The album cover follows a simple yet effective colour scheme of red, black and white. It features a trident logo representing the band and genre. Red is the dominant colour, conveying energy. The inside sleeve and booklet continue this colour scheme. Despite the basic initial design, the sleeve unfolds to reveal an image relating to the band's identity. The artwork draws inspiration from world events during the album's creation, giving it a dark theme reflected throughout the booklet. Larger pieces within unfold to fully depict the motifs of mountains and fire.

2. •The colours of the album art follows a
basic design of red, black and white.
It’s a simple yet effective colour scheme
but at the same time it’s very striking.
•The logo of a trident is the band motif
and is used throughout the release of
the album and the branding of the
album. It’s a powerful logo and is
fitting as it represents the genre of the
album well.
•The colour which is most dominant
over the album is the colour red. This
is a colour which connotes energy and
shows that the album is a statement.
•The ‘Parental Advisory’ logo is
included to warn people of the lyrical
content.

3. •The colour scheme of the inside is the
same as on the front cover. There are
five black dots across the sleeve, this
could be to represent the five members
of the band.
•Even though the initial design
of the sleeve is quite basic it
does make up for it as the sleeve
does unfold to reveal an image.
Even though it isn’t red unlike
the rest of the design is black
and white, keeping with rock
genre conventions. The symbol
is also present, reminding
people of the brand identity.

4. •Again, the colour scheme is the same
and the logo keeps with the style of
the cover and the sleeve.
•Even though the trident isn’t included
on the back of the booklet, there is
still some form of brand identity as
both shapes form a ‘Q’.
•This logo also keeps with the theme of
the album and there is meaning
behind the symbols as the trident is
representing death and the makeshift
‘Q’ is representing life.
•The copyright is included along the
bottom alongside the record company
logo.

5. •Stanley Donwood is an album artist
who has collaborated with Radiohead
since the release of their second album
in 1995. This is one of many
collaboration he has done with the band
•Unlike most album art, the colour
scheme isn’t striking, with very dark reds
and bland blues being the chosen colour
scheme.
•The image itself makes up for the lack
of colours, the mountains are
dominating the artwork, giving the
album a big personality.
•Radiohead are a band who write about
world issues and politics and this links
with the album art, Donwood got the
inspiration for the album artwork and
the booklet artwork through world
events which were happening around
the time. In the interview Donwood said
that the war in Kosovo was the main
inspiration, with the front cover
symbolising the mountain ranges during
•This inspiration gives the artwork a the war.
dark theme and this is reflected through
the rest of the booklet.

6. •The back of the CD booklet
isn’t as dark and has a brighter
and sharper colour scheme,
but the imagery of the image
is quite powerful.
•The top left corner of the image
features a fire and is brightly
coloured. It’s an explosion or a fire
of some kind and draws the
viewers eye to the cover, especially
when they open the CD case.
•The colours seem to represent a
fire orange explosion of some
kind and this carries on the
theme from the album cover of
war and politics,

7. •The middle pages of the
booklet show a different
style of art with geometric
shapes being shown.
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•The most visible feature of
both pieces of art is the use
of the colour red, this colour
is a colour which can be
associated with evil and
violence, so despite a slight
change in the colour scheme,
the theme still persists.
•Dorwood said himself that
the red swimming pool on
the spine of the booklet
represents “a symbol of
looming danger and
shattered expectations”.
This is supposed to be a pool
of human blood.

8. •The booklet folds out to reveal longer pieces of art,
again, mountain ranges and fire is a motif which has
been carried throughout and truly comes to life on
these larger pieces. At the end the recognitions and the
copyright details are included. Kid A is an album with a
political influence behind it which has created some
powerful images within the booklet.

9. •In terms of the colour scheme, this is a
truly brilliant front cover, the balance
between all the colours is perfect, the
explosion of colour in the middle isn’t too
large and overpowering, leaving enough
black space to visibly see the text. This will
certainly grab anybody’s attention.
•The striking motif has been carried
through to the track listing and the
accreditations, the explosion gives a
disorganised frantic feeling to the pages
and this is also noticeable in the text itself,
which is breaking conventions and varying
the space between letters and words,
making the viewer pay more attention to
the content.

10. •The vibrant images have been
carried through to the remaining
pages throughout the album
booklet. With no text the images
are truly striking and because of the
black background the effects are
certainly the focal point of the page
and keeps thoroughly with the
message behind the album.

