CD Analysis "Paolo Nutini - These Streets"

As well as analysing a music video for our planning and research we have to analyse an album cover. To the right is the album cover that I chose to analyse as it is similar to what our final album cover could look like.

In this album cover the picture has used different effects to grab the audiences attention. They have used a sepia effect which makes the writing "Paolo Nutini" stand out from the rest of the picture and it also has a blurred effect with the only things not being blurred is himself, his name and the name of the song.

The lack of eye contact he is making portrays a sense of mysteriousness and leaves the audience wanting to know more as by such a simple album cover he is not showing anything about what his album might be about which leaves it open to be listened to by many difference target audiences.

To the left is the back of Paolo's album cover. There are many similarities that have been used on the front and the back which is seen as a trademark for Paolo Nutini so people will recognise his name as soon as they see it.
Firstly the font of his name is in the same place on both the front and the back of the album, the font gives a lot away about his type of music as it is not ridged at all and has a relaxed look about it which suggests that his music will be the same. The same font has also been used for his album name on the front cover an the song list on the back showing that it is continuous throughout. The 4 colours that were used in his front cover that stood out from the sepia effect (white, yellow, orange and red) have also been used on the back in the same order which is also another continuous factor throughout his album cover.