The baby in question, Spencer Elden, even recreated the photo 25 years later. NRBQ At Yankee Stadium is a classic cover and album. Oct 29, 2019 - Explore Stephen Woodcock's board "The Red album. Birth Control – Operation Lists like this are always subjective! Savoy Brown Street corner talking. The Andy Earl cover caused outrage that led to an investigation by Scotland Yard, instigated by Lwin's mother and never appeared on UK and US releases. Looking In- Savoy Brown. Who cares??? The first cover I thought of was the infamous,lascivious Mom’s Apple Pie cover ! Whitesnake’s Love Hunter album featuring a naked female straddling a serpent. Absolutely on all the Hipgnosis and Warhol albums. Playing Possum – Carly Simon Where is Blood, Sweat and Tears “Child is Father to the Man”? Allan Brother’s – Eat A Peach Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood looked impeccably stylish doing whatever it was they were doing on the Rumours cover. Tommy James & The Shondells “Crimson and Clover and Jethro Tull’s, “Broadsword And The Beast”. Jul 8, 2015 - Explore Jacko Jacko's board "Red Album Art" on Pinterest. I think it would be better to have 1 cover per artist on the list because there are so many great ones. There are quite a few Arguably, not to mention Questionable choices here. The fourth LP from hard-rockin’ German outfit Scorpions featured an image of a nude pubescent girl, apparently intended to reflect time as the killer of innocence, but it ended up on the receiving end of moral outrage. She looks like she can see everything that’s going to happen to her in the next 40 years. ?……..or …….exile on main street,,,,,,or maybe…..atom hearth mother? My favorite album cover though is Klaatu’s “Hope”. For girls who grow plump in the night by Caravan. And how about the single album by Blind Faith? No wonder they had Questions in The House. The R.E.D. about 10 months earlier? i’m thinking of ACDC’s back in black, come on, it’s hardly a great cover. Left off: Jimi Hendrix Cry of Love; Osibisa “Osibisa”; Osibisa “Woyaya”; Suntreaser “Zin-Zin”; Babe Ruth “First Base”; Uriah Heep “Demons and Wizards”; Blue Cheer “Blue Cheer”; Blue Oyster Cult “Blue Oyster Cult”; Colosseum “the Grass Is Greener”; Babe Ruth “The Best of Babe Ruth”; Lenny White “Venusian Summer”; Pink Floyd “Relics” (US LP); Blind Faith “Blind Faith” (banned coved); Suzi Quatro “Suzi Quatro”; Buddy Miles “Them Changes”; Golden Earring “Moontan” (US banned cover); Kate Bush “Kick Inside” (Yugoslavian cover & red socks cover); Hard Stuff “Bolex Dementia” (US cover); Rory Gallagher “Tattoo”; Linda Ronstadt “Don’t Cry Now”; Dolly Parton “Something Special”; Tanya Tucker “Tanya Tucker”; Helen Reddy “Reddy”; Julie London “Make Love to Me”; Jaye P. Morgan “Just You Just Me”; June Christy “June’s Got Rhythm”….etc. Missing: Vs. – Pearl Jam; Workingman’s Dead – Grateful Dead; Live at Fillmore East – Allman Bros.; Loaded – The Velvet Underground; Destroyer – Kiss; The Bends – Radiohead; Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan; Marquee Moon – Television; Pet Sounds – Beach Boys; Rage Against the Machine – RATM; Harvest – Neil Young; This reminds me of the Guerrilla Girls campaign “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met?”. Demons and Wizards by Uriah Heep offended more than a few people with the vaginal waterfall and penis-like rock immediately below it. The album spawned three singles that landed on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. Ths dramatic shot, taken at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida by William V. 'Red' Robertson, captures him in … That album included the classic “A Taste of Honey.”. i think what’s going on here is some of these albums became really popular hence the covers became somewhat iconic. Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells. But so many are so lame, even stuff that I like! I think I’ll suggest A few really worthy ones. Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand By defacing the Heroes cover, Bowie found the most dramatic way of saying “that was then, this is now”. Some of my favorite album covers are not mainstream. Golden Earring Had an Album that hand a Naked Women on The Moon, in the 70’s and there are a few still out there But it was recalled and they coverd her up, Uggh, I think the Album was Moon Tan, ?? It’s hard to choose ONLY 100! Would be nice to actually officially credit them too! or endless summer, their comp from 74 that put them back on top of the world! and the famous 1st US edition of Faces 1st LP, named by mistake Small Faces on the cover .. What about Steppenwolf “Monsters”? All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. This is the first time I’ve heard somebody besides myself mention Crawler or Back Street Crawler in any way . It is not even close. However, I appreciated Unknown Pleasures (JD) is ‘difficult audibly, as covers go it must slightly trump Power, Corruption and Lies? How about the original cover for Judas Priest Rock-a-Rola? All the 3 inches of Blood covers are missing and Textured Goldprint rather than “Aqualung”. Kraftwerk: Computer World How can you have missed Bebop Deluxe Axe Victim. How about ‘Cock Gobbling Whores’ by Monkey Breath? The White Album is a good cover, but come on, man, it’s a blank page. It was eventually sold in sealed black plastic in some territories. On an album that made a mad dash through the whole of pop history, Nick Lowe pictured himself in a bunch of different guises, from rockabilly hoodlum to sensitive balladeer (there were different pics on the US and UK versions), all with tongue firmly in cheek. Absolutely right! Many good picks here and I was happy to see perhaps my favorite album ever,The new riders “the adventures of Panama red, although I,m not sure if it deserved it. Nick Haeffner – The Great Indoors Allman Bros. Bogus list, how in the world could they not include any grateful dead covers ???? I mean not close. This shimmering image is undeniably beautiful, yet you never know just what it means…just like their music. Although it was the poster included, not the album cover itself. All the Mastodon covers are missing BOTH ARE ICONIC AND VERY RECOGNIZABLE!! Jackson Browne – Running On Empty, Agree….. or any Maiden cover all great Where’s “Rock and Rolling with Fats Domino”? It has really good music also. Robin Trower’s BRIDGE OF SIGH’S, Come on people ? It took a German painter schooled in surrealism to create its mix of African folk art and psychedelia. plus Carl Glover, Storm Thorgerson, etc. Deep Purple – Machine Head Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley (1956) Two simple words: “Elvis” and “Presley” (the latter barely … Jethro Tull – Stand Up – Golden Earring – Moontan, and one of an early Klaus Doldinger “Passport” Cover! Agree! Luscious embossed gatefold featuring Edmund Landseer’s celebrated depiction of Scottish Highland ‘Low Life’. Rolling Stones’ original “Beggars Banquet” Cover is Missing. . ACCEPT – Breaker ? The cover was memorably defaced by Bowie himself decades later. Wishbone Ash’s “Argus” and Uriah Heep’s “Demons and Wizards” should be here. This countdown of great album covers – some iconic, others overlooked – has it all: indelible images, perfect portraits, nightmares, and hallucinations. Not always but a lot of the time. 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