1. Album Covers
Dale Swann

2. Background – The
background on this cd
album cover is a coffin
shape and it has a metal
pieces all around it and
it has the magnet effect
around it, this links into
the album name “Death
Magnetic”
The name of the band is in an
unusual font, they have
spikes on the M and the A
this shows me that the band
are edgy because they have
sharp edges on thier name
on the cd cover.
The colours that have been used in this
The name of the CD is in an unusual font album cover is are black and white, the
because part of the D is missing and this black on this album cover represents
shows me that Metallica have made up death as on the album cover it has a
their own font. coffin on it and its called Death Magnetic

3. Background – The background on
this cd album cover is a dark and
mysterious background that is on
it and this is telling me that the
band Nickelback are mysterious
and also strange because of the
background that they have chosen
to use.
The name of the band is in a
unusual font because of how
it starts to fade on the start
of the N and the K and the C
in the bands name.
The colours that have been used for this
The name of the album is in a dark tone album covers are mainly dark colours
of colour which also makes it link into and this is telling me the the band are
the name because it is called “Dark mysterious because of fact they are
Horse” and its in a dark colour. using a dark colour scheme.

4. Background – the
background that is used
is in image of people
sitting at the table on
the planet mars which
stands out because it is
telling me that the
album is from another
planet because it has
mars in the background.
Band name – The name of the band
is at the top left of the album on this
they have put a line above and also
underneath the album which is
telling me that the band is unusual
because they have a line underneath
their band name.
The colours – the colours that they have used for the
The name of the CD is unusual because album cover is an unusual colour scheme because they
it is small writing underneath the band have used the colour red which symbolizes the planet
name which means that because of this mars and then the blue symbolizes the sky which is
it then then the of the band is getting more unusual because that is linked with earth
more attention than the album name is.

5. Background – the
background on this album
cover is a type of artistic
design that the band have
created and then at the top
of this they have lead band
member above the name of
the band in the centre.
The name of the Album cover
is under the name of the
band, the type of font that
have been used is trying to
keep the name of the album
simple so all of the attention
of the viewer will be drawn in
The name of the band is uncommon type of by the band name and not
font that they have used because of how the the album name. .
bottom half of the A as added on extras to
The colour scheme that they have used
the bottom of it. This is telling me that the
for this album cover is mainly black and
band is going to be unusual because of they
grey and this is to symbolize that they
have used a different font trying to be
are mysterious because of how they
different from everyone else.
have used black as their main colour.

6. This album cover is by a band called
Linkin Park, The name of the band is in
white writing with a bold type of font but
like a normal and plain type of font as
well and this showing me that they might
not have an unusual type of style
because the type of font for their band
name isnt that unusual.
The name of the album is in small writing
next to the name of the band, this writing
is in the same font and also colour as the
name of the band but its not as bold as
the name of the band so therefore it
doesn’t stand out as much.
There is only black and white colours on this
The background on this album cover is album cover, this is telling me that is it dark
plan and this draws more attention to and also mysterious because they have used
the man that is in the in the centre, this black, the mysterious makes the audience
is telling the viewer that the band is dark think that the songs on this album are going
and mysterious. to be dark and mysterious

7. This album cover is called Brand new eyes
by Paramore, the name of the band is a
simple font and this is telling me that the
band are just trying to be simple and not
do anything unusual to attract their
audience.
The name of the album is above the
name of the band, it is a small font and
this is telling the user that they are more
interested in the customers being
interested in the name of the band
instead of the name of the album.
There is just a pale background and there is a
The colour scheme that they have used dissected butterfly that is on the background
for this is black and white and then and this has been taken apart and this is
there is an orange colour on the showing the viewer a different perspective
butterfly and this is standing out the of what the butterfly looks like.
most on the album cover.

8. This is an album cover for the band RED
HOT CHILLI PEPPERS , the name of the
band
The name of the album is in small writing
next to the name of the band, this writing
is in the same font and also colour as the
name of the band but its not as bold as
the name of the band so therefore it
doesn’t stand out as much, The name of
the band is in a white writing and this
means that they are more interested is
getting the customer to nice the
background image instead of the name of
the band.
There is red and blue colour scheme going
The image that is used on this on for this album cover, the red it to
background is a swimming pool and represent the badness in life and then the
then in the pool is red and the sky is blue for goodness, this is showing where
blue this is representing good and bad they meet and something is going to happen
and how they are meeting each other.. because they have met.

9. This album cover is by a band called
Green Day, the name of the band is bang
on in the centre of the album and this
means that they are trying to get the
most attention drawn to the name of the
band because they think that the
customers are more interested in the
band instead of the album.
The name of the album is at the bottom
of the cover, this is smaller than the
name of the band so this means that the
band want the customers to see the
name of the band before they see the
name of the album.
This is a mixed colour scheme and this is
The backgound image that has been used because they are trying to draw as
used is a cartoonistic image and this is much attention as they can to the album and
telling the audience of the album cover they have tried to do this by added an
that they are not being serious about explosion effect for the band name in the
this album. middle of the album cover.

10. This is a magazine advert for the band
KASABIAN, on this advert they have
added an image that has been used on
the album cover and they have made this
consistent which makes it good for the
customers to recognize the band and the
album.
On the album there is a release date for
the album they would need this so then
the customers will know when the album
is going to come out and then they will
be tempted to go out and by the new
album to see if it is any good,
There is also some rating on the album
cover this means that some companies
have already listened to the content that
is on the album and then they have given
them a good rating and then they have
added this on their magazine advert to
tempt the customers into thinking that it
must be good if they have either 4 or 5
stars from a company.

11. This is the magazine advert for a band
called KINGS OF LEON, this is to promote
their album only by the night, they have
also added a sentence underneath the
name of the album and this is telling the
customer what they can expect to be on
the album so then this could mean that
the customers will want the album
because of what else is going to be on
the album as well as their new song that
they are promoting.
At the bottom of the magazine advert
they have a logo for play.com and this
means that this is one location in where
the album is going to sold, there is also
an out now at the bottom of the page
and this is telling the customers that the
album is already out so they wouldn’t
have to wait for it to come out as they
can just go out and buy it now