1) The album cover for Jason Derulo's album uses tattoos to promote the song titles and themes. The tattoos depict items and quotes that relate to his songs, suggesting the songs are part of his life story. 2) Eminem's "Recovery" album cover features medical symbols and imagery, including a red cross, suggesting the album is about his journey to recovery from an unspecified issue. It also references his association with Dr. Dre. 3) Eminem's "Relapse" album depicts him as prescription pills and uses a pharmaceutical bag motif, implying he has relapsed into drug addiction. The title, imagery and "prescribed by Dr. Dre" text reinforce this message

1. Gold background in a
stencil style
promotes the artist
Jason Derulo’s
wealth, power, social
class.
Having the Warner Bros logo
on the front cover suggests
that the artist Jason Derulo is
a big name in the industry,
because only popular artists
are signed to an enormous
label like Warner Bros.
Having the album name in the form of what it is promotes a unique
way of viewing an artist and his content. Through viewing his ‘tattoos’
alone we can see many different items and quotes which link to his
song names available on the album. Furthermore, tattoos are
permanent and this could suggest that he is displaying his life through
his tattoos, as if the songs shown are part of his life.
The song ‘The Other Side’ is clearly
written while being held in the mouth
of an eagle, this could suggests that
this is an important song in his album.
Another song on
the album ‘Talk
Dirty To Me’ is
also clearly
shown on his
neck in the form
of lips, this
suggests that he
wants to promote
something that
he enjoys and
would like other
people to
understand this.
The item of a trumpet is
clearly shown on his ear, this
signifies music entering his
ear and also promotes the
song ‘trumpets’ on his
album.
Here a skull is shown on his
ear, this promotes the song
‘Rest of our life’ and also
promotes death through the
skull.
The artists name ‘Jason
Derulo’ in bold promotes
his album because he is
a well known household
name, so the name
alone promotes his
music.
The picture of a wedding ring beside his ear promotes
a song called ‘Marry Me’ on his album, Jason Derulo is
currently in a relationship with another artist Jordin
Sparks. This could suggest that he is ready to take it to
another level with his partner.
Having a barcode emphasises
the fact that this album Is
available in stores for
purchase, not just online.
Having the font of the songs in
bold and the features not in
bold promotes his songs as
being the most important
piece of content on the back
of the cd cover.
Having the Warner Bros logo
on the back cover suggests
that the artist Jason Derulo is
a big name in the industry,
because only popular artists
are signed to an enormous
label like Warner Bros.

2. The title of this album is called ‘RECOVERY’ and is shown on
the front cover in a sort of heavy bold white scheme. Here we
can see a medical sign; the red cross, this suggests that the
album has something to do with the health of the artist,
which links to the name of the title ‘RECOVERY’ which
suggests that he is recovering from something or his ‘path’ to
recovery. We can then see an inverted ‘E’ this is usually the
trademark of the artist Eminem.
‘Parental Advisory Explicit Content’ is
shown on albums which contain songs and
lyrics not appropriate for children. From
this we already know what type of music
and content the album will include; a lot of
swearing and derogatory lyrics.
From the sky we can
see that it is the dusk
of dawn, this
suggests that the
artist has either been
up all night and
wandering the dusk
of dawn. Or it could
suggest that he
wakes up early for a
therapeutic walk
early in the morning
to aid in his recovery
Here we can see the
artist walking along a
road, here he is wearing
dark coloured clothing
which usually represents
darkness, this could
suggest that he is in a
bad place at the current
time.
The FBI stamp and warning suggests that
the artist suffers losses from piracy. The
artists mainly affected by piracy are the big
time musicians as they aim to sell millions
of albums to many potential customers,
however many ‘unloyal’ fans may
download the album free of charge.
Detroit is clearly shown on the Civic Centre
sign, here the Eminem name is also clearly
visible. This suggests that Eminem is big in
his home town Detroit, or people recognise
Detroit

3. Here we see the artists face in the
form of pills. This links to the album
name ‘Relapse’ as it suggests that
he is back to his bad ways taking
drugs to numb his issues/pain.
The black background promotes
darkness, this suggests that the
artist is currently facing issues in his
life. Black also promotes fear, which
could also suggest that he is afraid
of relapsing as he has gone down
the wrong path before.
The little stamp
which is usually
found on medicine
packets suggests that
the artist is currently
undergoing serious
issues, the name
relapse also suggests
that he is back taking
drugs.
Here we see the
words ‘prescribed by
Dr Dre’, Dr Dre is a
well known associate
of Eminems and
produces most of his
music.
The back of the album is in the style
of a pharmaceutical bag, this
adheres to the image of the artists
‘Relapse’.
Here we see the songs on the album in the
style of a medical checklist. This further
promotes the album name as it suggests
that the artist is currently in a bad place and
has returned back to taking drugs, or being
addicted to drugs.