Album Cover Research

1) Biffy Clyro - Puzzle

2) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sex Sugar Majik

3) Buckcherry - 15

4) Pendulum - Hold Your Colour

5) Jamie T - Panic Prevention

6) Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words

7) Infected Mushroom - Vicious Delicious


8) Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny

9) Muse - Absolution

10) Angelspit - Krankenhaus

1 - What are the typical features each cover has?

Artist/band name - All but 6
CD name - All
Main image or focus point - All

Background - All

2 - How can the covers be catagorised?

Those with the star on them - 2??, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Those with other images on them - 1, 2???, 3, 4, 7
Those using colour - All
Those with the image as the main focus - All but 6
Those with text as the main focus - 6

3 - What are the purposes of these covers?

To promote the image of the artist/band
To be eye catching/stand out
To sell the album
To advertise the genre of music to audience
To appeal to the specific audience