ALBUM COVER

ANALYSIS’By Cameron and Abi

Alt J: An Awesome Wave

The album Cover is a compilation of

radar images of the Ganges River in

Bangladesh overlaid to show

different colours. The iridescent

colours show different radiations

given off by the river, giving the

album cover a political message and

a unique edge over plainer album

covers. The audience question what

the picture is, and find that it is

radiation which leads to the political

edge of the cover. On the Extended

version, the image is the same apart

from the colours, which are inverted.

There is no typography giving the

album an indie feel.

Sticky Fingers: Happy Endings

This album cover is in a rustic

scrapbook style, typical of an indie

genre band. The single is for the song

happy endings, as shown by the

typography. The single, like the music

video, is black and white, giving it a

vintage feel. There are the letters STI

FI, an abbreviation of 'sticky fingers',

giving the band name a unique

signature (it is also white to offset the

black, making the lettering stand out),

however there is also the name written

towards the bottom of the cover. The

images are also of the band. The

images of the band are slightly risqué

giving the artists a minimal punk look.

Evil Empire: Rage Against the MachineThe Cover is of a boy

superhero in the pop

art style, which is

contradictory to the

rock music genre of

rage against the

machine. The Name

'Evil Empire' was also

a name given to the

early Soviet union,

hence the orange star

in the background of

the album cover and

the use of red on the

superhero costume,

all of which relate to

the soviet union

symbolism.

The Text 'Rage against the

machine' is in a brick wall style

bold dark blue, which gives it a

militaristic feel and it stands out

against the yellow background.

The lettering 'Evil Empire' is

simple and red, attached to a

scroll which is wrapping around

the superhero figure. The

superhero is young, representing

innocence, making the album

cover look like a different genre

to the rock style of rage against

the machine. It also contradicts

the Evil empire title and the

soviet union militaristic

connotations.

There is a lower case 'e' on the superhero, which is the initial of evil, however as it is lower

case it could imply it is lower than evil.

Tove Lo- Stay High

Fonts layered and of

handwriting style, they

are the only colour,

pink, which suggests

that the character has

written in her lipstick.

Associations can be

made here between

her being intoxicated

and in a club.

The figure behind is in

clack and white to

connote something dark

in her life, perhaps a

failed relationship, as the

woman is effectively

staring back at herself

with a serious

expression. This would

be appropriate within the

codes and conventions of

the indie genre- love and

relationships.

Facial Furniture EP

Nature imagery

composed of multiple

images layered on top

of one another, key

code and convention

within the indie genre.

This symbolises the

connection between

humanity and nature.

Simplistic, typography,

again key within the

indie genre.

Man of earlier century layered with mechanics, could be

connoting modern man and his advancements within society as

well as their relations to the wider universe (time and space).

Snow Patrol- Eyes Open

We can faintly make out two

figures that are positioned in

the middle of the photo, a man

and a woman wrapping their

arms around each other. The

picture is layered and filtered

which disturbs and distorts it,

connoting their perhaps a their

hectic and distorted

relationship.

Barbed wire connoting

restriction within the

relationship, with theme

or relationships and love

key to the indie genre.

Colour connotations: bleak, dark colours (perhaps filter sepia) have been used which gives the

image a quite gloomy impression. On the actual cover, we can see a blurry version of another

face underneath the figures, suggesting a possible alternative love within the relationship

Simplistic, easy to read typography. Title

ironic to cover as it would be assumed that

people would kiss with their eyes closed.