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In "Sex Sells, Part One", I showed you the very breast of album art. In part two, we'll be taking a closer look at what the men can offer... well mostly.
In Sex Sells, Part Three, I am hoping to have another round of steamy covers to show off. If you have any suggestions, feel free to contact me.
THE ROLLING STONES
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Who could forget this classic cover artwork of Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones? It's 1971 and Andy Warhol is the photographer and art designer for the record. I believe this was the first (and only?) album to feature a working zipper - that when you pull down to reveal the guy's underwear!
VH1, in 2003, named Sticky Fingers the "No.1 Greatest Album Cover" of all time, and who can argue with that?
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itsmorrisseysworld ♥ myspace.com For someone who claims to be asexual and celibate, Morrissey's Your Arsenal (1992) gave long-time Morrissey fans something to ponder with its cover and album title. The photograph by Linder Sterling shows us a playful Morrissey with a suggestive pose, a flash of the tongue and holding the microphone like he's got the whole world in his hand. With his upcoming Years of Refusal out on Attack Records on February 17th, 2009 - The Mozzer will also be setting on his "Tour of Refusal" World Tour. The most interesting thing I've read is once you pre-order Years of Refusal, you are given the opportunity to buy advance tour tickets prior to public sale. Details of the tour dates are below.
02/28/09 Boca Raton, FL Mizner Park
03/01/09 Orlando, FL Hard Rock live 03/03/09 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theater 03/04/09 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing 03/06/09 Myrtle Beach. SC House of Blues 03/07/09 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse 03/09/09 Asheville, NC Orange Peel 03/11/09 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center 03/13/09 Richmond, VA The National 03/14/09 Washington, DC Warner Theater 03/16/09 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theater 03/17/09 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall 03/19/09 Buffalo, NY University of Buffalo Center for the Arts 03/21/09 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 03/22/09 Philadelphia, PA Acadmy of Music 03/25/09 New York, NY Webster Hall 03/26/09 New York, NY Carnegie Hall 03/28/09 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods 03/29/09 Boston, MA House of Blues 03/31/09 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater 04/01/09 Columbus, OH Palace Theater 04/03/09 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom 04/04/09 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom 04/06/09 Minneapolis, MN State Theater 04/07/09 Kansas City, MO Midland Theater 04/08/09 St. Louis, MO Pageant Theater 04/10/09 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom 04/11/09 Houston, TX Jesse H. Jones Hall 04/12/09 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall 04/14/09 El Paso, TX Chavez Theater 04/15/09 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater |
blackcrowes.com ♥ myspace.com The Black Crowes first came into fame with their rocking version of Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle". I don't think they have ever achieved such success, at least from what I remember. They did have a bit of a controversy with their cover artwork for Amorica, because of the pubic hairs. If memory serves me, most of the version that was eventually released just had all black except for the triangle. Anyway, the Black Crowes got the image from Hustler Magazine (July 1976). They are currently doing a few tour dates:
12/17/08 The Fillmore San Francisco, California
12/19/08The Fillmore San Francisco, California 12/20/08 The Fillmore San Francisco, California yuppiepricks.com ♥ myspace.com Obviously Yuppie Pricks' Balls. is an homage to The Black Crowes' album. Their biography lists them as " self-styled pharmaceutical business magnate", but the truth is, they're just good old punk guys. They obviously have a sense of guys humor with their influences in old 70s punk bands like the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols. Apparently the cover image is of Trevor Middleton. Balls. is out now and you can pick it up from their record label, Chicken Ranch Records. |
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thesilentreatment.net ♥ myspace.com The Silentreatment's lustful lesbian cover of Sinful Acts of Audio is obviously trying to catch your attention... and it certainly got mine. The Silentreatment are an alternative rock band from Pennyslvania, they kind of remind me of Matchbox Twenty, which I'm sure is a good thing. Most of their songs seems to be searching for love, at least on first impression. Check out "Pretty Little Girl", with that blowing kiss at the end! Looking at their store, it looks like they are offering their music as a free download, but making money on T-Shirts and physical CD (which I recommend). Check them out on tour:
12/26/08
Ole Tyme Charley’s Plains, Pennsylvania
12/27/08 Bar Louie @ Mohegan Sun Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 01/02/09 Tonic Dunmore, Pennsylvania 01/30/09 Tink’s Entertainment Complex Scranton, Pennsylvania 02/06/09 Tonic Dunmore, Pennsylvania 02/15/09 Tink’s Entertainment Complex Scranton, Pennsylvania 03/06/09 Tonic Dunmore, Pennsylvania 03/20/09 Tink’s Entertainment Complex Scranton, Pennsylvania 03/27/09 NEPA’s Rock Autism Now Scranton, Pennsylvania |
dionyza.com ♥ myspace.com Dionyza's Quite Like Me was released earlier this month (12/08/08), and the cover artwork I was given (not seen here) features her two assets. Actually, the final artwork for Quite Like Me has a bit of a sexual suggestion as well - it's hard to miss. I was expecting to sound more Disney-esque, ala Highschool Musical, but it's definitely more R&B and pop. The reason why I had this misconception is that she sang on the High School Musical. The production is excellent, the music and background mixes are there to play around her innocent ("Quite Like Me") - yet experienced ("Give It To Me") - sweet voice. She seems really comfortable performing and singing, but it shouldn't be such a surprise as she comes from a musical family: My song choice would probably be "I Told Myself" because it samples from a Kanye West, Jay-Z and Scarface song. You can pick up Quite Like Me from Little Dizzy Records. Other fun fact: Dionyza provides the singing voice for Sasha and Jade on the cartoon The Bratz. |
