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Orgasmatrix highlights 13 of the industry’s most graphic album covers. Be warned before clicking that link- these covers are pretty disgusting.

The criteria we used for the following ranking was based on the cover’s originality and historic and artistic value. It’s been done with heart and soul, after long debate and numerous, hot-headed conversations.

I disagree. Most of them aren’t even that great from an artistic perspective, but when you’re doing something for shock value, artistry is probably furthest from your mind. “Great” shock is pure rhetoric; great “art” only partially. But that’s just one man’s opinion.