All our lives we've been exposed to album covers - be it iTunes art or Vinyl covers - and although we know the saying "don't judge a book by its cover"... we still do. The album artwork must represent where the song wants to take the listener. It shouldn't give everything away but it should be just a tasty temptation into what the song wants to unleash. So browsing the internet I found myself being drawn to the more hand drawn and antique-with-a-twist style album covers. Although the faces of the singers may be hidden or small in these styles of albums the artwork itself - in my opinion - adds so much to the whole star image. Having artwork instead of band members really makes a statement and shows to their fan base what "they are all about". I found that I liked the more abstract and arty covers. Especially from Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy:
I think intriguing and non-mainstream album art-pieces are striking and grab attention almost immediately. This is a good technique to attract new followers of a band - another browsing on iTunes or somewhere like HMV will be drawn to the artwork and listen to the music to get a taste for this - and I cannot tell you how often this specific experience has happened for me.
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