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The 20 Most Controversial and Ill Thought Out Album Sleeves Of All Time
John Doran , July 17th, 2008 14:31

John Doran casts a baleful eye over some of the least well thought out album sleeves to grace record store shelves.

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Mom's Apple Pie Mom's Apple Pie
Mom's Apple Pie, a ten piece, US based rock act similar to Chicago or Grand Funk Railroad almost sneaked this gem out under the radar. A cursory glance at the sleeve shows an American gothic pastiche painting with a strange looking 'mom' proffering a freshly baked pie. Closer perusal of the slice reveals a quite anatomically correct rendering of a vagina. Young men ready to rock: "Yeeha!" the rest of America: "God help us if there's a war."