The album cover of Michael Jackson's Thriller depicts him looking relaxed and engaging the audience, contrasting with the supernatural themes of the music video "Thriller". The background highlights Jackson and presents him as almost angelic. The album back features Jackson's image from the "Thriller" video and uses a muted background and small font to let the popular music speak for itself without needing to read the song list.

1. Analysis – Album 1
Michael Jackson - Thriller

2. The image of
Album Cover
Michael Jackson is
The font used is of him relaxed to
stylish and harder show him as
to read which gives carefree and as he
the impression that is looking straight
the audience at the camera this
should already suggests he is
know who and trying to engage
what this album the audience and
has install for them draw them in.
from the image on
the cover. The album cover
contrasts to the
The background music video
used is effective as it ‘Thriller’ as it is the
highlights Michael complete opposite
Jackson and (the video is about
emphasises his ideas supernatural
at the time of being creatures and the
a religious person he album cover
can be portrayed to Michael appears to
be almost as an be in a ‘bright
angel. light’.

3. The font used is
The image of small but stands
Album Back
Michael Jackson is out in contrast to
clear and simple the mixture of
and will familiarise colours in the
the audience with background. The
the music video font is small which
‘Thriller’ as it is can suggest that
taken from the the album doesn’t
video. The image need to be read to
is also well known find out what
due to the jacket songs are on it
worn as it is still because it will
famous today. already be so
popular.
The background
The certificate
is a mixture of
used on the album
dull tones
shows that in
compared to
1982 the video
Michael Jackson
‘Thriller’ was
and the font to The album back contrasts known to be quite
make them stand the album cover as it shows scary and not for
out to the two completely different a younger
audience. sides to Michael Jackson. generation.