11. •This is a simple, but effective album cover.
The colour scheme isn’t anything special
but it shows a perfect balance and the
colours compliment each other really well,
the colour scheme definitely works, but
without the image acting as a focal point it
wouldn’t be nearly as strong as it is.
•The flipside of the booklet goes with a
basic colour scheme, the information,
accreditations etc. are in black and
white, this is to make the cover special
and different, if the pink cover was
filled with text it wouldn’t work as
well.

12. •The theme of the album goes much further then
the standard album booklet page sizes. Both
sides fold out to a poster, showing how brilliant
the image, colour scheme and content are and
how they work even better on a larger scale.

13. The focus on the cover is on the
piece of art, this gives off an
alterative and arty vibe which is a
reflection of the band.
The art is accentuated even more by
placing a plain black border around
it. This acts a frame and does a good
job of separating the text and the
image, which keeps the colour
scheme in tact.
The image is also symmetrical and
follows conventions. The mountains
at the bottom ensure that the rest of
the image is anchored, if it wasn’t for
this the image would be too jumbled.

14. •The middle of the booklet gives that rough and
uncut feel to it which is what fans of the band like.
The font is rough handwriting of the lyrics follows
with the alternative conventions. And this all works
really well with the simple colour scheme, which
, like the Pearl Jam album makes the cover that
much special.

15. •The album comes with an additional booklet and
like the Pearl Jam album folds out to show the
album cover album on a larger, more appreciative
scale.
•The colour scheme follows the theme from
the other booklet and keeps with the
simple black and white style. The credits
are specially highlighted in this album with
a strong bold text, making the feel of the
album and the motivation behind it
something to be admired.

17. •Like many solo artist albums,
this one features a figure at the
centre of the style and theme of
cover. On this particular cover
though it isn’t the artist, it’s a
character who could be crucial
to the message of the album.
•Because the image is a strong
focal point, the artist and
album name text are separated
within borders.
•Even though the text of the
album title isn't very large,
there is an usual shape which
help to draw attention.
•This is far from being a simplistic
album cover, the image is
surrounded by a detailed
background which holds the artist
name. The colours work well with
each other. But I do feel there may
be too much going on.

18. •The artistic and theme carries on
through the booklet following
conventions and we can begin to see
a rural feel to the images. The text is •The star of the album is also
neatly organised and stands out well, included in the booklet and keeps in
especially in the page on the right. line with the feel and style. She is
well positioned and framed which
follows conventions.

19. •Just like the album front
cover the text has been
separated from the
background so there is no loss
in the detail. The album title
is much larger on the back so
makes up for the smaller font
used on the front.
•The album small print,
record company and the
barcode are separated from
the bulk of the design to keep
the theme consistent and
stylish.

20. •This album does feature the star and
he is the focal point, he is positioned in
centre and the use of the colour white
allows him to stand out further.
•The mis en scene of the image is
interesting and makes up for the lack of
an album title or artist title, the
inclusion of either of these would
distract the viewer from the image.
•The use of framing is clever in this
image, it’s a very structured image with
lines and symmetry being consistent
throughout, this could be another
reason there is no text, it would disrupt
this structure.

21. •Again the artist is the star of the
cover but this time the colours
have changed, breaking
conventions and disrupting the
theme. It’s also missing the
structure that the cover had.
•The record company logo and the
copyrights are very small on this
cover and the colour chosen doesn't
clash with the background, making
the text almost blend in, this retains
the focus on the star and the song
titles.

22. •What’s interesting about this
album is how a simple design can
be so attention grabbing. There’s
no image, but there doesn't need
to be, the colour of the cover is so
striking. It breaks fundamental
conventions and doesn't included
the artist name or an image, this
could entice the viewer further.
•The title is also really well put
together, the first word is strong
and bold and sets the theme for
the album while the second word
is sharp and the letters are spaced
out, remaining just as visible.
•Like all the good simplistic
album covers, the colour scheme
is strong, with the two colours
working with each other so well.

23. •The style does vary throughout
and images are included in the
booklet. The images keep with the
simplistic design and don’t
include any alterations or feature
any text.
•And just like the front cover the
back cover is stripped down. No
copyrights or record companies
are shown and the song titles are
methodically laid out.