Muse is a British rock band formed in 1994. Their album The Resistance, released in 2009, won them a Grammy for best rock album. It topped the charts in 19 countries and reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US. Muse also won an American Music Award that year for Favorite Artist in the Alternative Rock Music Category. Their first single "Uprising" from The Resistance was released a week before the full album.

1. The Resistance

2.  Muse was formed in 1994 in Teignmouth,Devon.
 The band consists of Matthew Bellamy, Christopher
Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard .
 The Resistance was released in 2009 which won them a
Grammy award for the best rock album.
 It topped the album charts in 19 countries, became the
band’s third number one album and reached number three
on Billboard 200.
 On 21 November, Muse took home anAmerican Music
Award for Favorite Artist in the Alternative Rock Music
Category.
 Their first single ‘Uprising’ was sold seven days before the
release of the album ‘The Resistance’.

3. Also it seems like that the person
is going into some sort of hive or
cave, as to gain something more
like knowledge.
This image covers
most of the front
cover, with various
bright colours, thus
it makes it eye
catching. The space
theme is maintained
as in the previous
albums of Muse as
there has been a
strong space
theme., including
“Black Holes and
Revelation's”.The figure of the person
is person is undefined,
as to what type of
person it is. As Muse
has a very varied
audience this would be
good as they are not
branching out to a
specific type of audience.
The background of the cover is grey with an
image which looks like a universe, with the
earth in the center and a person walking into it.
However Muse‟s
Front Cover go for
an alternative
approach as to not
put themselves on
the cover.
Muse has a simple
font with blue colour
which stands out and
the audience can
read it easily.

4. This shows four photo‟s of
the band outside, the shots
are all verysimilar but
changed slightly, the shots
are extreme long shots with
a building in the background,
the photo‟s are again in
black and white and are
slightly blurred thus it
focuses on the serious,
artistic side of the band
again.
The Black and white shows
moodiness which could connote
the type of music they sing, as
alternative rock tends to be
serious.

5. Where the CD is placed the background is black with MUSE
written in black capital letters, this focuses all attention
onto the bands name creating again the photo‟s are in black
and white a brand image and are quite blurred, again this
shows theserious artistic side of the band.
The name „Muse‟ is written between two
horizontal lines leaving them more mysterious.
This is repeated and leaves an intriguing feeling
across the album so it is creating a theme. The
audience to want to know more. which would be
a record label demand.
There is a photo from behind of
real and unique like the band
alternative the band walking
through building, the light is
shining through against them
leaving them like black
silhouettes, this shows a
mysterious side of the band.
There are no posing
mainstream shots of the
band looking into the
camera.

6. The font is the same
as the front cover
but in black.
The CD has the record
label on it to show by
which company it was
produced by.
The CD cover‟s main theme
is black , connecting with
the inside and back covers.,
this gives a more serious
appeal.
The design of the CD cover
mataches with the front
cover as this one is a
black and white version,
while the front cover had a
colourful version. This
shows a more serious side
of the band while the front
had showed a more
colourful side.

7. There is a blurred
shot of the band
taking up the
majority of the back
cover, this would be
to create a brand
image and so the
audience know their
artist.
The image is also in black and
white and blurred, so it looks
quite artistic and moody, and
muse are considered quite a
serious band.
In the background
there are pictures of
high buildings in the
distance which makes
the buildings look
small which makes
muse look a lot bigger
so they look more
powerful and a more
dominant band.
The bar code is
typical of an
album to have.
The information text isn in
white and simple letters but
not that noticable and for
the ones who would be only
keen to read it.
The blurriness
could connote that
muse are in action
and are active in
the music industry.
The sound track
continues the same
theme as the front
cover of colourful
colours . From top to
bottom it has colours
going from blue to red.

8. The grey pannel continues
from the front cover giving
it the same look and feel.
The „Muse‟ is the same
as the front cover but
the album title has the
same font with a slight
colour variation.