Album Covers

This is Adele's only album since 2008 when her debut single 'Chasing Pavements' was released. The album also contains the song we are using for our video 'To Make You Feel My Love' which was originally a hit for Bob Dylan. I really like the simplicity of this album cover, although you can only see half of Adele's face and she is looking down so you cannot see into her eyes there is a lot of emotion conveyed in this picture. I really like the dull colours too because it fits in with the emotion- sadness.

Diana Vickers' 'Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree' was her debut album, released on 10th April 2010, it was postponed due to Vickers' leading role in the West End show 'Little Voice'. The album has her debut, number one 'Once' and other hits like 'the Boy Who Murdered Love'. I really like this album cover because of how the colours are used. Diana Vickers herself is in a very light-shaded black and white which is very simplistic but looks effective. But the particular bit i really like on the cover is the title, because it's such a contrast of colours where is goes from black and white to a bright hot pink. this is effective because it catches your eye.

Corrine Bailey Rae's debut album 'Corrine Bailey Rae' went straight in at number one in the UK. The album includes songs like: 'Like A Star', 'Put Your Records On' and 'Trouble Sleeping'. I like this cover because it's also quite simple because there aren't a lot of colours in it. I also like this album cover because the picture connects with the music and the music videos i.e. flowers- on the video for 'Put Your Records On' Bailey Rae is riding on a bike down country lanes surrounded by flowers and trees, the song is soft and happy and has connections with the summer.

'Night Work' by the Scissor Sisters was released in June 2010. The song 'Fire With Fore' was released 8 days before the album was released, but like most artists, this was used to promote the album. I love this album cover because it has absolutely nothing to do with the music that is featured on the disc, it has disjuncture. As a group, Scissor Sisters are seen as quite an openly sexual band, their frontman Jake Shears wears very little clothing and at one concert he wore a little bit too much as he flashed. The bands name 'Scissor Sisters' has sexual connotations. I like how simple this cover also is and the fact it's black and white but the writing of the album name 'Night Work' is in bright red writing because, again, it shows the contrast in the colours.