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xiuxiu.org ♥ myspace.com Xiu Xiu is an experimental indie band from the West Coast. The band revolves around singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who got their name from a Chinese film called Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1998). They first gained fame (at least on my radar) with their second album, A Promise, featuring a very disturbing photography of a naked asian man. You can see the uncensored cover on wikipedia (not safe for work). The recording of the album was struck with tragedies: original members Yvonne Chen left the group, while Cory McCulloch only wanted to work on production, Stewart's father committed suicide. Certainly you can hear the sadness on these songs on A Promise. It looks like the band is kind of on a break after their Women As Lovers release. There's some sort of Polaroid Project Book or something and band member, David Horvitz, stated that he will not be able to be on the next Xiu Xiu tour. |
myspace.com/padrepionyc This The Madeline EP by Padre Pio just came in house and looking at the cover artwork, I can't quite tell if it's a woman or a man. It's quite androgynous, isn't it ? I would hazard a guess that it's a woman, possibly the Madeline. The EP was released earlier this month and it was an easy six song listen. I did like the background piano on the title song, "Madeline", and something about her bleeding. Is she hurt? It's a mystery to me. David Mosey's vocals has a vague resemblence to The Psychedelic Furs' Richard Butler. It was a surprise to find out that their keyboardist, Joe McGinty - who previously spent five years playing keys for the Furs! The other thing is that the EP reminds me so much of early 90s British alternative music - mainly focusing on the lead singer. None of the musical instruments (including the sax on "Common Day" or the girl-pop backup singers on "Whenever Moonlight") ever distracts you from Mosey's clear voice. They will be playing at The Delancey in New York on January 29th. |
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11/07/08 The Academy Dublin
11/10/08 Union Chapel London 12/02/08 SECC Glasgow 12/03/08 SECC Glasgow 12/04/08 AECC Aberdeen 12/06/08 International Arena Cardiff 12/07/08 International Arena Cardiff 12/09/08 Echo Arena Liverpool 12/10/08 MEN Arena Manchester 12/12/08 Metro Radio Newcastle 12/13/08 Trent Arena Nottingham 12/15/08 NIA Birmingham 12/16/08Centre Brighton 12/17/08 Intn'l Centre Bournemouth 12/19/08 Arena Sheffield 12/20/08 O2 Arena London |
The new album is pretty much typically Welsh rock, if you've enjoyed their previous albums, you'll definitely enjoy this new album. The cover artwork seems to suggest a mix of sex (two women's lips?) and war (a grenade pin), a theme that reminded me of their infamous Performance & Cocktails cover art.
Back to Pull the Pin, the official single from this album is "It Means Nothing", which I didn't like that much as I think the song sounds too sensitive. I mean, I've always thought the 'phonics as more rock-n-roller type, and as they've aged into Just Enough Education to Perform they seem to get more mellower. I suspect this has more or less to do with singer/songwriter Kelly Jones (I don't have Only the Names Have Been Changed, but I reckon this is might be more acoustic and mellow compared to Stereophonics).
The songs I did like, I really like, and they include "Soldiers Make Good Targets", "Bright Red Star", "Pass the Buck", and "I Could Lose Ya". Yes these songs are aggressive, compared to say "It Means Nothing", "My Friends", and "Ladyluck", but I just some really enjoy that loud, loud rock sound with Jones' whiskery vocals.
The DVD portion only features four songs live, and I thought "Bank Holiday Monday" sounded particularly well.
Pull the Pin did quite well in the UK, charting at number 1, but in the US failed miserably. Shame, really, because I think it's actually one of their best album to date. The album is available now from any major retailer, courtesy of Universal Music Group.
Also, there's a lot of 'phonics news on the vine, I hear that Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics is scheduled to be released on November 18th.
Details below:
HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW THE STORY BEHIND YOUR FAVORITE STEREOPHONICS SONGS? WE WANT YOUR QUESTIONS!
In celebration of Stereophonics' forthcoming album Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics, the band will be answering fan's questions about the songs included on the greatest hits (+2 new songs) album. These questions and answers will be put into a very special podcast that will be made available worldwide through the band's website. The band will answer 20 questions (one for each song) from a few lucky fans who will be chosen to not only ask the band their question on the podcast but will receive an autographed copy of Decade in the Sun.HOW TO ENTER:
Email your question for the band to: StereophonicsPodCast.at.gmail.com (Deadline is November 10th)The question should specifically relate to one of the songs included on Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics. The track listing is as follows:
Dakota
Bartender and The Thief
Just Looking
Have a Nice Day
Local Boy In The Photograph
Maybe Tomorrow
Superman
Pick A Part That's New
My Own Worst Enemy *
I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio
You're My Star *
Mr Writer
Step On My Old Size Nines
Devil
It Means Nothing
A Thousand Trees
Vegas Two Times
Traffic
More Life In a Tramps Vest
Handbags and Gladrags
The greatest hits album CD and DVD will contain two previously unreleased songs: "My Own Worst Enemy" and "You're My Star".
