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Wednesday 5 January 2011

Research: Album covers

The Beatles walked across a zebra crossing in in North London street for their album cover.The photoshoot for their new Abbey Road album happened just yards away from the recording studios and took ten minutes-only six frames were taken by the photographer,Iain Macmillan,who was perched on a stepladder.It has become one of the most iconic covers in history for two reasons -no album cover has inspired more imitations and none has looked so simple but effective.   
                                                                                                                        


I like this album cover of the Beatles ,as its simple but effective.I like how the photograph used a realistic scene for the album cover and I like how the Beatles are walking across the zebra crossing with the view of the road ahead.

This Amerie love and war album cover is very dramatic and decorative.I like the decorative detailed patterns and designs on this album cover and I like the choice of colours they used on the album cover as the red looks like blood this goes with the name of the album cover -love and War  and the artist name stands out on the red background.To improve this album cover I think they should use a less decorative font on the words "in love and war" as its not clear enough to read and the font is too detailed.

  
Progress is the sixth studio album by British band Take That. It is the band's first album to feature Robbie Williams since 1995.The album cover was photographed by Nadav Kander, who had previously photographed Barack Obama. It mimics the iconic ape-to-man image, and has been positively received by critics.The background of this album cover is yellow,this makes it stand out.

Irreemplazable is a Spanish and Spanglish fare album by American R&B singer BeyoncĂ© Knowles. Originally released as a bonus disc on the deluxe edition of B’Day, it was released on August 28 in the United States as a stand-alone album.I like the background of this CD cover as it looks realistic and it stands out.I like the texture of the trees/branches/leaves in the background and the colour of this photo stands out and looks interesting.I like how the font of the artist name goes with the photograph as the font is decorative and swirls at the end of some of the letters which is like the pattern of the leaves.

 The final image from the photoshoot for the album was shot by fashion photographer "Ellen von Unwerth".The black-and-white cover was compared to the outrageous 1980 album covers by singer "Grace Jones".The brand and styling of Rated R was conceived by british artist and director "Simon Henwood." He designed the "R" logo seen on the album cover,which is a two edge sword and one side symbolizes strength and the other vulnerability. He designed it as a 3D object first that changes form in rotation as an animation -it forms the logo at the end of the loop.I like this album cover as its fierce and it shows the emotion in her eyes and face.I like how its black & white as it shows darkness danger of the songs in the album.You can tell from this album that Rihanna has gone for a new look 'a more danger,fierce & edgy sort' of look. I also like how the letter R looks like its been scratched on.This also portrays a dangerous look for her.I like how she's just covering one eye.This also portrays danger and maybe pain. Overall,I think this isn't just an album cover its an album cover that shows moods,expression,emotion and feeling for what songs are going to be like.

This is Nicole Scherzinger Album cover and its called "Poison". This is very similar to the Amerie "Love & war" album cover as its the same colours red and white.The word poison is in the colour -red this symbolizes blood and this word also projects its meaning across as the font is shaped like poison/blood.I like the paint splodges coming out of Nicole Scherzinger's bun it adds a good effect to the photo.I also like the quality of the photograph and I like the font of the word "Nicole" as its decorative & eye catching.It looks aesthetically pleasing and attractive.

This is "The BlackEyed Peas" Album- 'The E.N.D'.So this is what you get when you combine will.i.am, Fergie, apl.de.ap, and Taboo. The Black Eyed Peas have released the digital image that is the cover of their album The E.N.D. It is a digital composite of the group.The artwork arrives as a headshot of a person with the name of the Hip-Hop group and the title of their new effort attached on his forehead. I like this album cover as it shows a limited amount of colour which is good as the more simple an album cover looks the better and more effective it looks.I also like how this digital image was developed and manipulated on the computer. I think it looks like a robot.The colour of the font is white which stands out on the digital image.I think looks simple but effective, eye catching and it stands out.

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