Cd Cover Analysis

Conventions:-

• Name of the artist bigger than album name
• One main shot
• Colour scheme between back and front
• Image can run over to the back
• Song names on back
• Record company info/corporate stuff
• Bar code
• On front info for special offers or the song titles involved i.e the big hits
• Packaging-Front, back and spine
• Artist name and album title on spine
• Debut albums are normally band images to create image where as after they can become more abstract.

Categories:-

• Genre
• Target audience
• Type of record label
• Era
• Band picture or abstract image
• Band or Solo
• Debut or not
• Album type i.e compilations

Purposes:-

• Sell artist
• Give info about album
• Show band identity
• Catch audience eye
• To show genre
• To give info into record label
• Debutscreate image, later albums push boundaries and add to audience info, compilations use imagery to show genre and greatest hits work on familiarity and nostalgia