Since I actually own all of Stereophonics' album, I thought it would be nice to talk about their previous five albums and my favorite tracks from each album. For casual fans with only one or two albums, you might want to check out Decade in the Sun. Hardcore fans will want the best of for the two new songs.
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Word Gets Around (1997)
This was Stereophonics' debut album, originally as a trio. The album didn't do so well in the US, but it did alright in the UK charts. I bought this album when Performance & Cocktails was released, so I had a lot of 'phonics song to listen to, but my favorite was "A Thousand Trees". |
Performance & Cocktails (1999)
I love the cover artwork for this album. I've always thought it was a picture from an airport, but as it turned out - it was a staged photograph based on a similar picture outside of a prison. There are loads of great songs off this album, but I'm fond of "The Bartender and the Thief". |
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I saw Stereophonics live for this tour, the big controversy was that the title was originally called "JEEP", but apparently that's a copyrighted name from a car company. I bought the Best Buy version of the album as it included a bonus 4-track CD, which was nice because the album was only $9.99. You might enjoy "Everyday I Think About Money" about a trunk driver who fantasies about stealing the content of his truck. There's a nice, sad, twist of an ending of the song you don't often find in pop songs. |
I "borrowed" this album from my ex-roommate, who was a Stereophonics fan. By this time, they've cracked the mainstream (although if you ask me, I thought they did that with Performance & Cocktails.) Not much to say about this album. "Maybe Tomorrow" appeared over the credits to the Award-winning movie "Crash" (2004). |
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I did borrow this album from my ex-roommate, and I can't say that it's one of those album I've listened to over and over again. Despite all that, this album was really well-received by the British press and even reached #1 in the UK charts. The first single is "Dakota", which I thought was pretty decent, but I would not have called it as "Single of the Year", as did some reviewers. It is pretty catchy and I thought the line "whatever happened to you" says a lot to the band around this time. |
 Only the Names Have Been Changed (2007)
This is singer Kelly Jones' inevitable solo album. Each of the ten songs are names of girls - most people just assume they were former lovers :/ I never bought this album, I don't even think it was released in the States... Update: I just found out that this album is being released in the US around the greatest hits album. |
Here are some random album artwork that's sexually suggestive. We're not talking explicit or anything, just some eye-catching covers that I've noticed.
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The first album here is the 2005 self-titled debut album from French singer, Pauline Croze (paulinecroze.com). The cover shows (what looks like) a naked Croze, looking innocent with her doll-like eyes. She was twenty-five when they took that picture for her debut album, but the truth is she started writing and playing music when she was fourteen.
Last year, she released Un Bruit Qui Court, and seems to be more popular than ever.
Neon Neon (myspace.com/neonx2) has a rather suggestive and rude cover for his EP, Raquel. I don't really know much about him, apparently he's currently residing in Los Angeles, by the way of Wales?
This song, "Raquel", reminds me of early 80s new wave dance music, which I like... and apparently other people like him too as he's featured on the cover of last month's BPM Magazine.
Look closely at the cover to 2008's We're In the Music Biz by Robots In Disguise (robotsindisguise.co.uk) and you might be surprised. They're actually naked, with body paint. I guess they're more than meets the eye, huh?
If you got that joke, that's because they stole their name from Transformers[W♥M].
These two English girls reminds me of DIY punk DJs mixing some electronic music (but they also sing). They sound really fun, don't they?
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Speaking of looking closer, does the map of Make it Happen by Nizlopi (nizlopi.com) remind you of something else?
I think the cover is pretty clever actually, nothing too sexual, and at a quick glance, you wouldn't notice the woman's body.
Apparently there's only two members in this band: Luke Concannon and John Parker, two dudes from Leamington Spa in the UK. They got their name (Nizlopi) from Concannon's crush on a Hungarian girl.
While I Walk You Home features what looks like two people about to do the horizontal tango, but with the sunlight through the window, I would have to guess this is the morning after.
Despite the somewhat sleazy cover art (at least I think so), the music of Norway's Dylan Mondegreen (dylanmondegreen.com) is actually quite nice and folky.
Finally, we have a blatant booby cover of What's Wrong With You from New York's The Crayons (thecrayonsmusic.com).
I hope the tanned gorgeous babe on the cover sell some CDs, and as easy-on-the-eye as the cover, they're actually easy-on-the-ear as well.
Check out this song "God Hates Me".
So, this ends the first part on "Sex Sells". I hope to have a collection of "unintentional porn" in my next article. (Please send me some suggestions).
04/15/2008 00:05:20
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