CODES

1. +
CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF AN ALBUM
COVER

2. +
IMAGE
 There will always be a main image on the album cover whether
it be illustrated or a photograph. However, Indie and Indie folk
usually have an abstract photo that mostly contains art work
rather than an pop album that would be stereotyped into having
a close up shot of the artist or band.
Rosie Thomas: the
friends of mine

3. +
ARTIST NAME
 There will be the artists named displayed on the front of the
album cover, and occasionally on the actual disk. This is so the
consumer knows who and what they are buying. Though the
artist name usually is in a different and unique font to again
make it sound to an audience.
Ben Howard: Every
Kingdom
Ben Howard
uses white
fonts, and has
his name in
larger fonts to
the album
name,
showing that
its important.

4. +
ALBUM NAME
 The album name is feature that will defiantly must be seen in
every album regardless of genre. It allows the consumer to
know what album it is of the artist they have/are purchasing. It’s
also important to have the album name seem to different to the
artist name. From analysis of indie folk they usually like to show
old looking fonts or fonts that will stand out and seem vintage
or different.
She& Him : Volume One