Analysis of 3 album covers

Ellie Goulding's Album is called 'Bright Lights' and the CD cover reflects upon this title by adding brightness around Ellie's face and little sparks of light included around the cover. The brightness kind of creates a fairytale atmosphere, which starts to portray Ellie as an innocent, angel type figure. Also, her white clothing helps to add to this heavenly affect. The title and her name are also using a lighted golden affect to relate to the title of the album and one of her songs on the album called 'Lights'. The cover look very vibrant and slightly magical, and the sparkles almost remind me of Christmas. This could be due to the fact that the release date was end of November in 2010. Therefore, this may have been an advertisement idea to improve sales just before Christmas. The background behind Ellie Goulding is slightly blurred which helps to put all the focus onto the artist herself and nothing else. The photograph is taken at a fairly low angle, which puts her into a superior position, so the audience are forced to look up to her as an idol. She is also clearly the centre of attention because her face and her name are positioned in the middle of the album cover. Ellie Goulding's genre of music is indie-pop. The CD covers helps to relate to the pop genre because of the bright lights which adds excitement and dance to the atmosphere. Also, the way Ellie dresses relates to the indie style and this is partly shown through the use of this cover as we can see her hairstyle and fashionable top.

This Album cover is from a band named Blood Red Shoes. The CD is called 'Box of Secrets'. The picture in the centre of the cover is of a black box wrapped up as a present. This box represents the 'Box of Secrets' and the fact that it is wrapped up adds to the secrecy and mystery. The blood that is seeping out of the bottom and floating upwards from the bow on the top relates to the band name 'Blood Red Shoes'. The blood and the colour red also help create the genre of rock. It adds a wild and dangerous affect and helps to appeal to the audience of people who like to listen to rock. The yellow/gold background behind the box contrasts the the dark, bold colours which therefore helps the present box to stand out and look more menacing and exciting.

This album cover by Futures includes the landscape of a field surrounded by a forest and band name is presented in big bold white writing in the top centre of the cover right where the forest begins. The girl who is running towards the trees, also looks as if she is running towards the word 'Futures' which could suggest that she is escaping from something and is about to become free and start a new fresh future ahead of her. This could also relate to the name of the album 'The holiday' which is position in small writing at the bottom of the cover, it may suggest a journey that she is going on. This will relate to the target audience who are creating a journey through the music they are listening to because the Futures are a slightly new and different genre of music with a mix between rock and indie. In comparison to the other album covers, this is an actual photograph from a purely natural setting, which adds to the realism of their music and the sort of people who listen to it will be those who are dedicated to their music and enjoy going to festivals and camping.