Most Inexplicably Nude Album Covers

There are many nude rock impulses I can understand: sexy singer, looks good naked (Bow Wow Wow, Boss Hog); fashion (Prince, Buckingham / Nicks); defiance (Slits); unemployed tube sock (Chili Peppers); transgression, shock, titillation, art, and whatever Herbie Mann was thinking.  Then there's what these bands are doing.  In some cases, it looks like a defiant over-identification with hippiedom, like "we are your children and we are unclothed!"; but what are Orleans, Pablo Cruise, Steam, Styx and Man trying to say?  My best guess: "Bros Before Hos".

Update: all the links above now work - sorry about that former plethora of suddenly dead links! 

Comments

[Holland_Oats]

another herbie the love bug link >

http://destination-out.com/media/images/pushpush.jpg

[Jeffersonic]

Can Wfmu get all these bands together for a nostalgia tour?
Maybe you could add a third category to the "Dinner/Disease" posts.
You know; "Is it Dinner, Disease or Orleans?"

[Jon B]

In Orleans' case, the message is clearly Vote For Me.

[ghobish]

Hey, I'm just happy to see Man mentioned in BOTB. Maybe they knew 35 years ago that the nude cover would be the key?

[Resident Clinton]

Man, do I wish I was sitting in the office when you started thinking about this post! That said, I would recommend dancing naked around the living room while listening to Pablo Cruise, especially "Zero to Sixty in Five". I think that's what they were trying to encourage. But Man Revelation? How could their album covers NOT be nude.

[Listener Kliph]

I was just listening to that Elephant's Memory LP yesterday - how bout that!

[Felix]

My Eyes Are Burning!!!!!

[Kapitano]

Psycore - a grunge/thrash outfit from Sweden. Not only naked, but upside down too.

[babu]

Steam doesn't count, they have towels on.

[Resident Clinton]

...but their cover is the steamiest. Rim-cha! I'm here all week, folk.

[Scott]

I don't know what's going on with Psycore, but I'm guessing those aren't band-members on the cover.

re: steam, I think they've all got towels on, Steam just didn't catch on to the whole "illusion" thing.

And Clinton, boy, you gotta just settle down now!

[Jay]

There's a great Canned Heat nude cover.

[autovac]

Don't forget the No-Neck Blues Band's contribution, the gatefold to 'Live At Ken's Electric Lake'

Can't forget about Liars - It Fit When I Was a Kid

[Lukas]

My favorite nude album cover is definitely the Flower Travellin' Band. On bikes!

[unimportantbob]

You know, you should probably put the new Sigur Ros album in with those.