This list doesn't include Springsteen's live albums (of which he has released a few too many in the last years). I'd rank those in the following order (from best to worst):

1. Live 1975-'85 (covers a lot of ground, great performances)
2. Live In New York City (best recording of "Prove It All Night" and the fantastic new track "Land Of Hope And Dreams")
3. Hammersmith Odeon, London 1975 (energetic early live performance)
4. Live In Dublin (mainly Seeger Sessions material and good re-arranged version of classics like "If I Should Fall Behind")
5. In Concert - MTV (Un)Plugged (don't really see the point in this, good performances, but not released during the best period of Bruce's career)

These are my current Top 10 metal albums.

This is a list that compiles album covers that are either obvious homages and/or spoofs of existing album covers. Some are rip-offs, some just happen to look very similar. Anyway, new suggestions are always welcomed as this list is constantly getting updated.

The original artists are listed in alphabetical order.

Thanks to SkinnyRobbie (sometimes credited as SR), alabaster, CurtisLoew, EuckyCheeze, clivewinston, monocle and all the others who made so many additions to this list!

Oh, this link here somehow fits to this list:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP83IrERdP4&eurl

This one, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jpkF1ehD8

Enjoy!

As soon as I'm bored enough, I'll sort this list chronologically and add some backround information on Hipgnosis. For now the covers alone will have to do.

This list contains albums that consist only of cover versions, ie Robbie Williams' Swing When You're Winning or Aerosmith' Honkin' On Hobo don't count, although they come close. Neither am I listing artists that generally cover songs instead of recording their own. Albums with various artists are disqualified, too.

This list compiles all kinds of real nudity on album covers. There's no painted nudity here (except for some cases where i might have mistaken a painting for a real photograph).

Thanks to King_Fahtah who helped a lot with this list. Every entry branded with KF was his suggestion.

Thanks also to replay for his suggestions and corrections. Here's what replay has to say about some more gay band members:

"Other lesbians in famous bands are Deb Googe in My Bloody Valentine and Debbie Smith who was in Curve , Echobelly and Snowpony. (...) The band Placebo are made up of one straight guy , one bi guy and one gay guy. Jón Þór 'Jónsi' Birgisson from Sigur Ros is an out gay man - don't know about the rest of the band."