Death metal ones are usually pretty brutal.

One of my favs is Tomb of the Mutilated by Cannibal Corpse.

RATM - RATM

Herb Alpert - Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Thrifts stores are littered with them. I think people got it just for the cover.

Also Spiritual Healing

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers.

There was a version with a working zipper on the cover, but it was expensive to produce and scratched the record.

If that were released today there would be a Culture War Discourse about it.

Great thread idea - you might also enjoy !albumartporn@lemmy.world, which has some pretty out-there covers.

I’ll nominate Abraxas by Santana which has a lot to take in!

The censored cover for the Beatles White Album:

(NSFW?)

Thelonius Monk, Underground

Fresh White Reeboks Kickin Your Ass by Nigel Pepper Cock is a very visibly hard album cover

The Small Faces’ Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake goes pretty hard if you roll it down a hill.

IYKYK.

Devourment - Molesting the Decapitated.

Dwarves have some questionable ones. Same goes for Dayglow abortions. They even got sued over one.

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The original cover for The Coup’s Party Music. Go ahead, look it up.