Thursday, 24 November 2011

Conventions of a CD album



- Title and banner, name of album and artist


- Spine containing album name and artist

- Insert (maybe containing lyrics)


- Main image

- Colour scheme/colourisation 

- CD

- Barcode

- Track list

- Lines and borders


- Band logo


- Special features


- Price


- Record Label


- Year of publishing


- Copyright 


- Reference number


- Guest performers


- Individual track writers, composers, engineers, producers




Purposes of an album cover:


- To protect the album


- To advertise the contents


- Using the artistic design to reflect the creative intentions of artists 


- To reflect the principles, attitudes etc of record label


- To stand out, be interesting and eye catching


- In order to boost sales and enhance profit


- Attracts on retail shelves










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