Album Advertisements
Advertisement for Two Door Cinema Club’s
album “Tourist History”
The advertisement uses the same picture
used for the album of “Tourist History”. This is
due to the fact the advertisement needs to
sell the band, the viewers will recognise the
album in the shops because they saw the
advert utilizing the same image.
The poster says “Sold Out” in big letters. This
is firstly because their tour has actually sold
out and secondly because it makes the band
look really good and exciting to people who
have not heard of them.
The picture remains the same, yet the name of the
band is placed at the top of the advert, rather than    On the album itself, you can see that the name of the band
in the middle, like the album does. This is owing to    is far bigger than the name of the actual album. This is due
the fact that a poster is a more rectangular shape      to the reason that when the album was released they
and usually posters have the title at the top whereas   weren’t very mainstream. Therefore their name is
Digipaks are smaller and rectangular, so the band       displayed more prominently in order to advertise the
name would usually be in the middle.                    product, being the band itself.
                                                        This is commonly seen in Indie band albums as the band is
                                                        usually the main part of the show, not necessarily the
                                                        music. The fans love their band, not regarding what music
                                                        they actually play.

Album advertisements

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    Advertisement for TwoDoor Cinema Club’s album “Tourist History” The advertisement uses the same picture used for the album of “Tourist History”. This is due to the fact the advertisement needs to sell the band, the viewers will recognise the album in the shops because they saw the advert utilizing the same image. The poster says “Sold Out” in big letters. This is firstly because their tour has actually sold out and secondly because it makes the band look really good and exciting to people who have not heard of them.
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    The picture remainsthe same, yet the name of the band is placed at the top of the advert, rather than On the album itself, you can see that the name of the band in the middle, like the album does. This is owing to is far bigger than the name of the actual album. This is due the fact that a poster is a more rectangular shape to the reason that when the album was released they and usually posters have the title at the top whereas weren’t very mainstream. Therefore their name is Digipaks are smaller and rectangular, so the band displayed more prominently in order to advertise the name would usually be in the middle. product, being the band itself. This is commonly seen in Indie band albums as the band is usually the main part of the show, not necessarily the music. The fans love their band, not regarding what music they actually play.