60 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)
The Smiths
“Hand in Glove” single (1983)
Morrissey
Your Arsenal (1992)
Easy Going
Easy Going (1978)
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
Daryl Hall and John Oates (1975)
Hall & Oates
H2O (1982)
Prince
Prince (1979)
Prince
Dirty Mind (1980)
Prince
Parade (1986)
Prince
Lovesexy (1988)
Prince
New Power Soul (1998)
The Village People
Cruisin’ (1978)
The Village People
Macho Man (1978)
The Village People
Live and Sleazy (1979)
The Village People
Renaissance (1981)
The Village People
In The Street (1983)
The Village People
Sex Over The Phone (1985)
Jobriath
Jobriath (1973)
Gorgoroth
Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam (2006)
Mike Watt
Ball-Hog or Tugboat? (1995)
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)
Jim Verraros
Do Not Disturb (2011)
Lou Reed
Rock ’n’ Roll Animal (1974)
Orleans
Waking and Dreaming (1976)
Chicago
Hot Streets (1978)
Pablo Cruise
Lifeline (1976)
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)
The Jock Strapp Ensemble
Rugby Songs Volume Two
Macho
I’m a Man (1978)
Foxy
Get Off (1978)
Pansy Division
Deflowered (1994)
Pansy Division
Pile Up (1995)
Pansy Division
Wish I’d Taken Pictures (1996)
Wham!
Fantastic (1983)
Wham!
Make It Big (1984)
Perfume Genius
Too Bright (2014)
Ricky Martin
Live: Black and White Tour (2007)
Nelly
Brass Knuckles (2008)
Depeche Mode
Catching Up With Depeche Mode (1985)
