Album: Watch the Throne
Artists: Jay-Z and Kanye West
Reasoning: The reason why I like this album cover is because the design is symmetrical and eye catching as it isn't what you normally see on an album cover. To a normal person I do not think think that it represents anything, or anything to do with the songs, but I think the artist made this design for a reason. I really like the single colour used and the design is complicated yet attractive as it is almost mosaic. It is a little strange as it points you to the centre of the art but it is blank which is odd as the rest of the album cover is made up of this unique design. The artwork found on the cover of this album is actually from GIVENCHY BY RICARDO TISCI, which was slightly simplified as the original features flowers and given a gold makeover with a more 3D effect.
Album: Roaring 20's
Artists: Rizzle Kicks
Reasoning: A reason why I like this album cover, is because it is a sort of casual photo which you would take on your phone as they are out at night having a good time. I like how it is low in quality as this is the effect they are going for. Another reason for this choice is that the way that they have taken the photo with a bright light in front of them adds to the photos effect. The style of the photo is 'old fashioned' which appeals to me because it is a unique quality as most album covers these days are either basic or a high quality image of the artist/s.
Album: R8
Artist: Rihanna
Reasoning: I chose this album cover because I like the fact that the main picture of the artist isn't exactly centred and also it doesn't fill the entire cover as it is just a portrait of Rihanna. In addition to this, the effect of this album is that it is just a like someone has taken a picture of a printed photo. I like this effect because it gives the album cover a theme and sort of a authentic look. It almost looks like it is a police file of Rihanna as the photo is black and white, and sort of scruffy as it isn't in the centre and her name is written on the side. There is a binary code along the left hand side which music stand for something like the name of the album. There is also writing behind the photo which is kind of faint, this adds character to the cover.
Artist: FKA Twigs
Reasoning: This is a very unusual album cover, because FKA Twigs is posing in a weird way. She has photo shopped her hand into her face which is weird, but this helps to grab people attention as it is seen as 'not normal' and therefore people will pay more attention to it rather than an album with the artist looking 'normal'. It is quite an interesting album cover which you don't see everyday. I like how it is plain and there is no text on the cover of her name or the album title, she has kept it simple yet eye catching using visuals instead of text.
Artist: Payola
Reasoning: I chose this album cover because I thin that it is really unique, there are no pictures on the cover and it is just text. It looks like a military document for some kind of project, but it isn't clear. I think that it could be a censored document which they used to censor out important information. Even though there is a lot of text on the album cover it is a simple design as it is a scan or a picture of the document. It seems like quite an important document but but it is unusual to have a document as an album cover. The word 'Desaparecidos' means disappear in Spanish, and the 'Payola' is a contraction of the words 'Pay' and 'Victrola' (LP record player), and entered the English language via the record business.
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