Lovesexy comes in at number 8.

http://new.music.yahoo.co...-all-time/

What - it is an amzing cover, very clever!

Chasing said:

What - it is an amzing cover, very clever!

Don't bother.

we've had this discussions before.

it looks nude, so in the US everybody got and gets scared of the album. So nobody asks what is being said with the cover. to bad, but shit happens.

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Yeah, that's not news. It makes just about every worst album covers list. It's because he's naked, and also because a lot of people think he's ugly. If it was a hot woman, nobody would be complaining.. I like the cover just fine, but it's not a favorite.

Really, though, this is Prince's worst album cover:

The comment is pathetic:

"Do the little girls understand what the men don't know or can we all agree this cover is a gross-out?"

Can we all agree that such childish writing is not worth paying attention to?

Artistically I think the Losexy cover is great. As a marketing tool, apparently not so much.

I do agree with most of the choices, especially...

10) The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour:

5) Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate:

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what?! im not just saying that because i love him, but man its very innocent and self explainatory to the title of the cd the innocence (and guys im looking at this from a very deep point of view fyi) that lovesexy brings wh=ith god because in heaven we will all be naked so yah

I've always wondered whether anyone finds the Lovesexy cover attractive. Does it appeal to straight women, or gay men? This is not a joke question. It doesn't gross me out, it just strikes me as a very bad marketing decision.

novabrkr said:

The comment is pathetic:

"Do the little girls understand what the men don't know or can we all agree this cover is a gross-out?"

Can we all agree that such childish writing is not worth paying attention to?

It's a reference to the Willie Dixon song "Back Door Man."

electricberet said:

I've always wondered whether anyone finds the Lovesexy cover attractive. Does it appeal to straight women, or gay men? This is not a joke question. It doesn't gross me out, it just strikes me as a very bad marketing decision.

I don't find the cover the slightest bit attractive, and I'm not even sure if that's what he was going for, but I like that he wasn't afraid to make such a controversial artistic statement.

that flower stem

The1592 said:

electricberet said:

I've always wondered whether anyone finds the Lovesexy cover attractive. Does it appeal to straight women, or gay men? This is not a joke question. It doesn't gross me out, it just strikes me as a very bad marketing decision.

I don't find the cover the slightest bit attractive, and I'm not even sure if that's what he was going for, but I like that he wasn't afraid to make such a controversial artistic statement.

I don't know if that's what he was aiming for either. Perhaps he wanted to convey innocence rather than sexuality. But most of his other covers are dripping with sexuality. I'd just like to know if anyone looks at the Lovesexy cover and gets turned on.

electricberet said:

The1592 said:

I don't find the cover the slightest bit attractive, and I'm not even sure if that's what he was going for, but I like that he wasn't afraid to make such a controversial artistic statement.

I don't know if that's what he was aiming for either. Perhaps he wanted to convey innocence rather than sexuality. But most of his other covers are dripping with sexuality. I'd just like to know if anyone looks at the Lovesexy cover and gets turned on.

i thought he was going for a "rebirth" or "cleansing" theme?

rdhull said:

electricberet said:

I don't know if that's what he was aiming for either. Perhaps he wanted to convey innocence rather than sexuality. But most of his other covers are dripping with sexuality. I'd just like to know if anyone looks at the Lovesexy cover and gets turned on.

i thought he was going for a "rebirth" or "cleansing" theme?

Probably. But why does the flower look like it has a hard-on?

electricberet said:

rdhull said:

i thought he was going for a "rebirth" or "cleansing" theme?

Probably. But why does the flower look like it has a hard-on?

i know, right? even in rebirth, i guess Prince still couldnt let sex go...lol that stamen/semen

I like the colors and composition. It does look dated in that we see this type of Photoshop daily now. Imago's "mullet poodleman" immediately comes to mind.

But in a nonsexual strictly artistic sense, I think the artwork is great. I think the cover is "iconic" but an iconic that cuts both ways, good and bad.

V10LETBLUES said:

I like the colors and composition. It does look dated in that we see this type of Photoshop daily now. Imago's "mullet poodleman" immediately comes to mind.

