Cd Front and Back Analysis

This is a front of a cd cover for the band Arctic Monkeys. They are an alternative rock band from Sheffield and were formed in 2002. This album is ‘Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not.’ It was released in January 2006 and became the UK’s fastest selling debut album, shifting over 360,000 copies in its first week and remains the fastest selling album by a band. The context of the album, the songs, the lyrics which are on the disk are known to attract young clubbers of the time, including songs such as, ‘I bet that you look good on the dancefloor’, ‘still take you home’ and ‘dancing shoes’. All of these songs suggest a lifestyle that would appeal to the younger generation, ages between 18-24. The songs talk about doing drugs before a night out, getting very drunk and causing trouble with the bouncers on a club door, and prostitutes. Knowing this you can safely say the album would appeal more to young boys and men then females as this is a stereo-typical idealistic night for young boys of today. The alum name was taking from the film, ‘Saturday night and Sunday morning’ by Albert Finney, Alex Turner the lead singer from the band chose this title for the album as he felt the film had similar themes to the songs they had produced for the album, the name links with the idea of having a mental’ weekend and then recognizing this on the Sunday morning. The film shows this, the songs they produced for the album speaks about this. The image on the cover is the band member’s friend, Chris McClure in the Korova bar in Liverpool, early hours of the morning. The band had given McClure seventy pounds to spend on a night out, and this was the outcome. The image caused lots of controversy as the NHS said it is suggesting that smoking is ok, the accusations were fought upon by the bands producer as he said, the image is not suggesting that is ok o smoke, in fact it is showing the opposite, because as you can see the man doesn’t look in good condition therefore the cigarette isn’t making him well.’ Billboards where then put up to advertise the album but without the cigarette.
The image is a close up of a man smoking, his eyes slightly squinted to show he is either drunk or blinded by the light, which is also metaphorically a song from the album. The entire image is black and white, the background been dark grey, black and the mans shirt being white. This shows the contrast between the beginning of the night when he was sober, and the end when he was completely the opposite. Also it gives a more dingy effect on the album to suggest the songs are not going to be merry. There is not a title of the album on the front page, just the artist’s name. ‘Arctic Monkeys’ is in a oblong box slightly tilted to the left, to show an edgy, not perfect look. The writing is black, the background is white to reflect the picture of the man, and the background behind him. The font looks like it has been doodled which also reflects a slightly rebellious look.

This is the back cover of the album. This also reflects the front cover, as it has the same theme and a similar mage. It is the same man from the front cover, Chris McClure, but this time he has his hea in his hands, covering his face, he still has his cigarette lit. The image shows he is either laughing and has covered his face, or he is feeling rough and drunk so he has slumped his head, i believe it is more likely to be the second reason than the first as the album is about nights out. The image is still a close up to show continuity from the front cover. The songs are listed on the left hand side in the top corner. The writing s white, which contrasts with the black background. The song titles have no punctuation, they are just written in a list underneath each other. This suggests, also, a slight rebellion. The title of the album is on both sides, the left and the right going horizontal. Then at the bottom there is the credits, the producer, director and record company, as well as the barcode.


The immaculate collection was the first greatest hit album released by Madonna in 1990 by Sire Records. The album is the best-selling compilation album ever released by a solo artist and the 13th world's best selling album of all time, with 30 million copies sold worldwide. The title of the album is a loose pun of the Immaculate Conception, the conception of the Virgin Mary without any stain of the original sin. This name follows Madonna's religious-themed songs and videos, as well as the second section of her Blond Ambition Tour, ambiented in the same way.
The front cover is of a sky blue, with a gold patterned symbol in the center. The blue represents a fresh warmth to nature/earth, which is also what her songs talk about. Gold is known to signify wealth, power and sucess. Which could link with how sucessful this album was and the idea of culture and religion also links with the color gold. The words 'the' and 'collection' are in a slightly smaller font to 'immaculuate' which really emphasises the word and meaning.