2. How Are Music and Image
Related?
- The images on an album cover are a
representation of music
- Both the images and music have a
specific target audience in mind
- Process of production
3. A Brief History
Purpose
1.To protect the record, whose grooved
surface was delicate.
2. To advertise the contents and artistic
aspirations as the record had little room
on its own record label.
4. Design Teams
-Hipgnosis was a British art design group
that specialized in creating cover art
-Pioneered many techniques such as
photo manipulation, which became
Photoshop
5. Breakdown
The following is a breakdown of the
top three album covers of all time,
according to Rolling Stone.
Some of the points covered
will be:
-colour use -contrast
-concepts -music genre
-themes
6. Top 3 Album
Covers
(according to Rolling Stone)
7. 1
Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band – The Beatles
-concept of album design was
“people we like”
-colours reflects the genre of music,
which was psychedelic rock
-the Beatles themselves dressed like
the Sgt. Pepper Band, reflecting
the title of the album
-attention grabbing
-name of the band stands out,
even though the rest of the cover is
busy
8. 2 Never Mind the Bollocks –The Sex
Pistols
-cover defined the punk art
movement at the time
-attention grabbing
-simple but represents the band’s
image
-bright and contrasting
-captures attention amidst the
black, brown and grey covers
-defined punk music from then
on
9. 3
The “White Album”- The Beatles
-also known as “the White Album”
-written at a time of conflict for the
band
-reflects the band coming into their
own solo careers
-simple, but attention grabbing and
makes the artist known
-contrast to all other album covers
-iconic
10. Tips and Tricks We Learned
-Represent the artist’s music and beliefs
through images.
-Make use of colour and contrast to
make the album cover attention
grabbing.
-Make a statement by being bold.
