What Are The Typical Features An Album Cover Has? Make A List Of All The Elements They Have In Common.
FRONT COVER
Band/artist Name
Album name
A visual, iconic image
BACK COVER
Institutoinal information: (barcode, record label, copy right information)
List of tracks
How Would You Categorise The Covers In Front Of You? Are There Any Other Ways Of Distinguishing Between Them Other Than Generically?
Band/Artist image or a different type of visual
(Some genres of music a, specially main stream more recent albums are more likly to have a the artist picture, really glossy and ai brushed, looking perfect. (R'n'B, Hip hop and pop). Bands have either the whole band with some empahsis to the location or just a completly differnt image to represent there music.)
The year, covers change in style due the the decade they were made in
Artist/Band
Main stream or independent
Gender
Sucess in Charts
Album covers serve Many Different Functions. What Do You Think These Are? (ie what is thier purpose)
A visual representation of the music on the CD
Allows Artists to show their identy in an image
Can allow an artist to stand out
Can signfy the genre of music
Offers Information to audiences
Promotes the artist
Ownership, consumer doesnt just have the music they have the album cover aswell, gettin more of the band identity causing more brand loyalty, in musics case, becoming more of a fan of the artist.
Protects CD from damage
