[ Album Covers - Conventions ]

Here's a random selection of 12 album covers from my own collection, and I shall analyse them in 3 different ways below:


















[ Album Cover Conventions ]

Front
-Artist Name
-Album Name
-Main Image

Back
-Track Listing
-Barcode
-Institutional Information

Spine
-Band Name
-Album Name
-Institutional Logo/Name

[ Categories ]

Album Covers can be categorised by:
-Image type (illustrated, photograph, artist photograph)
-Release date
-Genre
-Country of origin
-Mainstream/Niche?
-Style
-Realism

[ Purpose ]

The purposes of album covers are:
-Grip audience's attention
-Show genre
-Inform audience
-Promote album/artist
-Give track information
-Identify artist
-Provide necessary institutional and rights information