The Vines Album Magazine Advertisement

This is an advert for The Best of The Vines album.
the Advert doesn't actually feature an image of the album cover but instead uses the design from the cover as an enlarged image for the whole advert.

The colour scheme is simple as it only has three colours of green, black and white.
The text on the advert is slanted which fits with the rest of the advert because the image is at a similar angle.
The image on it looks hand drawn which matches the image the band try and portray. It is a rock band and this can clearly be seen through the style of the advert.

The advert shows the reader the hit songs and advertises bonus tracks which makes the reader want to buy it.

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Greenday album magazine advert

This is an advert for Greenday's 'American Idiot'
This is very simplistic as it only uses three colours, red, black and white.
The image itself is very simple and doesn't give that much information about the album. This means that Greenday were relying on their name being enough to get the album sold.

The information given is the name of the band and the title song of the album. The name of the band is in a white font and in capital letters which makes it stand out more than the song name which is in red and in lower case. This further confirms that the band rely on their name to sell the album.

There is a small logo in the corner which represents the production company that produced the album.

Gwen Stefani album magazine advert

This is a magazine advert for an album by Gwen Stefani.
All the colours on the advert are bright and bold which mirrors the style of pop music the artist performs.

A image of the album is clearly shown at the bottom left of the advert and the advert itself is an enlarged image from the album cover.
The advert has the names of the hit songs on the album across the bottom and shows Gwen Stefani's website address.

The album advert also states that the album is 'in stores now' This tells the audience that it has already been released and they can purchase it.

The font predominantly shown is elaborate and gold which further mirrors the genre of pop music the album contains.

The main image in the advert is merged and blurred in the background which gives the reader a sense of hallucination; this relates to a music video which parodies Alice in Wonderland.

The whole album cover and advert is related to another song on the album called 'rich girl' this can be seen through the gold imagery and the fact that she is sitting on a throne holding a crown.
The advert also lists the names of the production crew behind the album.

ALIVE!

This album cover is taken from a live album by Kiss called 'ALIVE!'
The characters in my music video will parody the band members of Kiss.

This album is a live album which means that all the songs on it are from a live performance:

1.Deuce
2.Strutter
3.Hotter Than Hell
4.Firehouse
5.Nothin' to Lose
6.C'mon and Love Me
7.Parasite
8.She
9.Watchin' You

10.100,000 years
11.Black Diamond
12.Cold Gin

13.Rock and Roll All Nite
14.Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll

This album depicts the band playing live becuase it is a live album. the colours seen in the cover are typical of a glam rock band with silver, black and red being the most promonent colours.

The background of the cover is mostly smoke but does not seem to be part of the photograph. The background of the image seems to be added afterwards to give the effect that they are playing live when the picture was taken.

The cover has a dark theme which fits with the band's image as they are a rock band. The title of the album is shown to be less important than the band's name because it is in a smaller font. However, the title of the album is in a more promonent colour and is in capital letters whcih makes it noticable to the consumer.

Althought he name of the band is large above their heads and is in bright lights, it fades into the background because of the smoke that surrounds it. I believe this may have been done to make it look more like the band was playing live at the time of the photograph.

Dark side of the moon

This is another famous album I will consider doing a parody of for my project. Its called Dark side of the Moon. The album cover is very simplistic and only contains an image of light going through a prism. This album was a concept album; this means that all the songs on the album were based around a central theme.

track list:
Speak to Me
Breathe
On the Run
Time
Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse

The tracklist does not seem to relate to the picture on the front of the cover but the cover is still one of the most famous covers ever.

Abbey Road

· Picture of the band outside the famous studio : Abbey Road
· Shows that its from 1960s/70s through the cars lined up on the street behind the band.
· The band aren’t wearing the same thing, they are wearing deliberately different clothes. One of them has no shoes and is holding a ciggerette; this also shows the time period as it was more socially acceptable to smoke.
· The album cover deliberately has no writing on because the band were already famous enough for people to recognise them in the picture.
· This album cover would be an obvious choice to parody in the creation as it is the most imitated album cover ever.

Track list:

Come Together
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun
Because
The Medley
Her Majesty