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Here are 20 of the most notable censored album covers: The reasons for their bowdlerization include squeamishness about toilets, nudity, and general freakiness. The Mamas and the Papas, ‘If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears’ (1966). West told artist George Condo that he wanted to have an album cover that would get banned. Condo provided a painting of a naked West being straddled by a naked woman, who had wings but no arms, plus a polka-dot tail. Mission accomplished: when some retailers wouldn't accept the cover art, West substituted an image of a ballerina instead.

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. Alice Cooper – Love It to Death (1971). The album features a portrait of the original Alice Cooper band, with frontman Alice Cooper posed with his thumb protruding from underneath his cape as if it were his penis.

Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands & Censored Songs. The inclusion of many photographs of censored album covers and vintage sheet music spices up the book visually, but what keeps you reading is the "tongue in cheek" (and sometimes "laugh out loud") humor of the author.

In January, I published an article on REBEAT entitled 12 Censored, Altered, and Banned Album Covers from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, and that piece was so well-received, I decided to do this follow-up. After all, there have been so many examples of censored album covers from this period that I left quite a few on the cutting room floor, so-to-speak. Original is on left, retouched or new version on right. 1) Below the Belt, Boxer (1976).

20 Banned Album Covers. Artist: Kanye West Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Release Date: Nov. 22, 2010 The controversial artwork for West's highly anticipated album shows a naked creature straddling the rapper.

12 Banned Album Covers. With Lovesexy wrapped in black paper, you couldn’t tell the difference between the two in the store, according to Time. 3. Nirvana, In Utero. Kurt Cobain Frank Micelotta/Getty Images.

While Westerners flaunt what their mommas gave them, especially on album covers, Arabs prefer to tweak them a little here and there. Let's have a look at some of these censored album covers: 1. Spice Girls - "Forever". 2. Shakira - "She Wolf". Miley Cyrus - "Bangerz". 4. Lady Gaga - "ARTPOP".

The background of the censored version was plain white. The album was banned in Germany due to the violent artwork