Top 20 Most Shocking Banned Album Covers

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Let’s go back in time to present the 20 most shocking banned album covers of all time.

10) Hurricane – Slave to the Thrill (1990)

The enigmatic cover art for Hurricane’s third album featured a naked woman sitting on a biomechanical, H.R. Geiger–style machine seat/penetrator. This unnerved enough people for Hurricane to remove the woman altogether from the scene in all additional pressings.

11) The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968)

For this classic double-album, Hendrix originally wanted his label, Reprise, to use a photo of his band surrounded by children in front of the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in NY’s Central Park. The label didn’t go for it, and pressed the album with a blurry red-and-yellow shot of Hendrix instead. A third version also went to print that U.S. audiences didn’t see. Released in the U.K. and Germany, it featured a harem of naked women.

12) John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968)

Is it really surprising that no one wanted to look at two naked, hairy hippies, even if one (guess who) was probably one of the best songwriters of all time ?

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