Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Emmy Brown Summer Homework: Activity Two Part One


CD Cover/Album analysis of my chosen artist and 3 similar artists:

My chosen artist:


  •  Artist-Jake Bugg
  • Title-Self titled 
  • Track List:  Lightning Bolt, Two Fingers, Taste It, Seen It All, Simple as This, Country Song, Broken, Trouble Town, Ballad of Mr. Jones, Slide, Someone Told Me, Note to Self, Someplace, Fire
  • Institutional logos: None visible
  • Appropriate iconography: Artist on the front cover for instant recognition of whose album it is and establishes who the artist is for those who are unfamiliar, the name of the album to show what it is.

Similar artist 1:


  • Artist- Noah and the Whale
  • Title- Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
  • Track List- 2 Atoms in a Molecule, Jocasta, Shape Of My Heart, Do What You Do, Give A Little Love, Second Lover, 5 Years Time, Rocks And Daggers, Peaceful The World Lays Me Down, Mary, Hold My Hand As I'm Lowered 
  • Institutional logos- Young And Lost Club, Vertigo
  • Appropriate iconography- The logo of the band which tells us who the CD is by so we can easily recognise it in the store, artwork on the cover to go alongside the songs and be part of a theme which runs through the booklet inside the CD also, institutional logos to show who their record company is and a sticker on the front cover of reviews e.g "Romantic folk with an epic scope NME" (on the hard copy i own)

Similar artist 2:


  •  Artist- Mumford & Sons
  • Title- Sigh No More
  • Track List- Sigh No More, The Cave, Winter Winds, Roll Away Your Stone, White Blank Page, I Gave You All, Little Lion Man, Timshel, Thistle & Weeds, Awake My Soul, Dust Bowl Dance, After The Storm
  • Institutional logos- Island 50, Island, Gentlemen of the Road
  • Appropriate iconography- The album title and band name so you know who it's by and what it's called, a picture of the band so you can easily recognise the CD and also know who it's by if you're a first time listener, institutional logos to know who produced it and who the record label are, reviews on the front cover e.g "Genuinely splendid- The Observer" (on the hard copy)

Similar Artist 3:
 
  •  Artist- The Vaccines
  • Title- What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
  • Track List-Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra), If You Wanna, A Lack Of Understanding, Blow It Up, Wetsuit, Norgaard, Post Break-up Sex, Under Your Thumb, All In White, Wolf Pack, Family Friend
  • Institutional logos-Columbia (x2), Stereo
  • Appropriate iconography- Clearly shown who the album is by, there is a picture on the front cover to go alongside the tracks however this one is unsual as it is not of the band, the album title- this, however, is on the back of the CD which is, again, unusual as it makes it harder to find out what the album's called or for it to be easily recognised in store, institutional logos for record company/producer recognition.

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