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Textual Analysis - Life For Rent

Dido - Life For rent

Front:
- photo taken in a natural environment
- photo in black and white
- name of artist in bold bright text in comparison to photo
- photo uses high key lighting
- album title in smaller text, but still in btight colour so obvious to the buyer
- causal clothing - apeals to a wider audience
- soci-economic scale = D's - B's

Back:
- black and white photo to carry on with theme from front
- most text is in red, also carries on with the theme of the bright colour
- barcode, copy rights, producers and logos, all pushed to the side so main focus is photograph and the text
- list of songs are small in comparison to photo of singer
- high-key but false lighting, this suggests studio set up 
-clothes in this photo show strong sexuality too appeal to wider audience 

Insert: 
- plain back ground so lyrics stand out 
- double page shows on side with lyrics and other side mounted with a collection of photographs
- photographs again continue with the black and white photograph theme

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Textual Analysis - Loud

Rihanna - Loud 

Front: 

- close up image of face, takes up all of front cover

- name of album clearly stated

- no name of artist as she is easily recognised

- use of photoshop and studio set up

- editing also used

- high key lighting showing a happy and upbeat feel of music

- soci-economic scale = D's - C1's

Back:

-  a differnet picture of the artist on the back to make the album personal, showing a stong sexuality (full length - long shot)

-  list of songs on the right, in a light colour

- barcoded at the top

- list of producers used

- social networking sites also used

- copyright in small print

- has date and year of release

Inserts:

- double page of photos ( three dubbed into one) - use of photoshop

- have inspirational texts

- lyrics blended into the photo's

- a photo on every page

Textual Analysis - Performance And Cocktails

Stereophonics - Performance and cocktails 

Front:
-large photo takes up all of cover
- title of band in bold 
- photo not set up in studio, real life image
- has a label on the shows the singles that people way know 
- image in black and white showing emotion
- natural high key lighting
- soci-economic scale = C2-B 

Back: 
- continued photo from the front
- list of songs - pushed to the side
- barcoded at the top
- social networking sites at top with the barcode
- year of release 
- logos at the bottom
- copy right at the bottom
- publishers at the bottom 
- all text in small writing 

Insert: 
- lyrics to every song
- has dedications to people who took the photos
- tells us who does what in the band 
- has message of thanks in the back 
- has a dedication page 'for..' 
- double page of photo
-has where and when the song was written 
- has information about tour dates

Textual Analysis - Lungs

Florence and the Machine - Lungs

Front: 

- has reference to the title within the image

- band title at the top 

- dark background to bring out picture

- title of album faded into background

- main member of band on photo 

- photoshopped background

- border around

Back: 

- Picture of lungs on the back (shows reference with the title of the album 

- list of songs, all in 'floaty' writing

- boarder around the back (too match the front) 

- barcoded 

- social networking sites

- copy rights 

- logos

- producers

Insert: 

- info about the tracks 

- has a picture of every page 

-  carries on the theme with the black and white background, white border and writing all carried on throughout the album.