2. Throughout the whole design
The title consists of the of the album cover, the three
colours red and black. colours used are red, black
Part of the title is and white. The red contrasts
highlighted in black, ‘The with the black and white
Kooks’ which is the name effect as it’s bold and makes
of the band, therefore it stand out against the
foregrounds them as a monochrome background.
group. Furthermore, it
draws the audiences
attention towards the The album cover highlights
name of the band. the fact that they are an
indie rock band, as they
The font is quite simple, are all sitting around
like the rest of the album playing instruments, as if
cover which suggests that practicing a song.
the band ‘The Kooks’ are Moreover, their style is
a band of simplicity and expressed through clothing
aren’t part of the such as skinny jeans and
mainstream gimmick. their indie style hair
This simple design also (floppy, long), reinforcing
ticks the box for the the indie look.
typical indie genre album
cover.
All of the band members are
on the front cover, however
they are looking away from The simple, washed out background is successfully created as it is
the camera, which suggests quite attractive, but it also allows their potential target audience
that ‘The Kooks’ main focus to focus on the key bits of information and images of the cover.
is their music. This connotes
hard work and makes them
seem official and proper.
3. The track listing is placed As with most album covers,
carefully and neatly in the the back contains a
right hand corner of the barcode, the record label
cover, in the same black logo, the name of the
font as the front cover. producer, the bands
This therefore creates a website details and a
quick reaction to the copyright notice. It is
audience as they can see a written in the same font as
link between the band and the bands name.
their songs.
The simple theme is
repeated on the back,
the same as the front.
This creates a sense of
consistency and so it
doesn’t confuse the
audience.
This photograph is similar to the one on the front cover, however it is more pixelated
and blurry which creates the audience to focus more on the image. It appears to be
from the drummers perspective, which adds personality to the cover as it becomes
inviting and gives it a private insight.
4. The second inside panels of
Also on the inside panel there
the album has much more
is yet another picture of the detail on it, and could be seen
band. However this time the as more colourful, even though
majority of them are looking it’s still using the same motif
towards the camera. The of colours – red, black and
mise-en-scene within this white. There are several snaps
panel stands out, as it’s of the separate band
reinforced by their indie image members, either with an
(clothing again) and their instrument or just on their
distinctively indie hairstyles. own. This gives their target
audience a small insight on
each of the members
personality, only very small,
but it involves them. Part of
this panel is black and white,
and part of it is in red. This
In quite small, white font there separates them both and gives
is another copyright notice each side individuality.
about the album and thank you
messages from the band,
addressed to the people that
helped produce them. This The CD is a bright red colour,
shows graciousness and with black and white bold
positivity. This would attract writing on it. The contrast
their target audience and they between these two colours
may find it appealing. Also, in would automatically attract
big, bold, white letters there is the person who is viewing the
the word ‘OUT’ written across cover. It is also the 3 colours
the band, which is part of their that are consistently used
throughout the album cover.
album name. This moves the
The CD also contains a
attention away from the band copyright notice and record
for a second, and onto the label.
writing to see what it says.
