Album Covers

Features of an album cover

Title of album
Name of artist/band
Photograph or graphic image, normally of band/artist both on front and back cover
Track list
Barcode
Record label
Place of market/distribution
Copyright
Website link to band/artist

Function of an album cover

To market the album - eyecatching, bold, photograph of band/artist
To attract consumers
For artist/band identity - e.g use of logo/style of font
To represent the genre of the artist/band
To identify the style of the artist/band

Categorising album covers

By era
Solo artist/band
Photograph/Graphics
Self titled/album name
Colour/black and white