But in a nonsexual strictly artistic sense, I think the artwork is great. I think the cover is "iconic" but an iconic that cuts both ways, good and bad.

that shit is anything but iconic lol

rdhull said:

V10LETBLUES said:

I like the colors and composition. It does look dated in that we see this type of Photoshop daily now. Imago's "mullet poodleman" immediately comes to mind.

But in a nonsexual strictly artistic sense, I think the artwork is great. I think the cover is "iconic" but an iconic that cuts both ways, good and bad.

that shit is anything but iconic lol

But it is! When people, fans or not talk about Prince covers, this one will be usually thrown into the mix, the list we are talking about for example. Most definitely iconic. But like I said, in both a good and bad sense.

Here are some examples of good covers:

Confident, cocky, youthful male sexuality. It doesn't turn me on but I get the message loud and clear.

Here the flowers add a touch of vulnerability without detracting from Prince's masculine cool.

Love is music and music is love.

By contrast, Lovesexy seems to say, "I'm feeling reborn and vulnerable and in touch with my feminine side, but I also have an erection that needs immediate attention." Did that make anyone want to buy the record who wasn't already planning on buying it for the music?

It's a shame because Lovesexy is my favorite Prince album.

V10LETBLUES said:

rdhull said:

that shit is anything but iconic lol

But it is! When people, fans or not talk about Prince covers, this one will be usually thrown into the mix, the list we are talking about for example. Most definitely iconic. But like I said, in both a good and bad sense.

controversial doesnt equal iconic

iconic is madonnas Like a Virgin, Marvyns Whats Goin On, Springsteens Born To Run, Princes P Rain or SOTT, Sticky Fingers etc etc..

Lovesexy is just a bad airbrushed 13 year old girl with a mustache in some Dr Suess flower land...

The1592 said:

vvluvfunk said:

The1592 said:

Yeah, that's not news. It makes just about every worst album covers list. It's because he's naked, and also because a lot of people think he's ugly. If it was a hot woman, nobody would be complaining.. I like the cover just fine, but it's not a favorite.

Really, though, this is Prince's worst album cover:

true it is one of if not his worst cover from the album prince. but i also hate the slaughterhouse cover it sucks

I'm not a big fan of this either:

rdhull said:

Lovesexy is just a bad airbrushed 13 year old girl with a mustache in some Dr Suess flower land...

lol

in no order

Best covers:

20ten

Lotus

Controversy

Around the World

Sign

Worst:

Prince

The Vault

Rainbow Children

Batman

Lovesexy's cover is nuteral to me. I have mixed feelings about it.

I think "Graffiti Bridge" was a bad painting for the cover art. I think it's poor in taste. Looks like an undergrad community college art painting, or something that would be in an art fair.

The Lovesexy album cover looks great. The people judging it negatively on that poll from a design/art standpoint are idiots. No doubt about that.

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the back of the cover would have made a cooler one, imo. this is the art i use for MP3's.

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electricberet said:

vvluvfunk said:

The1592 said:

I'm not a big fan of this either:

If anyone wondered if he is a transe person, then well here you go!

NeonCraxx said:

in no order

Best covers:

20ten

Lotus

Controversy

Around the World

Sign

Worst:

Prince

The Vault

Rainbow Children

Batman

Lovesexy's cover is nuteral to me. I have mixed feelings about it.

Well, if that's the direction we're going in, then:

Best Covers:

Lotusflow3r/MPLSound

Sign O The Times

Dirty Mind

The Rainbow Children

Worst Covers:

Prince

Graffiti Bridge

The Black Album

1999

Emancipation

Controversy

Musicology

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What makes Lovesexy Iconic as a cover is the very fact that people project upon the cover what it is in their own minds. The cover itself is fairly neutral. Its simply a nude man (with the private parts covered up) surrounded by flowers.

How you see it says somthing about your mindset. Those who find it vulger or embarassing becuase of modest nudity have issues with the natural body. Those who have a problem because its a nude "MAN" have issues with homophobia and masculinity.

I'm fairly sure that prince viewed it as presenting honesty, revelation, and openness. As we all know LoveSexy as a work is about love, God, and sexuality in its positive sense.

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