The Most Sexually Provocative Covers of All Time

[sphinxsix]

Sex sells and is one of the best advertising tools, that's undisputable. The history of music albums covers is also the history of selling music using it. Which album covers come first to your mind when you think about it, guys?

 

I'll start with two - the classic of the genre (a couple of days ago in a local store I saw an LP cover which was a copy of the original version of Sticky Fingers cover which came with an actual functioning zipper)..

 

 

..and quite recent one which if I remember correctly has been discussed here on a couple of occasions 

 

 

 

Let's have some fun 

 

 

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Anyway as for the Scorpions cover I guess we can be sure that (not only for legal reasons) the model was 18+yo. Let's say - risky ..anyway!

 

 

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Another classic.

 

 

It had even cover  versions.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, christopher3393 said:

 

Atom Heart Mother

Pink Floyd 

 

You've gone too far with cows (in general, not on this thread) 

 

But since we are brothers in threads.. 

 

 

           

                   

                       

 

Now let's let the cows go back where they belong.. 

 

[sphinxsix]

Definitely not only the cover photo but the whole photo session and the album music content itself were an attempt to change DK's image most listeners got used to, some even got bored with. For me the main problem with this (not that bad) album was the impression that during the recording process she wasn't really herself but a 'glad rag doll' in the hands of a producer or someone else who had created the whole concept. 

 

   

 

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18 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Rumors are that she does not like these photos, and this entire aspect of the business, at all.

 

IMO just looking at her one can tell she's a woman with a strong personality. Not a good idea to try to make her a 'glad rag doll'.. It probably doesn't have a chance to work 

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8 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

I actually disagree that the Melody Gardot cover is sexually suggestive. I don't think that is her intent at all.

I know, I know - her intent was - I will show myself as I really am (nakedness), the cover has nothing to do with sexuality  

Do you really think that if it had nothing to do with sexuality it would have been discussed here on AS 100 times already? 

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5 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

This one is if you know what's on the album.

 

 

I have the CD but I actually can't remember.

 

 

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1 hour ago, semente said:

If videos were allowed, this would be hard to beat...

 

 

 

 

 

IMO not many clips can compete with this one as far as its sensuality is regarded, probably some Madonna's videos. But the model from this clip - Helena Christensen is simply breathtaking  

 

 

 

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Opening the rainbow flag subchapter. AFAIK this album and the movie have a cult classics status. There is a number of versions, I don't really know if all of them are of the same material.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

I agree, I am listening to it right now and said to myself, this entire album is about sex!

 

You are obsessed  'Hell's Bells' and 'Back in Black' aren't 

 

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6 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

While I dont personally find this a turn on, perhaps others do.

 

Although some sexual associations may be unavoidable, this one has definitely a deeper meaning. It's mostly about one's youth. Their next album was entitled 'Songs of Experience'..

 

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Brooke Candy claims to be pansexual and her image is highly sexualized.

Don't try to check out her music guys, IMO it's a waste of time 

 

 

 

 

 

This one is quite extreme

 

Something more conventional. Serge and Jane - a couple.

 

 

 

  

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18 minutes ago, jma2 said:

Not sure I can post the covers here, but the artwork for the albums of "Naked City"

 

His first album I bought after having heard it at a party. 

What a party that was..  

 

 

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22 minutes ago, clipper said:

Ok, now that it's been turned up a notch...

 

 

Seems that The Scorpions is the most popular band on this thread, probably deservedly 

 

[sphinxsix]

But quite few classical covers have been posted.

Let's change it!

 

 

 

 

Also world music isn't a popular genre.. 

 

 

@Musicophile Telepathy! 

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PS 

 

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13 minutes ago, clipper said:

The back cover of that album was even better (until they were forced to change it).

 

I may be wrong but I think I actually had the version with this inner sleeve:

 

BTW the cover is yet another work of Hypgnosis - the guys who changed a lot in the world of cover art. I once posted a documentary about them somewhere on AS.

 

hipgnosis covers unofficial site

 

 

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I must admit - I just love to fuse threads 

 

 

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This is something quite exceptional - it's a gag album cover issued in the early 1960's by Carlton Greetings. This cover was never issued with a record, it was intended to by given as a gag gift, possibly having inserted another album inside..

 

 

Some more more or less  sexy vintage stuff.. (and some more male covers to avoid accusations of sexism, maybe even to increase the thread's WAF  and to signal again its colors-of-the-rainbow-friendliness of course )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kevin Rowland's (Dexys Midnight Runners/Dexys) album of cover songs.

 

 

As a straight man who knows practically nothing about the history of the gay liberation, I was really surprised by this one - some sources suggest its issue date was 1967 but some other ones - 1960 (!) 

 

 

Pretty funny IMHO..

 

 

 

 

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3 hours ago, firedog said:

Surprised no one added this, original UK Electric Ladyland cover (not chosen by Hendrix):

 

 

It's actually been posted but only one half of the folding cover, so thanks.

 

Rammstein's single.

 

 

Accompanying video.

 

 

A more conventional cover.

 

 

 

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15 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

I must admit - I just love to fuse threads 

 

1 hour ago, christopher3393 said:

 

 

 

The other version.

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5 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

 

My dear brother in animal treads and the father of the genre  

You've touched upon quite personal things here. First of all - I am (at least in theory) an art historian. Secondly I used to live for a couple of months in St. Remy where van Gogh was hospitalized after cutting off his ear. I know the majority of the places he had painted back then from my own experience e.g.

 

  

 

vangoghmuseum-stories

 

So it's all quite personal. BTW by total accident I live nowadays 500m from the place where Rembrandt was born and grew up. But despite all of that your post is waaaay OT 

But since I appreciate your input into the animal threads genre, let me help you to find a way out of this situation. It's actually quite easy. I the house right next to the one I lived in in St. Remy, lived a very sexy woman with long, long legs and even more (hmmmm..) sexy voice.

She even used to be Salvador Dali's muse long, long ago.

That's her with Salvador Dali.

 

 

 

That's her onstage.

 

 

And these are finally covers of her albums 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And one by Roxy Music with her photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, christopher3393 said:

A great underrated Minneapolis band!

This is exactly what I was thinking while posting their video.

 

Back on topic.

 

 

Caroline Vreeland’s album release blocked by streaming devices over PAINTED nipple

 

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2 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

Caroline Vreeland’s album release blocked by streaming devices over PAINTED nipple

 

I wonder if they also had a problem with these covers..

 

 

 

This next one is pure, perverse pornography