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The following is a list of notable albums with controversial album art, especially where that controversy resulted in the album being banned, censored or sold in packaging other than the original one. They are listed by the type of controversy they were involved in. ==Nudity and sexuality== * The Jimi Hendrix Experience – ''Electric Ladyland'' (1968) * * The intended artwork for the UK version of the album did not arrive in time to press the album, so a cover of naked women lounging in front of a black background was issued in its place.〔http://www.cracked.com/article_20196_6-alternate-album-covers-you-wont-believe-almost-happened_p2.html〕 * John Lennon & Yoko Ono – ''Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins'' (1968) * * The front cover displayed Lennon and Ono frontally nude, while the rear cover featured them from behind. Distributors were prompted to sell the album in a plain brown wrapper,〔(Yoko Ono ), Time magazine〕 and copies of the album were impounded as obscenity in several jurisdictions. * Blind Faith – ''Blind Faith'' (1969) * * The cover featured a topless pubescent girl, holding in her hands a silver space ship, which some perceived as phallic. Photographer Bob Seidemann used a girl, Mariora Goschen, who was 11 years old.〔(Interview with Mariora Goschen )〕〔(Mariora Goschen's web page )〕 The US record company issued it with an alternative cover which showed a photograph of the band on the front. * Mom's Apple Pie - ''Mom's Apple Pie'' (1972) * * The album was originally released with the album cover featuring a woman licking her lips and holding a pie with a slice removed showing a subtle depiction of a woman's vulva and some semen leaking of the pie. The cover was later reprinted with the vulva replaced by a miniature brick wall, topped with razor wire and removing the semen. * Golden Earring - ''Moontan'' (1973) * * The cover of this album by the Dutch rock band, Golden Earring, features a naked woman, with her nipples clearly visible and exposed. An alternate cover featuring a golden earring with the band's name on it was released in the U.S. * Led Zeppelin – ''Houses of the Holy'' (1973) * * The Hipgnosis cover based on the novel ''Childhood's End'' by Arthur C. Clarke, features a group of naked children ascending the Giant's Causeway. The interior art also depicts a distant figure of a naked Overlord standing on mossy ruins while holding one of the children in a ceremonial gesture. Although the album was originally released with the nudity intact, subsequent editions distributed by Atlantic Records covered one of the naked children's buttocks with the "Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy" text printed on a white background.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy )〕 The buttocks were later airbrushed out. * Scorpions – ''Virgin Killer'' (1976) * * This cover featured a photo of naked prepubescent girl, with her pubic area partially obscured by a "cracked glass" effect. Her pose and the title "Virgin Killer" added to the image's notoriety. The Internet Watch Foundation, a British non-profit group who provides content blacklists for major ISPs in the country, also notably blacklisted pages on the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia for featuring the cover on its article about the album. This block was later retracted due to technical problems which occurred as a result of the blocking mechanisms and due to the already "wide availability" of the image. * Bow Wow Wow – ''See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy'' (1981) * * Album cover show the band including its lead singer Annabella Lwin, who was 14 at the time, nude in the style of Édouard Manet’s Le déjeuner sur l'herbe. The Andy Earl cover caused outrage that led to an investigation by Scotland Yard, instigated by Lwin's mother. and never appeared on US releases. * Roger Waters - ''The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking'' (1984) * * The cover features a rear-view and nude image of model and pornography actress Linzi Drew. It was condemned by many feminist groups and was also accused of promoting rape. Columbia Records were forced to place a black box covering the nudity for future releases to avoid more controversy. * Exodus – ''Bonded by Blood'' (1985) * * The original artwork features an illustration of good and evil conjoined twin infants, who are both naked. When Combat Records reissued the album in 1989, the artwork was censored with a red and black image of a crowd,〔http://www.discogs.com/Exodus-Bonded-By-Blood/release/2180425〕〔http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Exodus/Bonded_by_Blood/413256〕 while subsequent reissues feature the original artwork.