
Florence and the machine, Lungs, 2009.
The main focus on this album cover is Florence herself. She is centered in the image and fills most of it. Her red hair allows her to be naturally eye catching as most of the colours around her are white and green. This is a more unusual album cover because she is wearing a necklace with large lungs on the end of it. This is because her album is called lungs and the originality and boldness of this idea, represents her music and her persona. Her pose is gentle and lady like to reinforce her elegant voice and music.This can also be reinforced by the pretty flowers and the floral backdrop behind her. However, because she is so striking and fills the whole cover it represents her power of music and the power of her voice. The over all image created by the album cover works well because it allows the buyer to imagine what the music will sound like and what genre it is.
The name of the group is at the very top of the image. It is white against black allowing it to contrast and stand out. This reinforces that even though Florence is the 'front woman' of the group and the more eye catching of members, her band are still important in the music. The title of the album 'lungs' is harder to see. It is written in white across the lungs which is under a white tasseled top she is wearing. However the blood red lungs are eye catching enough to reinforce what the album title is.
I'd like to create an album cover which has as much thought as this. I would like it to have a deeper meaning than what is on the surface. Also, one that depicts its genre so well and creatively.
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