The 10 Most Iconic Album Covers Featuring a Motorcycle
Why you could an argument for anything from Merle Haggard to Vanilla Ice (please don’t make an argument for Vanilla Ice), here are our picks for “The 10 Most Iconic Album Covers Featuring a Motorcycle”:
1. Purple Rain, Prince (1984). The motorcycle is a custom-made Honda CB400A.
2. Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits, Janis Joplin (1973). The motorcycle, photographed on San Francisco’s Hippie Hill, is a Harley-Davidson Sportster.
3. Bat Out of Hell, Meatloaf (1977). The motorcycle is an amalgam of steel rods and batshit demon lore.
4. Shitsville, The Mummies (1990). Who cares what type of motorcycle that is. This seven-inch album cover is awesome.
5. Quadrophenia, The Who (1973). The motorcycle, as described in the song “I’ve Had Enough,” is a GS Scooter.
6. Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology, Gram Parsons (2001).
The motorcycle is a custom-designed Panhead chopper.
7. In Color, Cheap Trick (1977). The motorcycles are both Harleys. The one on the left is a Harley-Davidson XLCH 3.
8. Girls, Girls, Girls, Motley Crue (1987). The motorcycles are both Harleys. Nikki Sixx is straddling a Fatboy.
9. Born This Way, Lady Gaga (2011). The imaginary motorcycle has components of a panhead chopper with a king and queen seat.
10. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan (1965). Dylan is wearing a Triumph Motorcycle T-shirt.
