This could be representative of the message Paramore wish to present with this album as the music is an American rock band and their music could be seen as being ‘Riot’ music.This album cover is very different to the newer one they have released called ‘Brand New Eyes.’ ‘Riot’ is a very busy album cover with lots of detail and writing on the cover. The main title which allows the album to be noticed clearly is written in red which allows the audience to put the two together and recover the connotations of a ‘Riot’ and the colour red. The use of monochrome with grafitti makes the album stand out compared to many others as most albums use a lot of colour. It seems as though Paramore wanted their album to be noticed but wanted to keep the band slightly mysterious with the cleverly done camouflaging of their name on the album. However their name is only entwined in the words ‘Riot’ once and is not very distinctive from the rest of the album cover. It makes the audience clearly aware of the title and makes it seem as though Paramore really want their album to be noticed and for the audience to remember the album title. ParamoreParamore released the album Riot mainly in monochrome with the title standing out brightly in red and the album being covered in the album title.
Her previous albums showed Rihanna as being a sexy, confident, vibrant artist however this album cover entails a feeling of darkness with the black and white effects making her new album seem dark and perhaps sinister compared to her older work.The album title is written extremely small and white so therefore it does not stand out from the CD cover itself which could make the audience think the title is of no real importance compared to knowing the artist and noticing the album. Rihanna has lots of heavy jewellery which also adds to the darkness of this album as it looks thick and heavy as though she is not someone to back down easily and she can stand up for herself.This album cover is solely monochrome and this has an impact on the audience as it stands out from typical bright album covers and those of her previous work. This image also perhaps shows that she doesn’t wish to be exposed as others are. This could resemble her strength and determination to make a comeback after being affected by some aspects of her personal life which shows power and rather than evoking the image of being sexy Rihanna appears to want to show the audience she is powerful and determined to succeed.Rihanna covering her face shows her as not wanting to be revealed to the audience and wanting to stay mysterious and dark and not revealing herself to the audience. The R on the cover is a sharp shape and which makes the audience wonder why she has released an album so juxtaposed to her other ones.
The use of thick dark eye make up makes us think perhaps this album has a dark twist to it which backs up the original connotations of the monochrome and the darkness it invokes. RihannaThe cover of the ‘Rated R’ album shows the audience the artist who’s album it is.
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