NME.com have posted a list of what they deem the most controversial album sleeves ever and, as usual, they´ve only got it about 80% correct. Of course the original cover for G´NR´s Appetite For Destruction is included (robot rapes girl in poorly-received cartoon), as is the breast-melting cover from ‘Lovedrive´ by German rockers The Scorpions, and Lennon and Ono´s ‘Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins´, which features a pair of unruly muffs.
However, where dear old NME misses the trick is that they´ve failed to include what we believe to be the worst sleeve ever: Rod Stewart´s ‘An Old Raincoat Won´t Ever Let You Down´.
With a cover that´s disturbing on so many levels, there was even a gatefold version that was even worse than the original; what were they thinking? It´s no surprise that the album has been recently re-released with a plain sleeve.
See the list here.
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