Pretty Ricky: Album Cover Analysis

This is the Album Cover I have chosen to analyse.

Images

Front Cover

* MS of the band

* Lead singer in the foreground signifying his importance

* Direct eye contact from the guys - inviting the Audience in

* Main colours: Blue and black

* They have used the colour blue which ties in with the title of the Album

* Two-tone colours used.

Back Cover

* LS Colour image

* Lead singer again in the foreground

Text

Front Cover

* Simple and plain font has been used

* Eye catching and straight to the point.

* The font is right at the top - drawing in Audiences even more.

* The colours of the fonts are black and white, with little blue stars around the writing - this again reinforcing the title of the CD.

* The lettering is central to the CD cover - more eye catching

Back Cover

* The font is the same used on the front of the cover

* For each track, there is a little star next to the title of the song - this again reinforces the title of the CD.

* Small institutional font for audiences to read.

Relationship Between Text And Images

Front Cover

* They are separate from each other - no overlapping - showing clear roles for both the text and the images.

* The image reinforces the titles - the predominant colour is blue - the title is called BlueStars

Back Cover

* The text and images are again detached from each other

Iconography

* The band are wearing clothes that signify ther gnre of the music, that being RnB - chains, hats, sunglasses, baggy clothes, they're black.

* The pose is very inviting and somewhat suggesting - the lead singer is suggesting that the audience come into their world - him standing with his arms pointing towards us.

* The band are dressed like many RnB artists - they follow classic conventions for black RnB singers.

* The Album has been rated with a Parental Advisory sticker - something that most black

artists have on their albums.

Institutional Context Of The Music

* Shows the record label to be quite versatile in genre - Atlantic Records produce different genres of music.

* Quite a mainstream band for people who enjoy RnB music.

* First album - it has all of their hits on it.

Potentional Target Audience

* RnB music fans.

* Mainstream for people who enjoy that type of music - the Record label also reinforces this - its a worldwide record label, not an underground one.