#9 - Sticky Fingers: Rolling Stones (1971)

Our second Andy Warhol. And like our first, it’s all about the sex.

First, we’ve got the innuendo of the title. Next, we’ve got the definite bulge over on the left. Finally, we’ve got the zipper, which – in the earliest versions at least – could be zipped down … to reveal: 

Some tighty whities?

The model? Hard to say. We’ve got several possibilities – Warhol’s lover Jed Johnson (or perhaps his brother Jay), Factory hanger-on Corey Tippin, Warhol star Joe Dallesandro ...

The album also featured the first usage of the famous tongue, designed by John Pasche.

I already showed some of Warhol’s earlier, more commercial covers. Here’s some of his more hip stuff:

Hmm, they all kinda just look like Interview magazine covers though, don't they? 

As with pretty much everything from the Stones, this is a great album. It’s got two of my all-time favorites, “Brown Sugar” and “Wild Horses.”

Since this is our last Stones album, here are some my least favorite covers of theirs:

One last look of the boys:

Watts, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger

At this point, all of these albums have plenty of homages and parodies:

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