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10 Banned Album Covers Too Hot For Shelves
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10 Banned Album Covers Too Hot For Shelves
00:03
Number 10
00:05
The Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet
00:07
1968 Toilet Graffiti Bathroom Cover alarmed the label, prompting a safe invitation design.
00:14
Original imagery returned on reissues.
00:17
Number 9
00:18
The Beatles, Yesterday and Today
00:21
1966
00:23
Butcher Cover showed Beatles with meat and doll parts, meant as commentary.
00:27
Capital replaced it, creating valuable collectibles.
00:31
Number 8
00:32
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
00:35
Initial cover featured a provocative wet t-shirt model.
00:39
Fearing backlash, the label chose an abstract wet black design outside Japan.
00:44
Number 7
00:45
Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction
00:48
Original artwork depicted a robotic rapist punished by a metal Avenger.
00:53
Retailers balked, forcing a Skulls and Cross compromise outside.
00:56
Number 6
00:58
Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
01:01
1988 Covers showed sculpted conjoined twins in a rocking chair.
01:06
Major chains refused stocking, prompting plain brown bag packaging.
01:10
Number 5
01:11
Poison, Open Up and Say
01:13
Ah!
01:15
A demon-faced model sparked parental backlash.
01:18
The label obscured the image, igniting debates over censorship and artistic intent.
01:23
Number 4
01:25
Alice Cooper, Love It to Death
01:27
1971 Sleeve featured Cooper's thumb suggestively positioned near his groin.
01:33
Warner Brothers airbrushed it out on subsequent pressings.
01:36
Number 3
01:37
Van Halen, Balance
01:39
1995 cover showed conjoined twins on a seesaw.
01:44
Japan received an edited version, reflecting cultural sensitivities and label caution.
01:48
Number 2
01:50
Blind Faith, Blind Faith
01:52
1969 cover displayed a topless 11-year-old holding a model airplane, provoking backlash.
01:59
An alternative band photo sleeve replaced it.
02:02
Number 1
02:03
Scorpion's Virgin Killer
02:05
1976 cover showed a nude 10-year-old, prompting global outrage.
02:11
Band later regretted it.
02:13
Reissue's used band photo.
02:14
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