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00:0010 Banned Album Covers Too Hot For Shelves
00:03Number 10
00:05The Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet
00:071968 Toilet Graffiti Bathroom Cover alarmed the label, prompting a safe invitation design.
00:14Original imagery returned on reissues.
00:17Number 9
00:18The Beatles, Yesterday and Today
00:211966
00:23Butcher Cover showed Beatles with meat and doll parts, meant as commentary.
00:27Capital replaced it, creating valuable collectibles.
00:31Number 8
00:32Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
00:35Initial cover featured a provocative wet t-shirt model.
00:39Fearing backlash, the label chose an abstract wet black design outside Japan.
00:44Number 7
00:45Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction
00:48Original artwork depicted a robotic rapist punished by a metal Avenger.
00:53Retailers balked, forcing a Skulls and Cross compromise outside.
00:56Number 6
00:58Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
01:011988 Covers showed sculpted conjoined twins in a rocking chair.
01:06Major chains refused stocking, prompting plain brown bag packaging.
01:10Number 5
01:11Poison, Open Up and Say
01:13Ah!
01:15A demon-faced model sparked parental backlash.
01:18The label obscured the image, igniting debates over censorship and artistic intent.
01:23Number 4
01:25Alice Cooper, Love It to Death
01:271971 Sleeve featured Cooper's thumb suggestively positioned near his groin.
01:33Warner Brothers airbrushed it out on subsequent pressings.
01:36Number 3
01:37Van Halen, Balance
01:391995 cover showed conjoined twins on a seesaw.
01:44Japan received an edited version, reflecting cultural sensitivities and label caution.
01:48Number 2
01:50Blind Faith, Blind Faith
01:521969 cover displayed a topless 11-year-old holding a model airplane, provoking backlash.
01:59An alternative band photo sleeve replaced it.
02:02Number 1
02:03Scorpion's Virgin Killer
02:051976 cover showed a nude 10-year-old, prompting global outrage.
02:11Band later regretted it.
02:13Reissue's used band photo.
02:14!
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