Above you can see Bob Marley’s album Kaya. I choose to pick Bob Marley to analysis one of his album covers because there is a lot to talk about. As you can see the green, yellow and red band of colour along the top symbolises the Rastafarian religion that Bob Marley is a part of. It also is a big symbol for reggae music as the colours are well know worldwide.

The songs list are located normally in the middle of the album cover, however this is not the case with this album as the song list is slightly to the right of the cover. This is done so that the cover can exploit the big picture of Bob Marley with his hand in a fist. He has his hand in a fist and in the air as this is how many religions especially Rastafarians show love to an audience or crowd, as this is a big part of Rastafarian culture. This also links in t the songs, as one of the songs is called ‘Is this love’.

The big picture of Bob Marley also has the same tones of Rastafarian colours in the picture. You can see the subtle yellows and reds with the bright green. This helps to show the audience that bob Marley is part of this religion and spreads love and happiness just like the religion. Furthermore Bob Marley has his own logo on his album to show that the album is legit and to help promote other media or merchandise that he may have. Furthermore his label has its logo on the album to, to help promote there other artist and more of Bob Marley’s music.

Textural analysis

Bob Marley’s Kaya albumBy Alex Feeney

Here you can see the back of Jimi Hendrix album ‘The Jimi Hendrix experience’. One of the main reasons this album is so famous other than the front cover, is because of the photo of the 3 musicians on the back, these 3 are Jimi, the drummer and the basest. This photo is used in a very significant way on this album. The lighting is used behind the 3 musicians to make them look special and like angles, however Jimi has the most light going around him head which means they have singled him out as the ‘angle’ as he is in the middle. Furthermore the use of black and white colouring makes the ban look attractive and suffocated.

Above you can see that although the photo takes up 65% of the back of the album, they have still been able to put the legal copy right information, letting the public know that any copy right will be punished. Furthermore you can just see in the lower corners on the album covers that there are little pictures and the are the labels logo or Jimi Hendrix’s logo to show that it is legitimate and to also promote themselves and get themselves even more noticed.

You can see that the songs list is not the main part of this album, and they are at the top in small font, this is done to extenuate the photo, as that is the main part of the album cover. Furthermore the bar code is in the top right hand corner. This has been done so that it doesn’t hide the picture from the audience. The use off black cloths makes the artists look unknown and the same hair cut makes them seem like they are all on the same wave length, meaning they all know how to make good music for the follow

Textural analysis

Jimi Hendrix experience albumBy Alex Feeney