The genre of Eliza Doolittles music would come under pop. Her album cover shows aspects of this by using bright and fun colours to signify the mood of the pop genre. Yet her cover is unique as random objects and animals are use to create a surreal look. This is Eliza Doolittles debut album so perhaps the objects represent her personality that she wanted to show the public. The artist is shown on the front cover probably so that her name and look can be established and shown to the public. As this is the debut album she would not yet be widely known so her music and appearance needs to be shown.
The title of the album is ‘Eliza Doolittle’ again to present her and to get her name out there in the music industry and to the public.
The setting of the cover looks as though it could be London as a main feature of the image is ‘the gherkin’ this shows where she is from. The objects in the foreground are a random collection of things from cats and lions to buildings and volcanoes. I think this shows that her songs will match the randomness of the cover but also it could represent her personality and imagination.
Eliza Doolittle her self is dressed fairly casually but also uniquely as she wears converse trainers with boldly printed t shirt and shorts. This shows her personality and difference from the glamourous side of music. The way she is positioned sitting on a building and throwing a dice shows fun and originality perhaps portrayed in her music? Her facial expression also gives the impression that she is fun and bubbly as she looks to be laughing. The way colours and the images are pieced together show a scrapbook effect and the shot of her shows her whole body so would probably be a long shot and is also taken from a slightly lower position. This shot makes the cover seem more fun and as if she really is sitting on top of the pile.
I think that the target audience of the artist and album would be young adults perhaps older teens as the style of the cover is very modern. The audience would also be mainly women as the objects such as lips give the cover a feminine feel.
Snow Patrols music would come under the genre of Indie and the cover really reflects that. The duller colours and the obscurity of the whole thing really give it an Indie feel. The artist, Snow Patrol is not on the cover as they are already a very established band and don’t need to be shown as the band name on the album does all the selling itself. The band also doesn’t like to be on the cover and in the spotlight a lot to sell there music as they think that there music should do the talking. The title of the CD is ‘Eyes Open’ this is typical of snow patrol as they usually have a sense of mystery about the cd names and also there track titles. ‘Eyes Open’ is also a name of a track on the album.
The background of the image is plain but the foreground is a silhouette of two bodies slightly obscured. The lines across the cover look a bit like barbed wire which makes the cover more weird and mysterious. The dark colours and the silhouette create mystery but also look like they could tell a story, maybe in the lyrics of some songs? The angle of the silhouettes is as a medium close up and we can tell that they are supposed to be the main focus point on the cover, yet the barbed wire type lines and that shadows and tones in the image means that we notice more things the more that we look at it. If you look really closely I think I can see a close up of a face in the darkness of the people as I can see an outline of lips and a nose. This suggests that there maybe a lot of hidden meanings in the lyrics and tracks.
I think that the target audience for this band would be young adults as they appreciate the good music but also like to listen as the music is often seen as relaxing. I don’t think that Snow Patrols music is aimed at a specific genre as they don’t write about things for a specific genre and there marketing isn’t particularly gender specific either.
Nirvana is known to come under the genre of heavy rock. The cover doesn’t particularly show this as the blue in the background is bright and a swimming baby is used. Perhaps the originality of the cover image could show the slightly off the wall style of heavy rock. The artist is a band called Nirvana. They are not shown on the cover as they are a well established band and are recognised by name. The title of the album ‘Never mind’ suggests that the band are laid back and relaxed and also could imply that the image of the baby swimming after the money is normal and they think is fine.
The setting of the image is in a pool and the only thing in this fairly blank cover is the naked baby swimming to catch some money. The strangeness of this composition shows what Nirvana are like and also the weirdness of it is a selling point for them. I this CD was in a shop, lots of attention would be drawn to the cover. I think this is also a reason that Nirvana aren’t feature on the cover themselves as well as because they are already an established band with a huge fan base. The camera shot from under the baby shows the scene off better as we see the setting and the expression on the baby. The cover creates mixed mood as we are disgusted at the baby being used but also fond the scene funny which I think is what they probably wanted to achieve in order to attract attention.
The target audience of the band is fairly broad as teenagers, young and older adults would listen to Nirvana yet only someone who was particularly into rock would be. I think the audience is mainly made up of young male adults as this was the age of the band members at the time.
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