Album Covers - Jessica Daykin

The album cover for my chosen artist Maroon 5, is there latest album ‘Overexposed’. This album is creative in the sense that the images that we see are random objects, shapes, etc. The use of the bold colours also makes the album stand out more and this mimics the title of the album as the consumer who purchases the CD is exposed to an album where the cover is very busy with the amount of things that is going on. With using so many images and bold colours it is hard to make the title of the artist and the title of the album stand out. The way that they’ve made the artists name and the album name stand out is by using the same font, making the colouring white and so this is a contrast from the bright colours but the font itself is still a unique font that fits in well with the rest of the album. The track list for this album still uses the same font as the front only difference being is that it is smaller than the fronts font. However the theme is still carried and displayed on the back as the track list is going horizontally across the back of the album rather than being vertically. Institutional logos are displayed at the bottom of the album and at the back where they are usually displayed, yet it is quite small, this makes them less of a distraction to the rest of the album.

The Beatles album ‘1’ which is of their biggest songs that they produced is a contrast to Maroon 5’s album ‘Overexposed’ as the front cover of this album is simply the colour red with the number one that looks painted on in a way in the colour yellow. The back of the album has the track list is vertical which is a difference to Maroon 5’s sort of loud and bright album, The Beatles’ album is more simplistic. The institutional logos, just as Maroon 5’s, were in small font at the bottom of the album at the back, they are clearly labelled and displayed however they are just not the main focus of the back of the album.

The Scripts album is somewhere between the previous two, it does contain a range of images, it just doesn’t seem as hectic looking as the ‘Overexposed’ album cover however it is not just one single image like the album ‘1’. The band name is clearly labelled at the top and also at the back in the same font for continuity and the track list is in similar font to the bands title. The institutional logos are in a small print in the corner at the back of the album, clearly labelled, but verily visible.