This document analyzes and summarizes several album covers. It discusses design elements like colors, fonts, images, and whether the band's name is prominently displayed. These elements are described as appealing to target audiences, conveying themes, and making the albums stand out from others. The analyses suggest the covers are crafted to attract listeners and effectively represent the bands' styles and branding.

1. CD Cover Analysis

2. This is really eye
catching but at first
you can’t make out
what it’s saying. This
is a ploy to make you
look closer at it.
It’s got a lot of
bright colours
which would make
it more suited to
young people.
The use of the
alphabet works
with the bands
name as they’re
called Alphabeat
so without you
realising you link
the band to this
album cover.
The fact it’s the
alphabet makes it
seem younger
which gives you an
idea of the people
who will listen to it.
The font used it
bold and easy to
read which makes
it stand out
The fact it’s wacky
and different from
other CD covers will
attract it’s target
audience as they’d
want to listen to
something different
and fun.
Alphabeat – This Is Alphabeat

3. This album cover is
quite artistic which
suits the band who
write meaningful
lyrics. It’s really
surreal as well which
will appeal to the
people who enjoy the
genre of music this
band are from.
The fact the band aren’t
on the front cover shows
it’s a lot more about the
music for them than it is
anything else. They were
also quite well known by
this album so they didn’t
need to have a picture of
them on the CD cover
because their name was
well known
You can see it’s
aimed at an older
age group than
Alphabeat but still
not older
generations. It
seems a bit more
grown up but the
fact it’s got a cut
out moon makes it
seem a bit childish
still.
The font for the
name of the band
looks like it could be
hand written which
makes the CD seem
more personally and
from the band rather
than just produced
for them by a record
label.
Fall Out Boy – Infinity On High

4. The simplistic colours
on this album cover is
made to make the
name of the band
stand out as this was
there first big release
so needed people to
remember their name.
The glasses on the
little alien shows the
style of the band,
because as a fan of
Hellogoodbye I
know that they’re
geeks who write
songs about never
being lucky in love.
This album cover is
really surreal which
makes it stand out
from the others when
you buy it. It makes it
stand out against the
other covers and
would really appeal to
it’s target audience.
The simplistic drawing
looks like it could be
hand-drawn which
makes it look youthful
as it is quite a childish
style of drawing,
making it seem fun.
The fact it’s been
drawn makes it seem
more personal
because the band
could have drawn it.
Hellogoodbye – Zombies!
Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!

5. This album cover
looks like it could be
out of a cartoon
which would appeal
to a certain
audience, which is
the audience that
would enjoy this
kind of music
This album cover
gives the impression
the band don’t take
themselves to
seriously which is
something teenagers
like in a band.
They use primary
colours as they are
bold and would be
more eye catching.
They use a lot of
green, the
connotation of the
colour green is it is
usually used to show
jealousy, which fits
with quite a few of the
songs on the album.
The name of the band
is the main focus of
this cover. This was
important as they were
only a little band and
wouldn’t have been
very well known so
they would want the
buyer to remember
their name.
Go:Audio – Made Up Stories
The name of the
band and the album
is the only block of
white on the cover,
this draws your eye
to it first.

6. The main focus of this
album cover is the lead
singer. She does have a
band but you’re meant to
focus on her not them. Her
pose is confident and the
fact she’s looking down at
us gives the idea that she
is important
The white background
and the yellow/gold of the
singer contrasts with
each other and makes
her stand out. This album
cover has a colour
scheme that is very bright
and young colours.
The use of yellow and
gold makes it seem like a
spotlight is shining on her
making it clear she’s
important. It could also
give the impression that
it’s been taken during a
performance which
makes it look more
interesting.
The pose she is pulling is
quite seductive and would
appeal to a male audience.
VV Brown –Travelling Like The Light
This has obviously been
edited on Photoshop by
using a gold/yellow filter
and the lasso tool to cut out
the background and paste
her onto a while
background. This is very
simple to do but makes
quite an effective photo that
is more interesting than a
normal unedited one.

7. The main focus of this
album cover is the lead
singer. She does have a
band but you’re meant to
focus on her not them. Her
pose is confident and the
fact she’s looking down at
us gives the idea that she
is important
The white background
and the yellow/gold of the
singer contrasts with
each other and makes
her stand out. This album
cover has a colour
scheme that is very bright
and young colours.
The use of yellow and
gold makes it seem like a
spotlight is shining on her
making it clear she’s
important. It could also
give the impression that
it’s been taken during a
performance which
makes it look more
interesting.
The pose she is pulling is
quite seductive and would
appeal to a male audience.
VV Brown –Travelling Like The Light
This has obviously been
edited on Photoshop by
using a gold/yellow filter
and the lasso tool to cut out
the background and paste
her onto a while
background. This is very
simple to do but makes
quite an effective photo that
is more interesting than a
normal unedited one.