2. “Back to Black” by Amy Winehouse (2006) promotional
sticker
artist centered
image
artist name larger
(artist emphasis)
album title smaller,
slanted, serif font
shows seriousness,
white stands out from
black
album and artist
name on CD,
colours on theme
tracklist in uppercase,
slanted like title, same
font and colour
no numbering or time
credits and copyright
external
panel link
inner panel flow
image and
lyric booklet
3. exclusive
artist images
serial number
artist name emphasized (bold) album name uppercase but distinct
logo
song name in
bold to
distinguish
lyrics smaller
font size and
not stylized
track number
external
panel
link/concept
continued
slanted text style
continued
4. “Born to Die” by Lana Del Rey (2012)
tracklist in uppercase,
same font and inverted
colour scheme,
small numbering
copyright information
white background,
clean look and matches
external aesthetic
uppercase bold artist
name in colour scheme,
partially covered by
artists’ head is
unconventional
MLS of artist and direct
gaze, artist emphasis
uppercase but smaller
title, artist emphasized
rose motif from booklet
on CD, visually
pleasing, inner panel
flow
5. lyrics in
typewriter
font to
distinguish
from titles,
small case
credits for
each song
below lyrics
logo serial number
artist and album name in same
font and size (unconventional)
uppercase, bold, and
large font to
distinguish song
titles
red rose/blood motif
continues, gradually
increases throughout
lyric booklet
6. “Greatest Hits” by the Cure (2001)
star motif, external panel link
copyright information
tracklist in uppercase
yellow, same font and
size as numbering but
in white
star motif
concealed image of the
front-man
album name next to artist, same
font and case but distinguished by
white or yellow (unconventional)
double CD, inverted colours, star
motif
star
motif,
inner
panel
flow
double CD, inverted
colours, star motif
7. compilation album,
original album booklet
of songs
serial number
artist and album name differentiated by colour
numbered tracklist inside booklet,
no lyrics (unconventional)
star motif
song credits
under track
8. “Pretty Hate Machine” by Nine Inch Nails (1989)
vertical numbered
tracklist
(unconventional)
copyright information
inverted front panel image,
external cover flow album artwork, artist
not emphasized
band name, bolder than
album, external placement to
be eye-catching
album name, italic and smaller
to differentiate as colour and
font are the same
internal panel flow, same
motif as external, pull-out lyric
booklet and poster
album and artist name
logos
tracklist
same colouring and
motif as external
panel
9. serial number
album and artist
name, not
differentiated
pull out lyric
booklet and poster
(unconventional)
lyric booklet in vertical
format (unconventional)
song credits
and copyright
10. “Four” by One Direction (2014)
emphasis on
artist,
distinctive
logo in
center
photo of band
members,
artist centered
“ultimate
edition”, deluxe
packaging and
bonus content
implied
album name
smaller, uppercase
and highlighted
under name, not
as important as
artist
logos and
copyright
bonus/
exclusive
tracks
detailed
numbered
tracklist in
uppercase
book style,
rectangular,
pattern as motif
vertically
removable CD
(unconventional)
logo
artist name
and pattern
motif
13. “The Later Years” by Pink Floyd (2019)
image
booklet
image
booklet
triangular
sleeve
discontinuous images,
no inner panel flow
tracklist on
CD
artistic image,
genre convention
integrated spine
album and artist name small and
same font and size, lowkey
tracklist and performance,
distinguished by bold case
band members
highlighted
copyright
information
14. “The Loneliest Girl” by Princess Chelsea (2018)
artist and album name in
the same font and size,
distinguished by colours
artist image
emphasised
no copyright
information, logos seen
numbered tracklist,
small and uppercase
front panel image
variation, external
panel link
colour theme
continued, no
lyrical booklet,
credits and
copyright by person
rather than song
internal panel link
indie record label
logo emphasis
colour theme continued
tracklist on CD, inner panel
link
15. “The 1975” by The 1975 (2013)
tracklist numbered
and integrated
reversed front panel
image, maintains
external panel link
copyright information and logos
vertical (unconventional)
album/artist name
doubled, recognizable
logo, simple black,
matte colouring to
continue thematically
black and white,
simplistic front panel,
fits indie genre
credits
image and lyrical
booklet
album/artist name
doubled, recognizable
logo
16. serial number album and artist logo
lyrics
image accompanying
song, inner panel flow
and external panel link
song title
17. “Something Else” by the Cranberries (2017)
numbered tracklist,
sentence case for
older audience
copyright
information
front panel image
flipped, external
panel flow
band member emphasis
album and artist
name same size,
difference in fonts
external panel
flow, sofa image
colour integrated spine
external panel
flow, sofa image
name and title
integrated on CD,
colour continued
logo
18. uppercase and
black title to
differentiate
sentence case
lyrics, white and
smaller font
external panel
flow, sofa image,
individual
members
highlighted
