The original album art, which depicted two severed, partially decomposed heads kissing (in fact, it is one head which had been sawed in half by Joel-Peter Witkin), had to be changed for the Australian release. The cover art can also be seen as a parody of a famous picture with Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker kissing at the celebrations of the 30th birthday of the former German Democratic Republic in 1979.
The original album artwork, which featured two severed, partially decomposed heads embracing (in reality, it is one head that had been split in half by Joel-Peter Witkin), required modification for the Australian release. The cover art can also be interpreted as a send-up of a well-known image with Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker kissing at the 1979 celebrations marking the 30th birthday of East Germany.