The cover of an album became an important part of the culture of music at the time. Under the influences of Bob Cato who at various stages throughout his career was vice president of creative services such as Columbia Records and United Artists, album covers became renowned for being a marketing tool an expression of artistic intent. Not even the popularity of the bands rose due to them making a album cover but the importance of a cover design was such that some artists specialised or gained much fame from their work.
The talents of many photographers and illustrators from both inside and outside of the music industry have been used to produce a huge collaboration of memorable CD covers. Most of these memorable CD covers I have look at have a very distinct view of being very odd and quite controversial, especially in the past where laws and ideas were a bit more lenient.
To the left you will see the album cover 'Killing Puritans' by Armand Van Helden (2000). As you can well see, there is no band name, no band member, or anything to do with the band. Instead, there is a child holding a firearm in a open desert. This shows that the album cover can be as simplistic as you want it too be, but the meaning behind it must be extremely strong which is shown in this one.
Another album cover which is different than the one above but still shows the controversial side of album covers is 'Yesterday... and Today' by The Beatles. They have a lot in contrast to the other album due to having the band name, album title and band members. However, they seem to be dressed at professors or some kind of scientific persona, although they have what looks to be baby dolls with no heads and random limbs spread around the shot. We are unsure what this suggests but relating to the other album cover, it is just as provocative as one another.
An album cover for a band or artists CD is one of the main things to have when either promoting the singer(s), selling their product or anything to do with the appearance or style of them. The album cover must reflect the bands image and link to something that the bands identity shows. This could either be represented by the genre the band gives off, their values and beliefs (what they believe in, or what they like) or just simply an identity of the bands name can represent
them. Although on some CD covers, people that helped produce the album cover have sometimes been featured on the cover, even if it has only been a name on the back or something small, the ones who helped with it will. This was recognized by the album (Led Zeppelin IV) who included Jimmy Page on the album which you can see on the left.
Already, there are many album covers, not just rock/punk but any genre that really stand out from the rest. You can take any artist or band and see that they have very interesting album covers whether it'll be pop/R&B.
The talents of many photographers and illustrators from both inside and outside of the music industry have been used to produce a huge collaboration of memorable CD covers. Most of these memorable CD covers I have look at have a very distinct view of being very odd and quite controversial, especially in the past where laws and ideas were a bit more lenient.
To the left you will see the album cover 'Killing Puritans' by Armand Van Helden (2000). As you can well see, there is no band name, no band member, or anything to do with the band. Instead, there is a child holding a firearm in a open desert. This shows that the album cover can be as simplistic as you want it too be, but the meaning behind it must be extremely strong which is shown in this one.
Another album cover which is different than the one above but still shows the controversial side of album covers is 'Yesterday... and Today' by The Beatles. They have a lot in contrast to the other album due to having the band name, album title and band members. However, they seem to be dressed at professors or some kind of scientific persona, although they have what looks to be baby dolls with no heads and random limbs spread around the shot. We are unsure what this suggests but relating to the other album cover, it is just as provocative as one another.
An album cover for a band or artists CD is one of the main things to have when either promoting the singer(s), selling their product or anything to do with the appearance or style of them. The album cover must reflect the bands image and link to something that the bands identity shows. This could either be represented by the genre the band gives off, their values and beliefs (what they believe in, or what they like) or just simply an identity of the bands name can represent
them. Although on some CD covers, people that helped produce the album cover have sometimes been featured on the cover, even if it has only been a name on the back or something small, the ones who helped with it will. This was recognized by the album (Led Zeppelin IV) who included Jimmy Page on the album which you can see on the left.Already, there are many album covers, not just rock/punk but any genre that really stand out from the rest. You can take any artist or band and see that they have very interesting album covers whether it'll be pop/R&B.
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