This album cover uses the main artist as the subject of this cover which I think is important to help with the identity of the album. It also has been noticeably airbrushed which I have seen happens on a lot of album covers including that of Lady Gaga and Rhianna and this may be to do with the representation of women and how they should be “perfect”. Therefore if I did decide to have a woman on my front cover of my album design I would have to keep in mind this fact and consider airbushing and “perfecting” the model. Black and white also helps work with the “classy” theme in which the artist is trying to do as we can see from the use of props – in this case the head piece she is using and so I should consider the use of colours and props and how they would relate. This album cover is not entirely related to that of any of her songs and therefore I felt that this would be a useful cover to look at as I could use this idea for my own digpak design. As this is quite a famous album cover it means that I may not need to stick closely to my choice of song.
CHASE AND STATUS - MORE THAN ALOT
Chase and Status’ album “More Than A lot” is a lot different from that of Cheryl Cole’s debut and instead uses vibrant pink and large words to help create emphasis and an impact. It does not go for a “classy” look and instead has more of an “edge” to its design which I think relates to the type of music that it is. Where Chase and Status has more of an underground drum and bass type of music Cheryl Cole is more of a pop icon and so I should consider this when designing my piece. I also like how they have the use of black and pink images in the writing itself which I think is quite clever and it uses a more spray painted, dotted effect to get it a rough edge.
RAZORLIGHT -
Razorlight have a different, very simple approach of just using themselves in the picture upon a white background using black and white. Although not as interesting as perhaps the other two, it is straight to the point, giving the audience an idea of who they are, the type of music they sing due to their perhaps stereotypical clothing in which may indicate they are an indie band and having “Razorlight” in big, bold capital letters to get the point across. With this in mind I feel it would be effective to keep my design perhaps quite simple and sometimes less is more and it would get my point across more easily.
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