I am now going to analyse a album with artwork based on photos of objects. For this I will analyse The Prodigy - Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005.
This is the front above and the back is below.
The front cover is a close up of a badge on a black leather looking flat cap. It is relatively simple but may have a more deeper meaning. Flat caps have the connotation of working class, linked with their background or the audience maybe. The badge itself features their band logo in the centre, the spider. The typography of the badge is very simple and in capitals but has an old fashioned feel about it. The eagle is important also because of the connotation of power. The use of blue on the badge is different and very noticable, it stands out. The badge as a whole has a old appearance, with the border around it and all of the other things already mentioned.The back cover has no link with the front cover apart from two things. Firstly the use again of the spider, however this is their logo so its not surprising it features on the side bar. The second link is the use of capitals for all the writing on the back and side bars like on the front. The difference being however that the text on the back and sides looks hand written, even the album code (XLCD190) is hand written. However the back is quite unique with the tracklisting not put on top of the image, it is actually part of the image. The tracks are written on the side of books, possibly sheet music books which plays of the genre of The Prodigy. The choice of setting seems interesting, it appears to be a run down industrial type room, but thinking about the title of the album maybe its an old jail cell in a abandoned jail. However this is pure guess work.
I am now going to analyse a album with artwork based on something which has been created for the album. For this I will analyse Kasabian's self titled album.
The front cover is above, the back is below. Oh and the background is suppose to be black, it's just the image quality which gives it a brown tinge.
The name Kasabian comes from a notorious getaway driver and the theme of this album clearly links in with that. The album depicts a mysterious partly covered up face, most likely a terrorist. Terror seems to be a theme of the band as a whole, the band name, the songs and there artistic style. The first thing noticable about the front cover looking at it closely is the simplicity of it. Its in black and white which adds to this feeling. Even though it is simple, it does have a very powerful meaning and impression. It's not just what he is, or even what he represents, it is the facial expression of the character, he looks completely calm. He is also very cleverly drawn, even though the background is completely black there is a lot of use of shadowing. The typography is Kasabian's own and has been used by them on all subsequent albums and singles. The word Kasabian in this typography is the band's logo.
The back cover is basically just a black background with the tracklisting written in their typography. All the songs are written in the same size apart from two. These two songs are only interludes, hence why they are smaller. They only last 46 seconds and 1 minute 14 seconds respectively.
Overall both albums feature the typical features which are on nearly all albums. These are the tracklisting, bar code, copyright information, record company logo on the back and the album code on the side bar.
Right I believe that is my album ancillary task analyses done and dusted unless anything else major comes up which I have forgotten about.
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