The cover for the avant-garde 'Two Virgins' captures John Lennon and Yoko Ono completely naked. It sparked outrage, leading distributors to clandestinely sell the album wrapped in brown paper bags.

The album cover for Funeral For Justice achieves a similar feat, too. Robert Beatty’s artwork depicts a large crow with blood dripping off its talons, cascading onto a coffin below with an ...

5. Lemonade, Beyoncé (2016) A recent classic, the cover of Beyoncé’s 2016 album, Lemonade, subverts a traditional album cover portrait, purposely blocking the global superstar’s face.