CD Cover Analysis

Our task is to produce a CD cover to promote our artist and video. I have researched and analysed cd covers of artist in order to create mine. I have looked at typography, colours, images and house styles.

This is the cover for The Kooks' 'Inside in Inside out' album. The house style colours of this band are red black and white. The titles are placed well as the band name in place inside the album title, corresponding with the meaning of the name. The typography is bold and clear. This remains the same on all albums created by the band, but differs in colours. On the kooks next album 'Konk' the house colours still dominate in black and white, but differ with the new album name in blue.

The image is of the whole band. It is a relaxed image of the band practising. It does not look staged, it looks like an action shot of three members playing with the four member cleverly caught in a mirror. This shows them in relaxed positions and makes a more natural shot. This portrays the relaxed music and mood of an indie band.

There is a lot of white space on this cover, highlighting the titles and focusing on the band image.