Existing Album Covers

 

All of the selected album covers show the artist in a medium close up shot, this is to show the importance of the artist but also prompts the audience what artist is inside. An album cover shows the artist as the record company wants to portray them, this means that this is the only and 'ideal' way to portray the artist.

The Album covers all portray the artist with a unique style, nearly all of them portray the artist with an expressionless face, usually breaking the fourth wall and making eye contact with the audience targeted or otherwise.

The albums all feature individual looks making it impossible to confuse them, this makes them easier recognisable to the audience in a shopping environment. The backgrounds are usually also monotone with a basic colour to draw attention towards the artist . The album covers main purpose is to sell the artist to the audience and is at the forefront of doing so, it fits in with the phrase 'Don't Judge a book by its cover' although that is exactly what the audience do.