50 Homoerotic Album Covers

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50 Homoerotic Album Covers

Pop music has always brimmed with homoeroticism. Album covers — by both queer and straight artists — often act as eye candy for adolescent boys with a burgeoning appreciation for the male form. Sometimes the appeal is blatant, sometimes latent, and occasionally, as you’ll see, it’s entirely unintentional. Any of these in your collection?

Left: The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (1971)

The Smiths

The Smiths (1984)

Morrissey

Your Arsenal (1992)

Iggy and The Stooges

Raw Power (1973)

Mötley Crüe

Too Fast For Love (1981)

Accept

Balls To The Wall (1984)

Hunx & His Punx

Gay Singles (2009)

Scissor Sisters

Night Work (2010)

Bruce Springsteen

Born In The U.S.A. (1984)

Smokey

How Far Will You Go: The S&M Recordings 1973-81 (2015)

Adam Lambert

For Your Entertainment (2009)

Hall & Oates

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Daryl Hall and John Oates (1975)

Hall & Oates

H2O (1982)

Prince

Prince (1979)

Prince

Dirty Mind (1980)

Prince

Parade (1986)

Prince

New Power Soul (1998)

The Village People

Cruisin’ (1978)

The Village People

Macho Man (1978)

The Village People

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Live and Sleazy (1979)

The Village People

Renaissance (1981)

The Village People

In The Street (1983)

The Village People

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Sex Over The Phone (1985)

Jobriath

Jobriath (1973)

Judas Priest

Unleashed in the East (1979)

Queen

Sheer Heart Attack (1974)

Haircut 100

Pelican West (1982)

New York Dolls

New York Dolls (1975)

Duran Duran

Duran Duran (1981)

Poison

Look What The Cat Dragged In (1986)

KISS

Alive! (1975)

Dead Or Alive

Sophisticated Boom Boom (1984)

Culture Club

Colour By Numbers (1983)

Marky Mark

“I Need Money” single (1992)

Lou Reed

Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)

Orleans

Waking and Dreaming (1976)

Chicago

Hot Streets (1978)

Manowar

Anthology (1997)

David Bowie

The Man Who Sold the World (1970)

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984)

The Libertines

The Libertines (2004)

LL Cool J

Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)

Macho

I’m a Man (1978)

Foxy

Get Off (1978)

Pansy Division

Deflowered (1994)

Wham!

Fantastic (1983)

Wham!

Make It Big (1984)

Perfume Genius

Too Bright (2014)

Ricky Martin

Live: Black and White Tour (2007)

Depeche Mode

Catching Up With Depeche Mode (1985)

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50 Homoerotic Album Covers

From the blatant to the latent, which of these homoerotic gems grabbed your attention?

50 Homoerotic Album Covers

The Smiths

Morrissey

Iggy and The Stooges

Mötley Crüe

Accept

Hunx & His Punx

Scissor Sisters

Bruce Springsteen

Smokey

Adam Lambert

Hall & Oates

Hall & Oates

Prince

Prince

Prince

Prince

The Village People

The Village People

The Village People

The Village People

The Village People

The Village People

Jobriath

Judas Priest

Queen

Haircut 100

New York Dolls

Duran Duran

Poison

KISS

Dead Or Alive

Culture Club

Marky Mark

Lou Reed

Orleans

Chicago

Manowar

David Bowie

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

The Libertines

LL Cool J

Macho

Foxy

Pansy Division

Wham!

Wham!

Perfume Genius

Ricky Martin

Depeche Mode

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