This Gnarls Barkley's cover for his debut single called crazy from his first album St. Elsewhere. I like this album cover because of the connotations that it creates. The colours work fantastically well against the white background because of the extreme contrast. This could possibly be used in order to catch peoples eye when sitting on a shelf. I also like the animated image on the front. It looks quirky and different to what would usually be expected from any other hip-hop artists.
Referring to the point I made before, the album cover can be influenced by the genre. This is the cover for Fyfe Dangerfield's album called Fly Yellow Moon.
I particularly like this album cover because of the image. Fyfe Dangerfield is an english indie artist. As can be expected from indie music, the cover is very random with the man dressed in a suit emerging from a field of yellow flowers. However, the colours in the image do relate to the title of the album, 'fly yellow moon'. Although I cannot find any images of it on the internet, having bought this album, I discovered that the yellow flowers theme runs all the way through rest of the casing. The theme also on the disk it self. This gives an idea of recurrence and creates a consistent theme.
This is Iron Maidens cover for their biggest single Number Of The beast. I like this album cover because it continues the typical Iron Maiden theme of animated demonic, scary characters. The colours are naturally dark colours but however seem to stand out on this cover. Iron Maiden have used the characters they use on their album covers as a marketing strategy. Each character has been named and now are sold as memorabilia. Iron Maiden also have used the same font throughout all of their albums. This makes it immediately clear to anyone exactly who the record is by. It is this recurring theme that make Iron Maiden covers so recognisable.
By Richard
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