With The London Symphony Orchestra, Watch The Avett Brothers’ Timely ‘This Land Is Your Land’ Video, https://www.besteveralbums.com/albumart/album_large_88265_562447308114f.jpg, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/TheCoupCoverLarge.jpg/220px-TheCoupCoverLarge.jpg. While the album (quickly rehoused in an inoffensive replacement sleeve) topped the Billboard charts, Capitol retrieved over 50,000 copies of the original cover from uneasy retailers. However, while all manner of excess-fuelled misadventures feed the media machine in the short term, a provocatively-designed record sleeve can make the most lasting impact when it comes to riling the moral majority – and lasting notoriety is especially assured if the album cover gets banned. Melvins - Houdini. List RulesVote up the album artwork that is the most shocking. Predictably, the resulting atwork provoked outrage, prompting distributors to sell the album in a plain brown wrapper. Forced by Bobbie Fleckman to go to an all black cover. Eventually, the cover was pulled for a much tamer image. The original UK edition of Jimi’s landmark, Billboard chart-topping third album originally appeared sporting a contentious sleeve featuring 19 nude women. Though based on painter Edouard Manet’s 19th-century piece Le Déjeuner Sur l’Herbe, the sleeve to Bow Wow Wow’s debut LP still featured singer Anabella Lwin (then aged 14) posing nude. That's a bit of a stretch, of course, but the band did feature some rather grotesque artwork on their albums, including this one from 1991. Scary Album Covers. BLOODROCK- WITH THE GUN BLOWING OUT HIS BRAINS.NOT LISTED. Disgusting is an understatement. The stripper you refer to was too much for some prudes. It was only altered for the American market, because we are a nation of prudes. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears – The Moas and the Papas. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Enjoy. Roger Waters Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. Yeah pretty controversial. Please note some of the images are definitely NSFW (and probably not advisable to look at just before eating lunch)... Cain: 'A Pound Of Flesh' – The Minnesota rockers' 1975 album does everything it says on the tin – that is, a tin surrounded by grotesque slabs of slimy flesh. An abomination. Reflecting the innuendo-laden title, the image featured a close-up of a jeans-clad male crotch – and the original vinyl pressing even featured a working zipper. Step 2 (optional): Enter any other comments/feedback here, Step 3: Enter your email address. Malevolent Creation: 'Manifestation' – Exactly what the New York death metal band's 2000 compilation album depicts is hard to tell. Yet when you consider it's actually a picture of cannibalism - a man cutting out and eating a woman's intestines - it's actually very grim. Your computer may be infected with malware or spyware that is making automated requests to our server and causing problems.