The document discusses conventions for CD album covers, comparing two examples. It notes that one cover, Linkin Park's Living Things, uses a minimalist design with only the necessary information. The other, Muse's The Resistance, uses bright colors and a blurred image of the band to draw attention. Both covers place the album title and band name in small, modest font, likely because they are well-known bands that do not need to advertise heavily.

1. Conventions of CD
album covers

2. Minimalism is used: cover is
Linkin Park – Living Things
very bare, showing only what Song names/ contents
is needed/getting straight to
Barcode
the point
Main
Main image takes up image/content
most of the cd cover image
Record label icons
CD title and name of the band (top of
the cover) is small, modern and very Copyright & address
modest; not “in-your-face” at all of record label

3. The bands name is the
biggest text on the front
Muse – The Resistance
album cover. Placed at Copyright & Record company
the top left corner address + record label icons
Main image takes up Barcode
most of the cover, Track listings
Title of the
brightly coloured and Image of the band, blurred
album, again small
bold (distorted like the genre of
and modest
the album)

4.  These are two contrasting examples: the first is
minimalistic, using bland colours and photo of a single
person (with some effects going on) whereas the second
uses bright colours to draw people’s attention.
 Both were very successful commercially, indicating that
this colour scheme/layout worked (to some extent at
least).
 On both covers, the album titles and band names are in
quite small font. This is probably because they are two
well known bands and don’t need to advertise their name
as much to gain attention.