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Tuesday 9 September 2014

Collage of CD Covers

Below are some of the CD's I found around my house, and others are covers of albums/EPs of which I have a digital copy but not physical.

To the left, there are 8 examples of CD Covers across different ages and genres. 
The first two show Iron Maiden and Lily Allen. The Iron Maiden cover shows computerised cover showing a version of 'Beasts' referring to the name 'Best of the Beast'. The Lily Allen still shows her debut album 'Alright Still', as pictured, she too has some computerised effects and pictures in the background. From both of these, I like their similarities also considering their similarities despite their release being 10 years apart. 
The second two show Sam Clark and Kylie Minogue. This was Kylie's 10th album and can be referred to as 'electropop'; in terms of Sam Clark, 'My Own Way' can be described as acoustic pop, away from over-produced record label pop music. Both of these have their faces on their album covers, which are the main focal point. The difference between the release dates is around 5 years. 
The Third set of of covers show Ramin Karimloo with 'Road to find out' and Passenger with 'All the little lights'. Passenger can be described as rock'folk while Ramin can be described as Bluegrass - a combination of Broadway/theatre and blue grass. These two are not for comparison. Ramin's album cover reflects the name with the map, I really like the effect on his face, it's goes well with the ancient looking background. The cover also reflects his personal journey of being born in Tehran, then moved to Italy, grew up in Ontario and then started his career on a cruise and ended up in London. He has since then gone on to become one of the most recognisable faces and voice in the world of musical theatre. He is currently in New York, playing the role of 'Jean Val Jean' in Les Mis Broadway. Ramin is best known for portraying 'The Phantom' in Phantom Of The Opera and Love Never dies and being the youngest person ever to portray the Phantom., and Jean Val Jean in Les Mis. The cover for 'all the little lights' is very literal with the cover genuinely showing small bursts of light coming from the trees. I also like how there are different shades of light represented in different forms with the sun setting to the starts showing a reflection of light.
The fourth set of pictures shows two very different different genres and artists. 'x' by Ed Sheeran and '!Uno!' by Green Day. Ed Sheeran can be described as pop/folk/acoustic and Green Day are best known for punk/rock music. Both have different genres yet one can say there are similarities between the two covers. They are not just pictures, I like how they are near rough with a 'grunge' look even though they have very different music.

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