〔http://www.discogs.com/Exodus-Bonded-By-Blood/release/1059669〕 * Dead Kennedys – ''Frankenchrist'' (1985) * * A poster inserted in the original record sleeve, H. R. Giger's ''Landscape #XX'', or ''Penis Landscape'', was a painting depicting rows of penises in sexual intercourse. The band was brought to trial for distributing harmful matter to minors, and though the case did not result in any convictions, Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles record label was driven almost to bankruptcy. * Bon Jovi – ''Slippery When Wet'' (1986) * * The album originally was to feature a busty, 34DD woman in a wet yellow T-shirt with the album name on the front of the shirt. However, the artwork was rejected because record executives feared that the dominant record store chains at the time would not sell the album with such a sexist cover, or Jon Bon Jovi's complaint that the record company had put a bright pink border around the photograph that the band had submitted.〔http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/12753/top-10-banned-metal-album-covers.html〕〔http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-jovi-most-shocking-album-covers/〕 As a result, the rejected artwork was censored with an image of a garbage bag with the words "Slippery When Wet" written on it. * Pixies - ''Surfer Rosa'' (1988) * * Surfer Rosa is the first full-length album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in March 1988 on the British independent record label 4AD. The album's unusual and offbeat subject matter includes references to mutilation and voyeurism. Surfer Rosa 's cover artwork features a photograph of a topless "friend of a friend" of the band, posing as a flamenco dancer, pitched against a wall which displays a crucifix and a torn poster. * Jane's Addiction – ''Nothing's Shocking'' (1988) * * The album cover, created by frontman Perry Farrell, features a sculpture of a pair of nude female conjoined twins sitting on a sideways rocking chair with their heads on fire. Farrell said the image, like much of his artwork, came to him in a dream and he hired the employees of Warner Bros. to create the cover sculpture; after learning how to create sculptures by watching them closely, he fired the Warner Bros. staff and created the artwork himself. Farrell hired someone to help create a full body casting of his girlfriend for use as the sculptures. Retailers objected to the album's cover. Nine out of the eleven leading record store chains refused to carry ''Nothing's Shocking'', and the record had to be issued covered with brown paper. * Red Hot Chili Peppers – ''Mother's Milk'' (1989) * * The album cover features a black and white photograph of the band sprawled across the arms of a proportionately larger naked woman. A rose conceals one of her nipples while singer Anthony Kiedis' standing body conceals the other. Several national chains refused to sell the record because they believed the female subject displayed too much nudity. A stricter censored version was manufactured for some retailers that featured the band members in far larger proportion than the original.〔Apter, 2004. pp. 196–197〕 * Loverboy - ''Big Ones'' (1989) * * The cover features 12 squares with various pictures in them, but with one of them containing a photo of a woman's breasts. After many stores refused to stock the album, the cover was edited with black bars over the woman's nipples. * Jane's Addiction – ''Ritual de lo Habitual'' (1990) * * Anticipating censorship, two versions of the disc packaging were created: one cover featured artwork by singer Perry Farrell including male and female nudity; the other cover has been called the "clean cover", and features only black text on a white background, listing the band name, album name, and the text of the First Amendment (the "freedom of speech" amendment of the U.S. Constitution). The "clean cover" was created so the CD could be distributed in stores that refused to stock items with nudity on the front cover. * Blur – ''She's So High'' (1990) * * The cover shows a naked woman astride a hippotamus, painted by Californian artist Mel Ramos. The poster and accompanying T-shirt, with the picture printed in full size, caused some controversy amongst students and advertisements for the single were banned in Hackney and the London Underground, and defaced elsewhere. * Nirvana – ''Nevermind'' (1991) * * The album cover clearly showed a naked infant with his penis showing and is swimming after a dollar bill. Chain stores such as Wal-Mart, and K-Mart initially refused to carry ''Nevermind''. However eventually due to such high demand, Nirvana compromised and put a sticker that read "If you're offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile." over the genitals.〔Azerrad 1993, p. 180–81〕 Nirvana saw continued controversy for their next album, ''In Utero''. * Tin Machine – ''Tin Machine II'' (1991) * * The original cover featured a row of four nude Kouroi. In the U.S. the genitalia of the statues were airbrushed out, leading band member David Bowie to exclaim, "Only in America!"