CD cover analysis

Kasabian:




'Kasabian' -2004 album .

This is the band Kasabian's debut album realeased in 2004. This was one of our main influences for our own CD Cover. The genre of this CD is Indie Rock, this is the same genre as the song whih we have made our music video for.
This CD uses just 2 colours, black and white, which contrast well with each other. Although there is only 2 colours used, i find this to be very effective as the white image of the persons face really stands out against the black background and helps to grab the audience's attention. I feel that the image of the persons face is mysterious as it only shows half of their face and they are also partly covered by a scarf. I think this gives the buyer to the idea that the album may be quite mysterious itself and i feel this could make the buyer want to know more about the band and the album and therefore make them go out and buy it. I also feel that this album cover is very serious as we see the person with a scarf over their face in almost military style and i think this could be carrying a political message of anti war as this is then backed up in a number of their songs such as 'club foot'.
The band have decided to present the albums name in white bold and in capitals i think that this, again, is very striking and stands out against the black background and would immediately grab the buyers attention if they saw it in a shop. Also using the bands name as their album name could be a very clever marketing technique especially if it is their debut album or just simply to let the buyer know straight away who the album is by.