Album Artwork

1) DR DRE - The Chronic

2) Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction

3) Wu Tang Clan - The Legend of Wu Tang

4) Wham! - Final

5) Kings of Leon - Because of the Times

6) Kanye West - Late Registration

7) Coldplay - Rush Of Blood To The Head

8) Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come

9) Gorillaz - Gorillaz

10)Jay-Z - American Gangster



Typical features:
Album title
Band Symbol
Band Name
Parental Warning for explicit lyrics

Ways to distinguish the covers:
Artwork (abstract or conveying message of Album)
Band Symbols
Picture of Band

Purpose Of The Album Covers:
To advertise a well known existing band by pushing band’s icon (Wu-Tang Clan, the mark of Wu-Tang)
To introduce a new band (Gorillaz- Title of album is same as the name of the band perhaps to introduce the group. Even just has the band on the cover)
Tie in with a film featuring the star so to promote both album, motion picture and artist (Jimmy Cliff IN The Harder They Come)