〔"Beaming Bowie excited about current direction of his life, music" by Patrick MacDonald, The Seattle Times, 20 December 1991〕 * Suede – ''Suede'' (1993) * * The gender-ambiguous cover art provoked controversy in the press,〔"(Past Mercury Music Prize winners" ). ''Metro''. Retrieved on 3 September 2009.〕 prompting Anderson to comment, "I chose it because of the ambiguity of it, but mostly because of the beauty of it." The cover image of the androgynous kissing couple was taken from the 1991 book ''Stolen Glances: Lesbians Take Photographs'' edited by Tessa Boffin and Jean Fraser. The photograph was taken by Tee Corinne and in its entirety shows a woman kissing an acquaintance in a wheelchair.〔Barnett, p. 114〕 * Tool – ''Undertow'' (1993) * * Photos in the liner notes of a nude obese woman, a nude man of normal weight, a cow licking its genitals, and the band members with pins in the sides of their heads generated controversy, resulting in the album being removed from stores such as Kmart and Wal-Mart. The cover was later replaced by a giant bar code.〔 * The Black Crowes – ''Amorica'' (1994) * * The album cover's depiction of pubic hair, taken from an issue of ''Hustler'' magazine, caused controversy. The image was replaced with a black background cover which blacked out the hair. * Chumbawamba - ''Anarchy'' - (1994) * * The cover originally depicted a baby's head emerging from a woman's vagina during birth. As some stores would not sell the album due to the cover, the baby image was replaced with an image of several flowers. * Gob - ''Dildozer'' - (1995) * * The cover for the EP depicted a crowd of people being chased through a city by a massive bulldozer with a penis attached to it. The cover also has the title with a penis in place of the "I". Many stores were highly offended by the content on the cover and refused to carry the EP. As of 2000, ''Dildozer'' is currently out of print. * NOFX - ''Heavy Petting Zoo'' (1996) * * The album features two covers, one for the CD version and one for the LP version. The CD version features a man sitting down on the ground in a petting zoo cuddling a sheep. The LP version sparked controversy, as it features the same man in a 69 position with the same sheep. The album is known as ''Eating Lamb'' on the LP. The LP version was banned from Germany due it the cover's subject matter. * Gob & Another Joe - ''Ass Seen on TV'' (1997) * * The cover shows a picture of a square showing buttocks and a newsman with a disgusted look. This cover caused such controversy and was banned from certain stores such as Kmart, Walmart and Target Corporation. * Marilyn Manson - ''Mechanical Animals'' (1998) * * The cover shows a picture of a naked Marilyn Manson. In which retailer stores such as Wal-Mart and K Mart refuse to carry the album. * Buckcherry - ''Buckcherry'' (1999) * * The cover depicts a painting of a naked woman with tattoos laying on her stomach on the floor with her right breast exposed. The album was banned from Kmart because of the cover. The band also saw continued controversy on their next album, ''Time Bomb''. * Ministry – ''Dark Side of the Spoon'' (1999) * * The album's cover depicts a naked obese woman seated in front of a blackboard where the words "I will be god" are written numerous times. The album was banned from Kmart due to the offending cover.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ministry's Dark Side Of The Spoon (1999) was banned by Kmart due to its cover. )〕 In the album's insert, the same woman covers her breasts with her hands, and her behind is also exposed on both the insert and back cover. The woman and the words on the blackboard were later airbrushed out. * Blink-182 - ''The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)'' (2000) * * The back cover of the album featured four naked men taking a shower. After many complaints of the cover's content, the buttocks were later censored by black bars. *The Dwarves - ''Come Clean'' (2000) * *The album cover featured two naked women washing themselves with soap while in the bottom right corner there was a naked dwarf. * Puddle of Mudd - ''Come Clean'' (2001) * * The album cover features vocalist Wes Scantlin's son Jordon with his pants down and buttocks exposed. The cover resulted in the album being pulled from certain stores such as Walmart and Kmart. The cover was taken by American photographer Kate Schermerhorn on the afternoon of the 1999 full solar eclipse in Cornwall, England. Despite the controversy, the album has never had an alternative cover. * The Strokes – ''Is This It'' (2001) * * The original cover art featured a photograph of a woman's nude bottom and hip, with a leather-gloved hand suggestively resting on it. Copies of this