1. Album Covers
Album covers are the first
form of imagery that are
seen by target audiences
in relation to an artists
album.
They are used to capture
the attention and entice
audiences into buying the
album.
Therefore the album
cover has to be attractive,
relevant and desired by
the audiences.
Artists will generally
create album covers that
establish the artist, the
genre of music and their
persona.

2. This Beatles album cover is very
The Beatles
bright which is the first aspect that
will capture the audiences attention
and cause potential audiences to
notice the album. This is a key
feature as it immediately attracts.
The images are of the
band in 2 different The fact that this
styles surrounded by album cover is also
legends and icons of completely made out
that time. This of cardboard cut-out
immediately implies a opens up alternative
form of superiority and methods to creating
greatness about the an album and still
artist to the audience. adapting to the
Its also shows that they particular genre and
are of a standard of style of music. This
popularity where they showcases the variety
are able to be placed of ways an album
around such legends cover can be created
(e.g Marylin Monroe) yet still remain
effective.
This album cover could potentially I like this album cover not only for the bright colours, but
represent the personality and persona of I believe there is a subliminal message shown within this
the artists as it exudes confidence. This album cover. The fact that the band is disguised among
could also relate back to the music within other well recognised artist, actors ect, yet the flowers
the album and by this time the Beatles spell their name could be implying that the band ‘The
were well established artist. This is a Beatles’ will always stand out even among the great.
reflection of the time and the place the This is something to consider when creating my group
Beatles were at within their career. and I’s album cover.

3. Destiny’s Child
This Album cover is very
stereotypical of the R’N’B
genre as the main focus is
the artist and their is nothing
The use of the font of in the background nor the
the artist name being foreground to distract from
bigger than the font of that. This makes this album
the album name cover establishing to the
suggest that the band audiences as they will
is well established and automatically know/
will be recognised for recognise the artists. The
their name. However simplicity of the album cover
the font is still smaller presents and idea of purity
than the images which about the album suggesting
shows that the that the music and the artist
audience are going to are the main aspects to this
buy the album album and their are no
because they gimmicks or distracts that will
recognise the faces take away from the raw
which exude beauty music itself.
and are known for their
music.
The way that each member of the band has been strategically placed for this image can help
the audience to empathise with the artist which would encourage them to buy the album.
Also the angles of each member could suggest something about their personality. For example
Kelly Rowland looking directly into the camera suggests she is a confident person. Each
member is equally sized however they are placed behind one another with Beyonce at the
front suggesting that she is the most important member of the band, these aspects could be
understood by audiences.

4. Calvin Harris The use of the black and
white colour effect adds
power to this image as it
makes the female face
I personally think this is appear to be stronger as
album cover is very the lines and shadows are
creative and has been enhanced. The use of the
created specifically for the shadow creates some
artist’s audience. The fact mystery about the
that the image is not of the woman herself which
artist suggests that the could imply that there is
image is a representative mystery about the album
of the audience or how and the unexpected is to
the audience feel when be revealed when the
they have heard his music, album is heard. This
not only for her beautiful mystery would attract an
appearance but also for audience as they would
the projected confidence want to find out
which is for both the male something unexpected
and female audience. The about the album. Also
I also like the fact that the font of the artist
way the hair is blowing in the fact that her eyes
name and album name is black and white
the wind adds a subtle cannot be seen also add
which matches the theme of the front
sense of excitement which to ambiguity of the album
cover, however it is not huge which means
matches the dance genre as a whole.
that it allows for the image to speak for
of music.
itself and attract the audience not the
artist. This could also imply that the music
will speak for itself on the album.