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How many other people are still questioning how the album cover was ever approved and distributed at all? Yes, I know the article explains it was not illegal to

• AdmiralAsshat 5y ago
  >Geffen were concerned that the infant's penis, visible in the photo, would cause offense, and prepared an alternate cover without it; they relented when Cobain said the only compromise he would accept would be a sticker covering the penis reading: "If you're offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevermind#Artwork https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevermind#Artwork
  • BitwiseFool 5y ago
    >"If you're offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile." Clearly. Because apparently you can't think "Wow, how did this get approved? It seems like such a violation of societal norms. I wonder how they managed to do it."
• mturmon 5y ago
  As long as the thread is talking about money grabs, the cover chosen is the original one.
• nemo44x 5y ago
  The one Cobain really wanted was a picture a birth which was deemed too graphic. Also consider this album wasn’t expected to be anywhere close to the success it was in terms of sales. They ran out of copies for a little bit soon after it was released. Geffen was hoping it could sell maybe 200,000 copies globally to a mainly underground/indie audience and it wouldn’t get picked up by the mainstream. For the follow up album the band agreed to change a song name and modify album art so Wal-Mart would carry it.