List of controversial album art

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.

The perceived pedophiliac nature of the cover artwork for Virgin Killer led to the Wikipedia page on the album being blocked by the Internet Watch Foundation
The artwork for Bow Wow Wow 's See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! featured a recreation of Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (pictured) with an underage girl in the role of the nude woman, leading to considerable controversy and a Scotland Yard investigation.
The replacement cover for Ritual de lo Habitual .
A Kouros . A row of similar statues were featured on the cover of Tin Machine II ; their genitalia were airbrushed out on the American release.
The Celtic knot on the cover to Discipline by King Crimson was changed to the above design on later releases due to copyright infringement.
The album cover of An Ideal for Living was controversial for featuring a member of the Hitler Youth (a group of whom are pictured here) on its cover.