Textual Analysis

Very bold and simple text centred at the bottom so attention is not drawn away from the main image. The title ‘Revolver’ refers to the fact that a record revolves when played.

The main image is a hand drawing mixed with a collage of the four band member’s heads as well as selected images of them dotted around the drawings. The cover links with the psychedelic nature of the album, as well as the variety found on the album. This is due to the amount that’s going on in the cover can allude to hallucinations, or more innocently, the cast amount of genres covered on this album.

Revolver – The Beatles

This would appeal to rock music fans due to the abstract nature of the album cover.

Despite this being a very busy album cover the attention is drawn down to the centre with one of the photo’s looking directly looking at the camera which grabs your attention.

Dog Man Star - Suede

The font of both the band’s name and the album name is the same to give them familiarity. The colour of the font contrasts the background so that your attention is drawn to it straight away.

The image used is very representative of the album’s mood and themes. This is due to the sad and sexual nature of the image, which heavily links with the lyrical content of the album.

The focus of the image is very much on that of the man on the bed, again drawing to the representation of the mood of the album.

This represents an indie/alt rock genre, and also clearly shows this is obviously quite a dark album due to the colour of the image.

Diamond Dogs – David Bowie

The style of the font is quite resembling of glam rock imagery and the space concept that was previously associated with David Bowie. While the use of a painting portrays the fictional story idea behind the album, being a concept album.

The images are linked very heavily with the album due to the glam rock look of Bowie on the front. The background then displays the ‘1984’ theme of the album due to the glum looking skyscrapers.

This cover would strongly appeal to art rock and glam rock fans. This is mostly down the heavy androgyny and surrealism portrayed in the album’s artwork.

The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers

The font displays the album as stripped back due to the simple lettering, but the backwards ‘R’s suggest an uneasy and strange theme.

The plain white background also displays the simplicity of this album and how stripped back it is in comparison to the band’s previous efforts.

The painted image of a scantily-clad obese woman displays the morbid themes explored and dark on the album . As well as this the lack of colour also conveys this, as well as the listing of the deliberately dark song titles on the front of the sleeve.

This would appeal to alternative rock fans due to the obscure image on the front and the dark theme as these characteristics are usually associated with the genre.

In Utero - Nirvana The font used for the band’s name is the same as used on their previous albums. This is so the audience is familiar with the band as a brand name, so the record will sell.

The image of an angel like figure with all her organs displayed represents the nature of the album, with ‘beauty mixed with anger’, something, which musically, Nirvana were often commented as.

The very plain background shows the stripped down nature of the album, and also causes the angel figure to stand out more, catching the eye of the audience.

This cover would appeal to alternative rock/grunge fans due to the dark nature of the cover and the association with the name ‘Nirvana’.

The name of the artist is clearly displayed as the most important text on the page. This may be down to this being the band’s debut album as it is important to try and make the name ‘Kasabian’ stand out above all else so the band becomes familiar.

The main image used links with the album as it’s the same image used on the front cover.

Previously released singles are listed at the bottom as a method to sell the album as people who may have bought or just liked the singles will therefore think about buying the album.

Due to there being no date on this advert its clear this is a post-release advert, most likely because the band wasn’t well known at this point, it would only to practical to advertise the album after it’s release.

The bands name is shown as very much one of the main focus’ of the advert as this is band’s 10th album so they are already a recognised an established. This therefore means more focus is put on the advertising “the album is by this band”, rather than “the band has an album”.

The artistic photo clearly shows the genre to be alternative rock/art rock due to the artistry that often comes with music in this genre. This therefore establishes to fans, and people who may only know of the band, what the album will probably sound like.

3 reviews are shown on the left hand side of the advert. This is simply used as a selling method rather than anything to link with the album. The positive reviews are mostly to appeal to people who haven’t listened to the band, because the band’s fans are going to buy to record anyway, despite what reviews say.

The design of the poster is very familiar of the band’s previous album designs (that being the cut up look). This messy look is very representative with the band’s indie/garage rock sound, which the fans can relate with.

The release date is made very clear through it’s contrast to the background. This is so it stands out to the audience, making it clear when the single is available.

This is again an example of a well known band’s advertisement due to the emphasis on advertising their name. The track listing at the bottom is just to then give more insight into the single. This is because singles can sometimes be considered a bit of a rip off if the song is taken from a previously released album. However due to this being a stand alone single the track listing is shown to reassure the audience that all the songs are new, or at least different versions of original songs.