Analysis of 3 cd digipack album covers. 1 similar

Artist: Kelly Clarkson

Genre: Pop

Cover contents: Edited picture, artist, name and title





This album is by Kelly Clarkson. The design of this is that of fantasy. It is very dark and mysterious and has been heavily photo shopped. It displays a picture of the artist at the bottom of a stair case and has no immediate connection to any of the songs on the album. it is very eye catching as the backround of the cover is in dull and dreary colours whereas the artists dress has not has its colour saturized., this makes her stand out. the font of the writing also stands out as it does not fit in with the kind of the fantasy theme of the rest of the cover.

Artist: The Fray

Genre:

Cover contents: natural picture, artist, name

This album cover is by the band 'The Fray'. it is a simple cover but very effective, it gives the consumer all they need to know, the name of the band and a picture of them. it looks like a natural picture as none of the members are looking directly down the camera lense. it would seem that they are waiting for something. a train or something maybe. it seems to be a very small budget album cover with minimal effort. the font of the name is very simple and easy to read, it fits in with the simple picture.

Artist: Ne-yo

Genre: Hip-hop/R'n'B

Cover contents: edited picture, artist, name, title

This is an album by 'Ne-yo'. it is a very classy and expensive looking album cover. this is a typical trait for the hip hop and r n b genre. this is also commonly seen in many of this genres videos. the focus point of this cover is the artist. the font of the album title is in very stylish and elegant writing which gives the cover added class, but the name of the artist is in a clear font and easy to read. this is because the artist will be able to sell enough of the albums with just his name and he doesnt need the name of the album to stand out.