File:Decline Western Civilization album cover.jpg

Album cover for The Decline of Western Civilization.

Source: Amazon, copyright 1981 Slash/Warner Bros. Records.

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1. No free or public domain images exist.
2. The image is of lower resolution than the original cover.
3. The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the single in any way.
4. For an article about an album, the cover artwork is very important and adds significantly to the article.
5. The image is being used in a section of the article that describes the album cover.
6. This image is used on various websites, so its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible than it already is.
7. The cover is being used for informational purposes only.

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