Album Cover Art

Let's continue our look at Gigwise.com's list of the top 50 dirtiest and sexiest album cover art, this time #23 (Gigwise comments in quotes):

23. Louis XIV: ‘The Best Little Secrets Are Kept’ – "They’re a chauvinistic band who treat women as sexual objects through their lyrics – ie “Pull your skirt up a little bit / Pull down your top and show me a little tit” – so it’s only natural that their 2005 featured a naked female behind. We reckon they’ll go full frontal for album number two."

For a hip, modern boy, Louis XIV's Jason Hill has plenty of old school rock star attitude. On his San Diego trio's debut album he declares himself a "weapon of mass destruction" and then backs it up with salacious come-ons meant to offend as they intrigue ("I know you want a strangle / Or a mouthful of gasoline / Or to be tied up and stoned"). Lyrical allusions to T. Rex and the Kinks tell only part of Louis XIV's actual musical journey. Hill may fancy Marc Bolan and Ray Davies as elegant dandies, and occasionally borrow their lightweight shuffles to great effect. However, his own proper terrain is the thorny inquisition of the Fall's Mark E. Smith. Here, his band throttles in kind, motoring a cantankerous rhythm section that's every bit as vicious as fellow modern day malcontents the Libertines or White Stripes. --Jaan Uhelszki (Amazon.com)

Wow, never heard of the band but this kind of review makes me want to see what they sound like....