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Cover of the Week: Satanic Majesties Request

March 28th, 2009

Hereby (is that the right word?) begins an occasional series that aims to celebrate, applaud or simply take the piss out of album covers from the psychedelic and prog era. First up for this admittedly dubious honour are The Rolling Stones and the album cover of 1968′s Their Satanic Majesties Request.

satanic majesties album cover

What can you say?

Michael, dear boy, what the devil had you, Keith, Brian, Bill and Charlie been smoking to think you might get away with this? The album may be great (despite the critical mauling it received) but the cover?

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