![]() ![]() The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (1968) Capitol retrieved over 50,000 copies of the original cover from uneasy retailers. Intended as pop art satire, the artwork was quickly rehoused in an inoffensive replacement sleeve and topped the Billboard charts. uDiscover Music investigates the most controversial album covers of all time.Ī far cry from the Mamas and the Papas “indecent” album cover for If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, which seemed to generate controversy because a bathroom had a toilet in it, this Beatles compilation album featured a bizarre sleeve shot of the Fab Four clad in butcher’s coats, draped in slabs of meat and dismembered doll parts. ![]() However, while all manner of excess-fuelled misadventures feed the media machine in the short term, a provocatively-designed record sleeve can make the most lasting impact when it comes to riling the moral majority – and lasting notoriety is especially assured if the album cover gets banned. Ever since Elvis Presley first shook his hips, controversy has dogged rock’n’roll’s every move.
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