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Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics (2008) |
Here is the cover for Welsh rock band Stereophonics' compilation album "Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics". It depicts four musicians walking towards the camera, all with outfits reminiscent of their musical genre (rock).
Mise-en-scene: band members dressed up in bomber jackets, T-shirts and jeans - vocalist Kelly Jones does not wear a jacket on top to reinforce his place as lead singer of the band. Two out of four are also wearing sunglasses to coordinate their attire. This is particularly to establish the Welsh rock genre and also to match with the backdrop on the album cover - a hot, humid desert.
Backdrop: a desert in retrospect - black and white; easily captures the feel of the band's greatest hits dating back from 1992 to 2008 all compiled on the album. Chosen colour scheme easily matches the alternative rock genre.
Masthead: all in fancy lettering. Band name font is bold and is distinctively different from "Best of" and "Decade in the Sun". Additional gold logo is there to get audiences to recognise who they are - Stereophonics have been there for more than a decade!
Evaluation: I particularly like how the front cover of this compilation album is laid out as it proves that a musical journey in retrospective can easily flesh out the ego and talent of the band themselves as they have a loyal fan following that they can look up to. Fan support brings out their inner selves once more! Stereophonics are a really successful Welsh rock band with a number one "Dakota", which rock music fans will recognise and therefore their fan following will expand to appraise them in their performances.
These codes and conventions will inspire me to create an album cover for Lymington's debut album digipak which will greatly astound existing Lymington fans and alt rock alums alike. And with the band members walking in front of the screen like they are about to address their audience in an interactive manner, this strategy will ensure the band's commercial and critical success. The band logo/masthead on the front cover will also be in a bold font, so as to distinguish from the as-of-yet unknown album title, complete with a unique logo that will frequently appear on my ancillary products.
Like all other alternative rock bands photographed by professionals, I would have Lymington wear leather/bomber jackets complete with jeans and (occasionally) sunglasses to reflect the rock vibe.
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