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Fri 02 Feb 2011Gavin Friday cover art plays patriot's game with catholic tastes
REVOLVER:‘THE IMAGE IN the cover of an album should be more than a glossy marketing device – it should entice, provoke, challenge and engage,” says Gavin Friday of the cover shot on his new album, Catholic.
Two years ago Manic Street Preachers fell foul of this double standard when the cover of their Journal for Plague Loversalbum was banned by major supermarket chains. The cover (a portrait by noted artist Jenny Saville) depicted a girl with a prominent birthmark on her face. But Tesco, flexing its art appreciation muscles, said the cover depicted an abused child and banned it from open display in its stores.
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