Analysis of Other Album Covers!
For my research I looked at a few different
album covers for indie/rock bands, including
The Foo Fighters albums, ‘Wasting Light’ and
‘One by One’ and The Killers ‘Battle Born’. I
looked at the layout, the image, the colour
scheme and the back of the album. I looked
at Foo Fighters album ‘Wasting Light’, the
colour scheme of the font and the
background matched the conventional colour
scheme of indie/rock bands. The image
usually relates to the album name or just
features the band members. The name of the
band is conventionally on the front of the
album so fans of the band can recognise the
bands album. I looked at the layout to see if it
followed the line of sight, most of the albums I
looked at followed this line of sight which
Album Front Cover Layout plans!
              Band name                     Band name
               Album name                    Album name


                   Image                                    Image




  I think this is good to use this layout   I thought this was good but the words
  as it is spaced out and all the words     are all too cluttered together
  aren’t cluttered together.                therefore it doesn’t look professional.

  Band name               Album name        Band name


                  Image                                      Image



                                            Album name
  I thought this one was too cluttered      All the text is on the left and this
  therefore I am not using it.              doesn’t look very professional.
Album Back Cover Layout Plans!
    Song list
                                                         Image


           Image
                                          Song List!


  This is the conventional back of an     This looks too cluttered at the bottom
  album therefore I am going to use it.   and not very professional. Not using.


   Song List                                Song                      Song

                                           Song                       Song




                                                            Image
                                           Song                       Song

                                           Song                       Song

  This has a lack of an image therefore   This looks too complicated and too
  looks too boring. Not using.            spread out. Not using.
Album and Band Name!
• The Album name usually has something to do with
  the band, either to do with their own life. I therefore
  took into account this convention and thought of an
  album name which had something to do with the
  band’s life. I decided on ‘evolution’, because the band
  had to evolve in the music world to be successful.
• The Band name I thought had to start with ‘The’ or
  have ‘The’ in the name, because a lot of successful
  bands have ‘The’ in them, e.g. ‘The Killers’, ‘The
  Kooks’ and ‘Florence and the Machine’. I thought of
  the following band names:
•   The Presidents
•   Calvin and the Presidents
•   Michael Jackson Memorial Band (MJMB)
•   The Komodo Dragons
Font Styles and Colour!   Band Name


                                 Image

                                      Album Name


                          Band Name


                                 Image

                                      Album Name



                          Band Name


                                 Image

                                      Album Name
Images, front and back!
         All four bands members in the process of
         evolution, but instead of them being the evolution
         of humans it relates to the evolution of music and
         how the band has adapted to the change. The
         background will be white.




            This is where the song list will be!

         The image on the back cover will
         be the same as the one on the
         front but from the other side.

Plan for digipak

  • 2.
    Analysis of OtherAlbum Covers! For my research I looked at a few different album covers for indie/rock bands, including The Foo Fighters albums, ‘Wasting Light’ and ‘One by One’ and The Killers ‘Battle Born’. I looked at the layout, the image, the colour scheme and the back of the album. I looked at Foo Fighters album ‘Wasting Light’, the colour scheme of the font and the background matched the conventional colour scheme of indie/rock bands. The image usually relates to the album name or just features the band members. The name of the band is conventionally on the front of the album so fans of the band can recognise the bands album. I looked at the layout to see if it followed the line of sight, most of the albums I looked at followed this line of sight which
  • 3.
    Album Front CoverLayout plans! Band name Band name Album name Album name Image Image I think this is good to use this layout I thought this was good but the words as it is spaced out and all the words are all too cluttered together aren’t cluttered together. therefore it doesn’t look professional. Band name Album name Band name Image Image Album name I thought this one was too cluttered All the text is on the left and this therefore I am not using it. doesn’t look very professional.
  • 4.
    Album Back CoverLayout Plans! Song list Image Image Song List! This is the conventional back of an This looks too cluttered at the bottom album therefore I am going to use it. and not very professional. Not using. Song List Song Song Song Song Image Song Song Song Song This has a lack of an image therefore This looks too complicated and too looks too boring. Not using. spread out. Not using.
  • 5.
    Album and BandName! • The Album name usually has something to do with the band, either to do with their own life. I therefore took into account this convention and thought of an album name which had something to do with the band’s life. I decided on ‘evolution’, because the band had to evolve in the music world to be successful. • The Band name I thought had to start with ‘The’ or have ‘The’ in the name, because a lot of successful bands have ‘The’ in them, e.g. ‘The Killers’, ‘The Kooks’ and ‘Florence and the Machine’. I thought of the following band names: • The Presidents • Calvin and the Presidents • Michael Jackson Memorial Band (MJMB) • The Komodo Dragons
  • 6.
    Font Styles andColour! Band Name Image Album Name Band Name Image Album Name Band Name Image Album Name
  • 7.
    Images, front andback! All four bands members in the process of evolution, but instead of them being the evolution of humans it relates to the evolution of music and how the band has adapted to the change. The background will be white. This is where the song list will be! The image on the back cover will be the same as the one on the front but from the other side.