album were banned and the cover art was changed to a microscopic close-up of particle collisions. * Red Hot Chili Peppers - ''By the Way'' (2002) * * The album cover features a painting by Julian Schnabel of his daughter Stella topless standing on a palm tree background with her eyes scratched out. A few uses of the album cover (such as the album's page on Spotify) have the subject's nipples painted over. * 3 Doors Down - ''Seventeen Days'' (2005) * * The cover depicts a naked baby sitting on an old table with his genitalia covered by a wolf head. Stores such as, Walmart, Kmart & Best Buy refused to carry the album due to the obscene cover. Despite the controversy, the band had never changed the artwork. * Ice-T - ''Gangsta Rap'' (2006) * * The cover depicts Ice-T and his wife Nicole "Coco" Austin apparently naked in bed. * Kanye West – ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' (2010) * * The cover originally showed a painting by George Condo depicting West being straddled by a phoenix. Certain retail stores refused to sell the album due to the cover's sexual content. The cover was pixelated for iTunes. Later, Condo created a second cover, showing a ballerina with a glass of cherry juice. * The Weeknd - ''House of Balloons'' (2011) (Mixtape) * * The explicit cover shows a big picture in the bottom. The picture shows there are some balloons and there is a woman in these balloons appearing topless, show off her breast outside in the balloons. The Weeknd didn't show the clean one because the album didn't release on iTunes or retail stores. * Death Grips - ''No Love Deep Web'' (2012) * * The cover shows the erect penis of drummer Zach Hill with the album's title written in black marker. The cover caused such controversy, along with its spontaneous release without their label's permission, that the band were forced to put a disclaimer on their website. An alternative cover was subsequently released depicting a man wearing socks with the words "Suck my dick" on them. * Tenacious D – ''Rize of the Fenix'' (2012) * * The album cover shows an animated penis-shaped phoenix along with flames and fire in the background. The album cover was pixelated for iTunes, and in-store versions had a sticker covering the explicit content. Some stores sold the cover with no censor. * Sky Ferreira - ''Night Time, My Time'' (2013) * * The album cover features Sky Ferriera appearing topless, wearing a cross necklace inside a shower, with a "demented" facial expression. The album cover was cropped for iTunes, and in-store versions had an elongated sticker with the album title and her name covering the explicit content. * Lady Gaga - ''ARTPOP'' (2013) * * The album artwork is a sculpture of Lady Gaga by Jeff Koons with her legs open and a gazing ball placed between them. Although no nudity is visible on the artwork, the album cover was still censored in the Middle East and China. Rather than traditional censorship, the gazing ball between her legs was enlarged to fully cover her breasts, and her legs were colored black so they don't appear naked.〔http://www.gigwise.com/news/87840/lady-gagas-artpop-cover-gets-photoshopped-for-censored-china-release〕 * Lady Gaga - "Do What U Want featuring R. Kelly (2013) (Single) * * The single cover is a close-up of Lady Gaga's buttocks wearing a blue, floral thong. Lady Gaga's blonde wig hangs just above her thong-clad buttocks. The image was taken by photographer Terry Richardson. A censored version of the cover featuring a pale mauve coloured skirt edited over the top of her buttocks was used in selected countries in the Middle East. * Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda" (2014) (Single) * * The artwork for this digital single depicts the subject with her back towards the camera, emphasizing her thong-clad buttocks. Some stores censored this art by positioning the Parental Advisory seal over the buttocks. (Or a black box on the edited version)〔http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jul/25/nicki-minaj-anaconda-cover-too-sexy-instagram〕 * Arca - ''Xen'' (2014) * * The album cover is a computer-generated androgynous alter-ego named Xen. With her head tilted back, Xen displays her broad shoulders, breasts, and large hips on the album cover with her skin rippling "as if about to peel and fall off."〔http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/558-new-flesh-jesse-kandas-music-videos-subvert-the-myth-of-the-feminine-pristine/〕 Even though no genitals appear, Spotify and iTunes pixelate the area, as well as the breasts.〔https://play.spotify.com/album/5FLsmazQWaDK9JGqdzHlN4〕〔https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/xen/id915861599〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of controversial album art」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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