Virgin Killer
| Virgin Killer | |||||
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| Studio album by Scorpions | |||||
| Released | 1976 | ||||
| Recorded | 1976 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 34:45 | ||||
| Label | Polydor, Capitol (reissue) | ||||
| Producer | Dieter Dierks | ||||
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Virgin Killer is the fourth album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions. It was released in 1976, and it helped the Scorpions gain fans outside Europe.[1] The album's cover has caused controversy, as it features a naked young girl. Some of the band members have said that the cover is okay, but others have said that they feel bad about releasing it.[2] Some magazines and websites, such as Cracked and Gigwise.com, have called it one of the worst album covers of all time.[3][4]
In 2008, the English Wikipedia page for Virgin Killer was put on a blacklist (a list of bad content) by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a UK organization. Because of this, many major Internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK were banned from seeing the page. The IWF called the cover "indecent".
References[change]
- ↑ Yasui, Todd Allan (Aug 30 1988), "The Sign of the Scorpions; The West German Metal Meisters' Tour de Force", The Washington Post: F3
- ↑ "Uli Jon Roth Says 'Virgin Killer' Album Cover Makes Him Cringe". Blabbermouth.net. 2006-04-03. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=50508. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- ↑ "The 15 Worst Album Covers of All-Time" by Ben Dennison, Cracked
- ↑ "The 50 Most Controversial Album Covers Of All Time!", Gigwise.com, March 19, 2008
